brixtonblade
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Yeah, the price stuck in my mind. He waived it though. It's maybe in case someone takes the piss and asks for 10
Brixton news, rumour and general chat - October 2016
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twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
He didnnt to a couple of people I know - they were quite shocked but went into Morleys and asked nicely and got some ketchup.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Fenwick were pretty much steam-rollered. I phoned a contact on Fenwick last year and asked "Do you know there's a demolition notice for Fenwick in the Public Notices section of the Lambeth Weekender?". He didn't.
He phoned me back the next day and reckoned he'd knocked on around 50 doors, and no-one knew anything about demolition or a demolition notice, all they knew about was some fuzzy talk about regeneration. The poor buggers had the wind knocked out of them, but they are fighting back, and the other regeneration estates are giving them practical help and social support. Some of them turned out for the "Stand Up to Lambeth Council" march, too.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
I did an ad hoc count as they moved off from Windrush and crossed the road, and I made it 290-ish give or take - not including the dozen coppers in attendance.
brixtonblade
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ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
There were originally two vans of them, but one van fucked off at about 12.45, along with half a dozen titheads.
I'd never get ketchup with fish and chips, but those little blister packs of tartar sauce usually tend to be about that price wherever you go. I'm not sure if ketchup should be priced differently.
Agree with Olley's being overpriced muck and Knight's Hill being top notch.
brixtonblade
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We need a sticky thread for the bi-monthly fish and chip chat.
- Olleys is rubbish
- Jimmy's has big portions
- The new ones on Brixton Hill and Acre Lane are quite nice actually but I prefer Jimmys/Kens/Something else
Would keep things nice and tidy
- Olleys is rubbish
- Jimmy's has big portions
- The new ones on Brixton Hill and Acre Lane are quite nice actually but I prefer Jimmys/Kens/Something else
Would keep things nice and tidy
GarveyLives
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Way too harsh on Olley's. The chips are greatly improved. Fish always good.
The chips in the Acre Lane shop are tasteless.
Agree about Ken's chips, they are like when I was a kid. Gorgeous.
The chips in the Acre Lane shop are tasteless.
Agree about Ken's chips, they are like when I was a kid. Gorgeous.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Really? I'd never seen them above 10p.
boohoo
No.
Thornton heath is where the chips are at.
The cops round here do plenty of good every day, although it might not fit your narrative.
They've got other priorities.
I saw that fly on the wall with the Brixton police and when that kid, whose parents own the Bombay, was stabbed up in the Roupell estate, those two cops did everything they could for him, giving their all to save his life before the ambulance came, coming away covered in his blood.
During his last minutes, he had good people with him.
wurlycurly
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Olley's sell a piece of deep-fried (frozen) haddock for £8.20; their staff are on minimum wage. They keep costs down by using only one waitress in the restaurant during the day. Don't know if you've been in there recently, but I can assure you that she earns her pay. Fuck them.
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hiraethified
The Blog have excelled themselves on this one, sneering away at those who bothered to get involved in the campaign (just 200 according to their writer) and leading with a sensationalist spin on a campaigner who was supposedly "violently dismantling a Labour Party stall."
As is often the case, there's more substance and more accurate reporting in the readers' comments.
Pink protest challenges council
brixtonblade
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That's a pretty poor article.
The "rocks to their ankles" comment was too much though. If there's really a desire to get a broad coalition of people involved and actively campaigning against the council then I dont think comments like that help.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
omg I so agree. Melfort Rd has the best fish & chips around.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I think in Brixton we sometimes have to live with invective or strong rhetoric.
This part of the article has caused some agro:
"a member of the extreme left-wing Revolutionary Communist Group (RCG) set off a social media storm by saying that leaders of the council’s Labour Party administration should be “thrown into the Thames with rocks tied round their ankles"
The suggestion of throwing the council leaders into the Thames was hypebole not a threat, in the sense that it wasn't going to happen.
I personally believe this apparent follower of Marx was mis-quoting Matthew 18 v6:
"But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea."
English is a funny language - most things derive from the Bible or Shakespeare as devotees of Desert Island Discs will be well aware.
boohoo
No.
Not tried those. There's a good chippy on junction of Parchmore Road and Beulah Road.
xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
Really you should try them. Absolutely lovely.
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hiraethified
teuchter
je suis teuchter
It's fair enough not to allow a load of clutter on the pavement - pavements are supposed to be for people to walk on, and what's there at the moment will block anyone trying to get through in a wheelchair or with a pram.
That said I would like similar enforcement to be taken against people who decide to park motor vehicle on the pavement.
I suggest SWU move their stuff onto the carriageway of the road instead.
That said I would like similar enforcement to be taken against people who decide to park motor vehicle on the pavement.
I suggest SWU move their stuff onto the carriageway of the road instead.
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"Red Guard"(NLYL)
That's a bit of a bird-brained suggestion. How about deliveries to the Beehive and Craft Beer? There are also a surprising number of vehicles parked under the rec. Closet motorists masquerading as GLL officials perhaps.
How about designating that piece of pavement as an art space?
(after having numerous expensive consultations done by several consultants - as is normal practice in Lambeth)
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hiraethified
If I can be bothered I'll dig up some photos of how that space used to be: and it was mainly used as a dumping space for rubbish. It was as dead a zone as you could imagine so the notion that it's blocking anything is a bit daft - hardly anyone uses that road anyway (and there's almost zero traffic) and there's plenty of space all around. I think it's great that it's supplied a focus for the displaced cafe people and it brightens up a particularly dull area. Of course others may prefer something nice and shiny and soulless.
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