Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
I thought Scythes were all the rage this week.
Brixton news, rumour and general chat - October 2016
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I thought Scythes were all the rage this week.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
I did once avoid a chap walking down the street carrying a sickle. A topless man with a sickle on a cold november night is to be avoided I felt.
discobastard
Well-Known Member
It is a film shot by a small company in Crystal Palace that specialise in drone and other types of non-standard filming. It was shot using a smartphone steadicam type device.
Osmo – Reimagine Movement - DJI
It feels very much like a hobbyist/small business uploading experimental short films using various devices (if you look at the other films they have uploaded).
I like the music.
organicpanda
cat herder extraodinaire
their lease is coming up for renewal, I think next year,negotiations are ongoing but Tony doesn't have much hope of getting it seriously reduced, the landlords also own next door I think (the expensive clothes shop that I've never seen a customer in) and with the way rents have gone over the last few years they think it's a fair market rent, next doors rent is massive can't remember the figure
Jangleballix
Better living through chemistry.
SpamMisery
Pretty comfortable here right under your skin
Coincidentally, I saw someone in a wheelchair navigate that whole stretch of pavement on Beehive Place last night. Didnt look easy, but was possible.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Yes - in which case presumably LB Lambeth in making an "income sacrifice" in order to bring us "essential council information".
There are only two councillors available who might be able to explain the rationale - Gentry and Dickson, who were both front-benchers at the time.
David Clapson
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Has anyone been kept awake by party/club noise from Clifton Mansions in the last 4 weeks, between about 2 and 5 on Sunday mornings? It seems that one of the flats is possibly being used as a club.
David Clapson
Well-Known Member
Demolition of the three shops between the London Hotel and Clifton Mansions started today. When did Lexadon get permission for their 5 storey block of flats?
The demolition is being done by Edgeley Developments, contractors to Lexadon. Neighbours haven't been notified, no party wall documents have been sent, there's no netting to prevent bricks from falling into neighbouring properties, there are live wires and water pipes tangled up in a heap of demolished material, the workmen are not wearing protective gear, neighbours are wandering around the site. Is this 'business as usual' for Edgeley and Lexadon?
The demolition is being done by Edgeley Developments, contractors to Lexadon. Neighbours haven't been notified, no party wall documents have been sent, there's no netting to prevent bricks from falling into neighbouring properties, there are live wires and water pipes tangled up in a heap of demolished material, the workmen are not wearing protective gear, neighbours are wandering around the site. Is this 'business as usual' for Edgeley and Lexadon?
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David Clapson
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In other miserable news I keep hearing that lots of small traders in the market and the central Brixton area are in, or nearly in, financial difficulties. The feeling is that the Brixton Villaaage boom is over and punters who visit from other parts of London are easily seduced by rival attractions in Hackney, Shoreditch etc. Meanwhile rents keep going up and we may be reaching a tipping point. Tique Booty has gone. I'm told that Rosie cannot pay her former staff their final pay packet and is asking them to apply for money from the government. Your rights if your employer is insolvent - GOV.UK The only people coining it are the bar owners who cater for the deluge of pissheads who arrive on the night tube. British drinking to the rescue! I predict that the western stretch of CHL will soon resemble Malaga or Cyprus, with bar after bar after bar, and legless, shirtless punters fighting and vomiting all through the night.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Someone mentioned recently on here that Rosie was shutting up here, but keeping Peckham.
Looks like the Brixton shop is within a limited company
ROSIE'S DELI CAFE LIMITED - Filing history (free information from Companies House)
so I guess she could try withholding wages due - but this doesn't go down too well with DWP. If DWP are intelligent (doubtful) they might make a claim against the Peckham branch, as doubtless the (business) people would be the same.
Impossible to say from the paperwork what was going on as since Gordon Brown liberalised all the rules with small businesses 15 years ago nobody has to declare anything any more for that size of company - except that they are a director.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I can't offer you much comfort on this.
The council issued a decision notice on 12th August
Then another on 16th August
And then Mr Knight (or rather his architects) put in 3 more planning applications:
16/05372/DET | Approval of details pursuant to condition 14 (Crime prevention strategy plan) of planning permisison ref 16/00411/FUL (Demolition of existing building and erection of a part single, part 3, part 4 and part 5 storey building to provide a 157sqm A1 retail unit, a 101sqm flexible A1/A2 retail unit and eight self-contained flats together with associated private amenity space, and cycle and waste storage) Granted on 12.08.2016. | 419-423 Coldharbour Lane London SW9 8LH
16/05371/DET | Approval of details pursuant to condition 12 (method of demolition and construction statement) of planning permisison ref 16/00411/FUL (Demolition of existing building and erection of a part single, part 3, part 4 and part 5 storey building to provide a 157sqm A1 retail unit, a 101sqm flexible A1/A2 retail unit and eight self-contained flats together with associated private amenity space, and cycle and waste storage) Granted on 12.08.2016. | 419-423 Coldharbour Lane London SW9 8LH
16/05747/VOC | Removal of condtion 23 (piling method statement) of Application Reference Number: 16/00411/FUL (Demolition of existing building and erection of a part single, part 3, part 4 and part 5 storey building to provide a 157sqm A1 retail unit, a 101sqm flexible A1/A2 retail unit and eight self-contained flats together with associated private amenity space, and cycle and waste storage.)granted on 12/08/2016 Conditions(s) Removal: No piling to be proposed for the future development | 419-423 Coldharbour Lane London SW9 8LH
the last looks as though it might include request for permission for pile driving.
Should you wish to comment about these applications the deadlines are 1) 18th October, 2) 25th October and 3) 2nd November.
BTW I did object to the original applications - successfully in 2014 and 2015, but unfortunately unsuccessfully (this year). As a neighbour you have every right to comment yourself, though I am not sure I will this time. For me it was about trying to retain remnants of the original quirky street-scape. Lambeth Planning gave up on that idea this year - and now the head of Lambeth Planning responsible for the change of policy has fucked off back to Camden where he came from only a year or so ago.
Thats how to get things through - bring in a new broom who doesn't know anything about the area - the let him go when the place is wrecked (remember the Canterbury Arms for example?)
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
fairly common sort of deal, really - combination of income from the advertising space and a bit of use for council advertising. and / or the council gets things like bus shelters provided at no cost in exchange for the advertising space (i'm not sure if bus shelters in london are borough or TfL responsibility)
Gramsci
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The "pavement" is by the Rec. Most of Beehive Place does not have a proper pavement. The business are on the side of Beehive Place that has no pavement or minimal pavement that is not really accessible to disabled people.
Gramsci
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They have been concerned about this for a while. I dont use it much now as I am in LJ. They knew it was on the cards. Small business like this will not survive in Nu Brixton. Sad really.
They are not the only one. Talking to another long standing shopkeeper ( who does not want to go public on this) and his landlord is looking at cashing in on the Nu Brixton in next year or two for his retirement nest egg I assume. So he might go in next year or so.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I know.
The pavement on the other side is no good, which makes it worse to block the only usable one.
If someone wants to go to an entrance down near the 90 degrees corner in the street (for example, that Apex College place), they have the option of going down the wide pavement, then crossing the carriageway from the stretch of dropped kerb at the service entrance to the Rec. The alternative, if the pavement is blocked, is that they have go that whole stretch of street on the carriageway.
Likewise if someone wants to go the entire length of beehive place to connect through to Brixton Rd. There is no pavement at all on that part, but at least it's possible to go half the length on a pavement.
Someone is going to point out that when the gates to the Rec entrance are open, they also obstruct the pavement. Yes they do and that's bad design. I'd hope it wouldn't be designed that way these days. But the fact that those gates might obstruct the pavement throughout a portion of the day is no excuse to block it elsewhere in addition.
Why are people trying to make excuses for things that make life even more difficult for people who've already got difficulty in getting around?
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
The point I meant to make was that the "pavement" by the Rec is as you say not the "pavement" that can be used to access the business on Beehive Place as they are on the other side.
The "pavement" by the Rec goes no where. Its , as you point out, of no use to anyone trying to access the college.
Its not about making excuses.
If we are to be fair about this if the Council want to pick on the group that put the planters out they should sort out access for disabled people to Apex and the other business first.
cuppa tee
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tbh I don't know why the council don't just pave the whole lot and make it shared use, maybe not high profile enough and not beneficial to 'cafe society'
teuchter
je suis teuchter
No, that's not what I point out. I don't think you've read what I've written.
Gramsci
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I was going to suggest this.
If we are to be fair about this issue. Then pedestrianise it.
Gramsci
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Then can we agree if the Council are so concerned about this they go the whole hog and redesign the whole of Beehive Place with planters that do not get in the way of wheelchairs.
Otherwise imo they are just picking on a group of people trying to make Brixton a nicer place.
cuppa tee
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compare it to Ingleton Street by the Crown and Anchor, that is shared use in the daytime so the businesses around there can load and unload, the big difference is that there isn't a trendy pub and restaurant that can use it for seating.....oh wait maybe a nice beer garden at the rear of the beehive
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Do I really have to point out that the costly excercise of redesigning and rebuilding a street is hardly comparable with that of asking someone to conform with the law in response to a complaint?
I'd be more than happy to see more (properly designed) planters and seating on the streets generally but suggesting a redesign of the street simply to avoid offending some well meaning people is completely bonkers.
It seems a solution has been reached where the items are simply moved so that there's space to pass in front of them and people can still enjoy them and use the benches. Perhaps Lambeth had a word, someone realised there was a completely reasonable logic behind the requirement to keep pavements clear and this was the outcome? That wouldn't fit in with the conspiracy theory narrative though, or make a good headline in Brixton Buzz.
bimble
floofy
The ones up here on the LJ end of coldharbour lane are just commercial adverts both sides, we're currently bumping into each other for oven chips & insurance I think. I would like to know how much money the council earns from this obstruction, hope its a lot.
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cuppa tee
Well-Known Member
Are you saying the current planters are not to your taste ? I quite like the fact they are a bit rough and ready and they also probably cost less than product from a design studio....e2a also like that they are recycled....
teuchter
je suis teuchter
The current planters won't survive very long. That's aside from whether they are to my taste.
Much commercially made street furniture doesn't survive very long either.
And even very sturdily made planters don't really work unless they are maintained properly.
I should say "properly designed and maintained planters and seating".
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
You are the one going on about the importance of access for all - the importance of access for disabled people.
Its not me taking this to bonkers level its you.
The logical conclusion of your views is that the road needs to be redesigned.
It could be that the conspiracy rag Brixton Buzz article made the Council think again.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
I'm willing to bet that they don't teach that if someone goes to stab you, it's better to use your arm to either deflect the blow, or act as a sacrificial target - you're less likely to die from a stab wound in a limb, than to your torso, not least because you can tourniquet a limb - than to try some fancy-dan blocking move. I've seen quite a few videos which punt blocking with crossed arms as the best solution, but it only really works if someone is trying to slash you, rather than stab you.
Besides, self-defence against stabbing weapons is usually designed to defend against opponents who know what they're doing, not against unpredictable Billy Small-bollocks who's trying to show his idiot mates how hard he is.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
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