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You have to pay £200 just to register to join their club and then it's £900/year just to visit that one single venue.
Brixton news, rumour and general chat - Sept 2015
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xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
A man died today on Brixton Rd. So sad.......
Brixton roads closed after man dies in motorbike accident
Brixton roads closed after man dies in motorbike accident
Mr Retro
Beware hedgehogs
It won't be a soho house house though, it will be one of their restaurants, hopefully not the Cicken shop or Dirty Burgers.
I'm often in the Shoreditch or one of the Soho ones. The members seem to me a fairly innocuous bunch. The don't annoy me at all really apart from being very young and carrying on the way the young do. That annoys me a bit.
Maharani
Just like Heaven
So they do annoy you!
Mr Retro
Beware hedgehogs
Their very youngness does. As individuals I don't have the voice I often have going "kill that fuckerrrrr"
David Clapson
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Do you have to be a member to go to one of the restaurants? I've looked at their site but am none the wiser.
Mr Retro
Beware hedgehogs
Never been in one but I seriously doubt it
Gramsci
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In this instance I will stick up for Lambeth planning officers.
This is not just about a cafe- part of Phoenix peoples business is small time property development.
They would be furious as it is stopping them maximise there profit from the premises they own / control.
( They are probably also still annoyed at there plans to build more flats behind the original cafe have been thwarted)
Moving down the road temporarily I do not object to. Its trying to make this A3 use permanent I object to. Its not in the interests of Brixton for yet another retail shop space to be lost.
Lambeth officers were doing there job for once trying to keep a balance between retail , restaurants and entertainment venues.
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Gramsci
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What are these new rules permitting change of use?
My understanding was that Lambeth planning policy laid down proportions of different uses in a parade of shops.
Do the new rules override this?
Gramsci
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I have been in Soho house in Soho and Shoreditch.
Its for media and "creatives".That is the top ones. Not the interns or lesser riff raff who do the donkey work for the up themselves creatives.
Shoreditch one is worse.
Not what I want in Brixton.
Twattor
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Not what I'd describe as a restaurant, but I've been to chicken shop in Holborn. Unaware of connection until this thread. It was really good chicken though - really simple menu: quarter, half, or whole chicken, with or without chips. There might have been some coleslaw. Really well cooked chicken.
happyshopper
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boohoo
No.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Really rare one on Mervan.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Reported to Americanism Watch.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
As Gramsci says the new Phoenix restaurant location did not have planning permission as a restaurant.
With regard to your point about the innocuousness of uncontrolled restaurant and bar use: Lambeth planning officers have changed their interpretation of the council's UDP policy on this. Not sure how or why, but originally it was totally clear that not more than 25% of premises in a street were to be A3/A4 (restaurant/bar) use.
Since Nu Brixton has arrived this has be reinterpreted in such a way that the control is ineffective. I had two cracks at this with respect to 400-402 Coldharbour Lane where the owner wants to put a restaurant in pace of a former minicab office.
Fortunately residents above the premises found an esoteric problem with the proposed ventilation system which the planning councillors could use to reject the application. It was quite clear that the planning officers would over-rule any attempt to refuse on the grounds of over-concentration of A3.
Gramsci is quite right to raise this issue. My view is that if Lambeth approve the application for Soho House and not for Soner it simply indicates they are obsessed with trendiness. Although as the regeneration officer seems to spend a lot of time nursing Pop Brixton, maybe Soho House might be considered a threat to this most cherished project.
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hiraethified
And on yet another note, an Apple maps van was seen in Rushcroft Road.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Permitted development has always trumped local policy.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Have I missed the boat in reporting that Lambeth Town Hall is closed for refurbishment - reopening in 2017?
The only reference I can find on the net is this: Town Hall closed
The building does look quite empty - many upper windows open. All doors locked.
Ripe for squatting I should say.
The only reference I can find on the net is this: Town Hall closed
The building does look quite empty - many upper windows open. All doors locked.
Ripe for squatting I should say.
Jangleballix
Better living through chemistry.
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friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
Idiot on the no3 Bus this morning decided to be a complete prick about the slowness of travel this morning. Outside the town hall the bus stopped for a minute, as they often do about 7am 'to regulate the service', which to to fair is rather annoying when everyone is trying to get to work on time. Bloke starts seriously cussing and swearing in protest, which was quite unsettling. Then there was an almighty thump as he vented his anger by kicking the door so hard that he broke it. Glass was broken and craved outward so there was a big gap between grass and frame.
At the next stop the driver had to declare the bus out of service and tell us all to get off. That stupid dickhead made us all fucking late! I'll be docked 15mins because of that prick.
At the next stop the driver had to declare the bus out of service and tell us all to get off. That stupid dickhead made us all fucking late! I'll be docked 15mins because of that prick.
SpamMisery
Pretty comfortable here right under your skin
Did anyone give him what for as you trooped off the bus?
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
There was a lot of eye rolling, tutting, sucking of teeth and muttering. I think I said something to the effect of 'you've broken the bus! - now we'll all be late'. I definitely called him stupid and a prick. Not sure he heard. He seemed remarkably unaware of what he had done - he was the last person off - like he expected the bus to continue with no glass in the door. Idiot.
Its not a good way to start the day.
T & P
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Man sounds like a grade-A cunt and I hope he's caught and made to pay for the damages.
The stopping to regulate the service policy is fucking infuriating and completely pointless with 'urban' buses that are supposed to run continuously (as opposed to a rural service that only runs once every couple of hours, in which case adhering to the schedule/ timetable is justified). In London you just go to the bus stop and jump on the first bus that shows up. Whoever came up with the idea of regulating the service is worse than Hitler and no mistake.
The stopping to regulate the service policy is fucking infuriating and completely pointless with 'urban' buses that are supposed to run continuously (as opposed to a rural service that only runs once every couple of hours, in which case adhering to the schedule/ timetable is justified). In London you just go to the bus stop and jump on the first bus that shows up. Whoever came up with the idea of regulating the service is worse than Hitler and no mistake.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
It's not pointless - buses inevitably bunch up if they are running to a frequent timetable.
So if you do nothing, what is supposed to be 1 bus every 5 minutes can turn into 4 buses every 20 minutes. Or 6 buses every 30 minutes.
It's frustrating if you're on the bus that's being regulated because maybe you'll arrive at your destination 5 minutes later than if it was just left alone (arguably you have stolen that 5 minutes from other passengers anyway, because your bus is picking up fewer passengers than the one in front which is having to stop for longer at each stop). However, someone waiting at a stop and expecting a bus every 5 minutes might then have to wait 20 minutes. So their journey will effectively be delayed three or four times as much as yours.
They do it on the tube too.
So if you do nothing, what is supposed to be 1 bus every 5 minutes can turn into 4 buses every 20 minutes. Or 6 buses every 30 minutes.
It's frustrating if you're on the bus that's being regulated because maybe you'll arrive at your destination 5 minutes later than if it was just left alone (arguably you have stolen that 5 minutes from other passengers anyway, because your bus is picking up fewer passengers than the one in front which is having to stop for longer at each stop). However, someone waiting at a stop and expecting a bus every 5 minutes might then have to wait 20 minutes. So their journey will effectively be delayed three or four times as much as yours.
They do it on the tube too.
Angellic
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Many, including myself, would beg to differ.
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editor
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If you'll forgive the swift burst of self-congratulatory backslappping, I'm really chuffed with the way that Buzz is going and the positive impact it seems to have for local campaigners, businesses and individuals - thanks in no small part to Tricky Skills contributions.
Brixton Buzz: nine thousand Brixton events listed, and three million page views!
Brixton Buzz: nine thousand Brixton events listed, and three million page views!
leanderman
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Yep. Full praise to Tricky for calling a one-party council to account.
Especially when local journalism is on its knees.
Especially when local journalism is on its knees.
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