isvicthere?
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Soho House has "for two decades been the epitome of louche British cool"! How come no-one told me?
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Brixton news, rumour and general chat - October 2016
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Soho House has "for two decades been the epitome of louche British cool"! How come no-one told me?
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hiraethified
Still at least it keeps them all together in their crappy little 'exclusive' club, that's about as louche as a Wendy House.
Manter
Lunch Mob
Thanks. I could have got this from google.
Manter
Lunch Mob
One link to a website from google? And pages of the usual reductive posturing.
Not sure how that helps a refugee trying to rebuild his life, but sure you'll enlighten me
cuppa tee
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My friend who had a garage business in Hinton Road was someone who used to take people on and give them a chance, unfortunately his good intentions were not shared by officialdom and the bureaucracy involved was too much for a one man operation. Some bad health and a general feeling that his business would not thrive in the new LJ meant he had to sell up to developer who is now sitting on the premises waiting for prices to go up. I can understand your anger but the area generally is losing its soul as investment potential becomes more important than any sense of commuNity.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Well, at least the proud tradition of moaning is still widely practised.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
I know you're passionate about this but I think that asking people at 5.30pm (closing time) and then telling them off for not having delivered even before the start of the next working day is a bit unrealistic.
I neighbour a mechanic yard - a one man business. I certainly wouldn't offer him up without speaking to him first. He was closed when you posted, still closed when I left for work this morning and already closed when I got home. I'll see him soon though.
Once I'd thought more about it I thought the request was a bit short on info for me to be able to sell the idea to him anyway. He's a cautious older guy who always has tales of being done over. The answers may seem obvious to you but, is your chap legally allowed to work? Does he want paying to start with? How much? Just a couple of lines on his experience. How old is he? At the moment he is just a stranger introduced by an internet stranger to a neighbour of a mechanic.
Anyway, I doubt my neighbour will be a goer. Lovely as he is, I don't think he would be particularly good to learn from or make contacts through either. He's a bit of a potterer. I can't actually see how he makes any money. I will be sure to mention it to him when I see him though.
I do think visiting from garage to garage is probably the best advice. Particularly if someone can help him to anticipate some of the questions which he may be asked.
Well done for helping him, in any event. Until I make contact with my neighbour, may I get back to sniping and point scoring please?
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Activist/local mums occupation.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
One off the wrist post by elmpp v3052.
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Gramsci
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I can moan about the next cocktail bar and I can also help refugees.
I have done voluntary work for CalAid in the past.
But I don't make a big thing about it.
bimble
floofy
Do you know more about this like how they got access and how council is reacting ?
Gramsci
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Ru sure? I was under the impression that the Council had worked something out for the half term .
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Yeah, with local activists and mums who threatened an occupation (including Betty from Art Nouveau). The council got involved to save face, but apparently didn't initiate anything - all they want (as with Gordon Grove) is to "rehabilitate" the land.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
In the end they didn't need to get in through someone accidentally knocking a few padlocks off, as when Lambeth saw the weight of public opinion they started talking with the local mums pronto. The council are furious at the South London RCG, who allegedly have stirred up the hornet's nest that is irate mothers, though.
Pics or it didn't happen...What's the beard count like?
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hiraethified
Sadly, there's probably no shortage of takers for their wanky exclusive offering.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
We know for sure there is at least one cunt present.
I love these sort of threads...Where others see bickering - I see nuanced debate of the highest quality
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Isn't that Clapton?
Anyway - I love Rocky Horror and you do get a shit load for it - "Cocktails, Sparkly, 3 course & the show etc.
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hiraethified
Opps, yes, you're right. It was linked from Pop's twitter feed and it sounded just like one of their things.
I'll admit if it was Pop and I had someone to go with and I could be arsed - then I'd think about going...Sod crossing the river though.
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Gramsci
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Shoreditch- its becoming worse. If it was not for the 24 hour bagel shop in Brick lane still being there I would avoid it.
An anecdote. Was at one of the new hotels in Shoreditch. Someone came in with there CV looking for a job. They were told they have "open days" when u can turn up. As they like to see if people will fit in. If they are "hip enough"- that was the exact phrase.
clandestino
no llevar papel
On the night I went to, they had a string quartet in the basement. Everyone sat on plastic white garden chairs, cased in varying degrees of leather, listening to a string quartet. Very refined it was too. And quite a contrast to what was going on in the rest of the building...
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