Brixton news, rumour and general chat - October 2016

[Dan U]

I once had a good day in Crystal Palace. Got smashed in the Royal Albert and ended up in the basement bar of Numidia, then ended up going home with a girl who looked a bit like Beth Orton...she had a really fancy flat on Gypsy Hill.

is that the place roughly opposite where Mcdonalds used to be? ended up smashed in there myself a couple of times, went home with the wife though.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

is that the place roughly opposite where Mcdonalds used to be? ended up smashed in there myself a couple of times, went home with the wife though.

I dunno where MCDonalds used to be. It's opposite the library.

 

[Dan U]

I dunno where MCDonalds used to be. It's opposite the library.

yep, same place. just googled the library.

quite liked it in there iirc. i have never been in sober though.

 

[teuchter]

i am surprised to hear i gravitate to bland gastropubs in the suburbs.

Indeed, as you admitted in your post - you were surprised to have a better night in the bland suburbs than you have in your inevitably disastrous nights out in Brixton. As you grow into an adult you will find that it's best to be honest with yourself about who you really are. And also that there's nothing wrong with preferring a nice halloumi burger in a pub - where you can hear yourself think - to a drink and drug fuelled rampage through Zone 2. If people want to judge you for that, it's their problem. No need to feel the need to defend yourself.

 

[Pickman's model]

Indeed, as you admitted in your post - you were surprised to have a better night in the bland suburbs than you have in your inevitably disastrous nights out in Brixton. As you grow into an adult you will find that it's best to be honest with yourself about who you are. And also that there's nothing wrong with preferring a nice halloumi burger in a pub - where you can hear yourself think - to a drink and drug fuelled rampage through Zone 2. If people want to judge you for that, it's their problem. No need to feel the need to defend yourself.

the decent night out i had in mind had nothing to do with pubs, i went out for a pizza with @knickerless cage, while the shit night i had in brixton was at the two woodcocks or whatever, up along from the hobgoblin. so you can take your halloumi burger and shove it up your arse. then eat it, i'm sure you'll enjoy the 'special sauce'.

 

[teuchter]

the decent night out i had in mind had nothing to do with pubs, i went out for a pizza with @knickerless cage, while the shit night i had in brixton was at the two woodcocks or whatever, up along from the hobgoblin. so you can take your halloumi burger and shove it up your arse. then eat it, i'm sure you'll enjoy the 'special sauce'.

What toppings did you have on your artisanal pizza?

 

[Nanker Phelge]

yep, same place. just googled the library.

quite liked it in there iirc. i have never been in sober though.

It's the kind of pub where being drunk is required.

 

[Pickman's model]

What toppings did you have on your artisanal pizza?

do you know, the intervening decade has erased that information from my memory. i can remember the conversation and i can remember the journey there and indeed back, but i'm damned if i can recall the toppings.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

the decent night out i had in mind had nothing to do with pubs, i went out for a pizza with @knickerless cage, while the shit night i had in brixton was at the two woodcocks or whatever, up along from the hobgoblin. so you can take your halloumi burger and shove it up your arse. then eat it, i'm sure you'll enjoy the 'special sauce'.

Don't you be slating the two woodcocks!!!

 

[Pickman's model]

Don't you be slating the two woodcocks!!!

shut down now i believe. but i had a shit night in there and i'm not fussed who knows it.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

shut down now i believe. but i had a shit night in there and i'm not fussed who knows it.

Shut down a long time ago. I used to go there when I had argued with my then GF because I know she'd never look for me there.....

The other place I used to go was the pub that was on the brixton hill end of Upper Tulse Hill. Can not recall the name. That's been knocked down.

 

[Pickman's model]

Shut down a long time ago. I used to go there when I had argued with my then GF because I know she'd never look for me there.....

The other place I used to go was the pub that was on the brixton hill end of Upper Tulse Hill. Can not recall the name. That's been knocked down.

tbh i could have gone in any pub in brixton, no one would have thought to look for me there, they'd have been looking in the innisfree, moss, coach and horses or torrington of glorious memory. ten miles away or more.

 

[clandestino]

Shut down a long time ago. I used to go there when I had argued with my then GF because I know she'd never look for me there.....

The other place I used to go was the pub that was on the brixton hill end of Upper Tulse Hill. Can not recall the name. That's been knocked down.

The Hop Poles?

Brixton's lost pubs, The Hop Poles, 60 Upper Tulse Hill, London SW2 2RW

 

[Nanker Phelge]

The Hop Poles?

Brixton's lost pubs, The Hop Poles, 60 Upper Tulse Hill, London SW2 2RW

That's it. I used to like it in there.

 

[brixtonblade]

I used to like the woodcocks

 

[Pickman's model]

I used to like the woodcocks

so did i: before i had a shit night in there

 

[Nanker Phelge]

so did i: before i had a shit night in there

Did you have a shit in there. The bogs would have ruined you for life.

 

[Pickman's model]

Did you have a shit in there. The bogs would have ruined you for life.

no, the shit was descriptive of the evening, not of the pub. although the toilets were on the primitive side.

 

[brixtonblade]

I used to like the woodcocks

 

[Nanker Phelge]

no, the shit was descriptive of the evening, not of the pub. although the toilets were on the primitive side.

The whole pub was primitive....

 

[Pickman's model]

The whole pub was primitive....

if memory serves its jukebox was crammed with rebel songs

 

[teuchter]

so did i: before i had a shit night in there

I expect everyone did, the time you were there.

 

[Pickman's model]

I expect everyone did, the time you were there.

i think you must have been in shortly before because i seem to recall someone's departure had raised people's spirits.

 

[twistedAM]

Wow, outbreak of banter. Are we still allowed that?

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Wow, outbreak of banter. Are we still allowed that?

Reported post!!!!

 

[Pickman's model]

Wow, outbreak of banter. Are we still allowed that?

Banter derives from the oft-repeated chant "ban teuchter", a demand much heard in the middle ages.

 

[teuchter]

Banter derives from the oft-repeated chant "ban teuchter", a demand much heard in the middle ages.

It has been a refuge for the small-minded for many a century.

 

[twistedAM]

Deserter is aways a funny read..they pub crawl Brixton in this one.
And God Created Brixton

 

[Jangleballix]

To get to Peckham Plex or anywhere else there, a 37 bus is best

Or if Clapham High St. Overground is nearer it's only a seven minute journey.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Deserter is aways a funny read..they pub crawl Brixton in this one.
And God Created Brixton

Fun read.