brixtonblade
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I think Manter meant the Brixton version - leave something outside your place and someone'll pick it up.
Brixton news, rumour and general chat - May 2015
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I think Manter meant the Brixton version - leave something outside your place and someone'll pick it up.
Manter
Lunch Mob
Yup, spot on
. An ironing board that sank when you put any pressure on it, and part of a deckchair frame went too.
Though our record is still when we put an old oven in a skip, filled with broken bricks and with a door on top- someone unpacked it, took the oven and refilled the skip. I left a note on the skip the following day because the oven had an electrical fault and was dangerous, but no one ever put it back, or tried to sue us for a house fire....
boohoo
No.
I love a good skip - got a Lloyd loom chair and a beautiful rocking chair.
I also got a sewing machine from a skip outside Jim Cauty's house - I used it for quite a while.
One of my lamps was one left on the streets. Also found a leather doctors couch (very nice it was too but stayed at wherever I was living at the time). Also found a disco ball (before you could buy them easily). Had three mannequins -a complete one and a torso found on East Street and 'Evil Dummy' which was outside a squat.
I also got a sewing machine from a skip outside Jim Cauty's house - I used it for quite a while.
One of my lamps was one left on the streets. Also found a leather doctors couch (very nice it was too but stayed at wherever I was living at the time). Also found a disco ball (before you could buy them easily). Had three mannequins -a complete one and a torso found on East Street and 'Evil Dummy' which was outside a squat.
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
Your stories always make me happy x
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
One of our neighbours (who had lived in Brixton a while) forgot about the convention and left a couple of nice rugs hanging to dry on their front wall. They were gone in half an hour.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Oh I see. Yes I have used this system too. It is a good one. I don't think it's unique to Brixton though.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
I love the sstyem I have had loads and given away loads
last week I left a cat basket a pair of work boots and some fairly lights..gone within half hour
last week I left a cat basket a pair of work boots and some fairly lights..gone within half hour
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
problem is where we are is there are so many people who just park up and dump there shit it'll be difficult to know whats "left out" and whats fly tipped.
either way, do people not care at how a street looks to the eye? i'd never just dump stuff on the other side of my front garden wall hoping someone would pick it up mainly because it would make my street look like a dumping ground.
Manter
Lunch Mob
Well, if you want bulky waste to pick it up you need to put it by your bins anyway.... Unless you live in some kind of mansion.
brixtonblade
Well-Known Member
You can usually tell the difference.
Mirror/lamp/pile of books, neatly placed on or by a wall, sometimes with a note saying "please take me" = brixton freecycle
Piss stained mattress / broken sofa / bag full of rubbish dumped somewhere willy nilly = flytipa
boohoo
No.
Thank you. xx
Another great find was an obscure book on 80s arts funding on a wall opposite where I was living. It mentioned some of the muralists I was researching. It's also possible the book belonged to an important feminist artist.
Maharani
Just like Heaven
that's a good one too. annoying.
ی صحبت می کنند
من حتی نمی فارسی صحبت می کنند
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
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The speed at which some items go is quite astonishing. There must be guys in vans patrolling the streets. I've got rid of all sorts. One old cooker which I left out there went in less than five minutes, and no sign of anyone taking it.Yup, spot on
An ironing board that sank when you put any pressure on it, and part of a deckchair frame went too.
Though our record is still when we put an old oven in a skip, filled with broken bricks and with a door on top- someone unpacked it, took the oven and refilled the skip. I left a note on the skip the following day because the oven had an electrical fault and was dangerous, but no one ever put it back, or tried to sue us for a house fire....
A mate's house I had been staying in was flooded due to a burst sewer. There was a hazardous material team from the insurance came to put a load of stuff in the skip. It was covered with the fecal matter of half the street. A middle aged, middle class couple came for a hoke. My mate went out, told them that the stuff, like a shower curtain, bottles of shampoo, rug, laundry basket, was all covered in shite. They walked off and then came back later and took a load of it away.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
What is the crazy fancy dress party at Brixton Electric ? There was one yesterday (sunday) and caught a group of overweight men dressed as cheerleaders, 
Rushy
basically a scrotum
The Church, I believe. 20 or so year old place of Antipodean worship. Used to be in Kings Cross. Sadly winding up this month.What is the crazy fancy dress party at Brixton Electric ? There was one yesterday (sunday) and caught a group of overweight men dressed as cheerleaders,
Jangleballix
Better living through chemistry.
But not Cringle Dock, now closed.
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
Have just seen that pony on London Live TV - something to do with a showing at the Ritzy of 'Dark Horse'
Daily Mail: "Drug Mule in Brixton"
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