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Brixton news, rumours and general chat - April 2013

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I saw a rumour on twitter last night that Megasports up by the police station is becoming a Sainsburys Local. I hope it's bollocks I really do :facepalm:

I saw that too. Was written like it 'IS' going to happen, but first I have heard :hmm:
 
Got to have a vent about market parking. :mad: An old lady's car has just been towed from Rushcroft Road. She was only there half an hour. She asked the truck driver very nicely not to do it - she was clearly very frail and out of breath. He wouldn't budge. So she now has to go to the Mitcham car pound and pay a fortune. As she put it, 'I was only trying to keep some local businesses going.' Does anybody know what the council's thinking is re the multistorey ice rink? Do they not care what harm it's done to the market traders?
 
Got to have a vent about market parking. :mad: An old lady's car has just been towed from Rushcroft Road. She was only there half an hour. She asked the truck driver very nicely not to do it - she was clearly very frail and out of breath. He wouldn't budge. So she now has to go to the Mitcham car pound and pay a fortune. As she put it, 'I was only trying to keep some local businesses going.' Does anybody know what the council's thinking is re the multistorey ice rink? Do they not care what harm it's done to the market traders?
No they don't :( It's also made it more dangerous for pedestrians.
 
No they don't :( It's also made it more dangerous for pedestrians.
How can we make them care? Srsly? From what I hear the parking problem is as much as a threat to some of the Old Skool traders as anything the landlord gets up to. Would a petition help? Is there an existing campaign or action group or something? Do any of the councillors have anything to say about it?
 
A girl's been involved in an incident on Coldharbour Lane (opp the Barrier Block). Looks quite serious. :(
 
same store counted twice.
(A) is their central offices. C and D is the same store counted twice. C is twice as far away from B as Megasports is from the current Brixton Sainsburys.

Given the existing spread of Sainsburys in the Brixton area, I think a more likely location would be one of the ground floor units in the recent development opposite the Crown and Anchor.
 
I'm a bit worried about the girl who's been involved in some sort of traffic incident on Coldharbour Lane. The ambulance took over 15 minutes to get there and only now is she being put on a stretcher.

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Probably longer than 15 minutes looking at my posting times., There's now two police cars, a police van and the two ambulances in attendance. She still isn't in the ambulance.

I hope she's OK.
 
Same here. I really hope it's scaremongering bollocks. It would be rather ridiculous to have 2 Sainsbury's within 30 seconds walk of eachother.

Not that ridiculous as thats the situation already in Clapham where there is the main shop at 133 Clapham High St, a local at 33 Clapham High St (which cant be more than 300 metres away) and another local at Old Town and there are further locals on Abbeville Road, near to Clapham South tube and Kings Avenue all within a mile or so (plus probably more than I dont remember) and of course several Tesco Metros, a Waitrose Local + others
 
Got to have a vent about market parking. :mad: An old lady's car has just been towed from Rushcroft Road. She was only there half an hour. She asked the truck driver very nicely not to do it - she was clearly very frail and out of breath. He wouldn't budge. So she now has to go to the Mitcham car pound and pay a fortune. As she put it, 'I was only trying to keep some local businesses going.' Does anybody know what the council's thinking is re the multistorey ice rink? Do they not care what harm it's done to the market traders?
The traffic wardens are hot as fuck on Rushcroft Road and surrounding area - it's a goldmine for them. I don't have a car, but I borrowed my mum's once and popped into a mate's squat on Rushcroft Road for literally 90 seconds to collect my records, and got a £80 ticket :mad:

I don't think they will reinstate the car park. It's too valuable as real estate. There's a new(ish) car park behind the town hall on Porden Road, but it's generally empty. So people park illegally on Electric Lane instead.
 
Saw this classic on the "wasting your bandwithdz" thread...mentions the "313 club" in Brixton :D

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That is the one :D I am not going mad then
I passed it again today and have to apologise for giving the wrong info, a closer look revealed the shop doesnt open until 3:00pm tomorrow
but the window is full of wares...........which explains the crowds outside because they can't go in yet.
 
I saw a rumour on twitter last night that Megasports up by the police station is becoming a Sainsburys Local. I hope it's bollocks I really do :facepalm:
Sadly tis more than a rumour since there is promotional material proclaiming the arrival of your new Sainsbury's in the window today
 
From Sainsburys' point of view, is there really enough footfall in that spot to justify a second store? I suppose there must be, they would have researched it.
 
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