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Bloody hell. Another person banging about the devil around town. Granted it's totally anecdotal stuff, but does anyone else feel a rise in religion around Brixton?
 
I can't even begin to articulate how awful my experience at Nationwide has been. Dreadful place. Makes Barclays look like the cutting edge of efficiency.
 
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If this is business account related, then the way forward is MetroBank.
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I was trying to take money out of an old savings account and close down two vintage accounts for my Footie Fans vs CJA campaign and Bluebird Jones football comic. There was a little bit of cash still left in those (untouched for over 15 years!) but despite the paltry amounts concerned, this seemed all too much for the bank so I'll have to come back again for more queuing in the soulless place :(
 
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I was trying to take money out of an old savings account and close down two vintage accounts for my Footie Fans vs CJA campaign and Bluebird Jones football comic. There was a little bit of cash still left in those (untouched for over 15 years!) but despite the paltry amounts concerned, this seemed all too much for the bank so I'll have to come back again for more queuing in the soulless place :(
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I haven't been in since 1996 when - having accepted a £1000 deposit from me - they refused to give me a "Flex Account" [a savings account with chequebook and automatic overdraft]. It took them about 3 weeks to decide my application.

The manager was very apologetic and helped me through the appeals process, which at the time time was to appeal to the area office in the Wandsworth Arndale Centre and then finally to the Administrative Head Office in Northampton.

All I could get out of them was that they never discuss their credit scoring methods, and they weren't going to open me an account, so they sent me a cheque for £1,000 plus £40 compensation for inconvenience caused.
 
How depressing is this? It happened at the Marcus Lipton Youth Centre.

A 23-year-old man has died after being stabbed in a south London youth club.

Police were called to Minet Road, Brixton, at about 18:45 GMT on Thursday where the victim was given first aid by officers at the scene.

He was pronounced dead at 19:27. His next of kin have been informed and no arrests have been made, police said.

Det Ch Insp Mick Norman said: "This was an appalling attack on a young man in a youth centre - a place where he was entitled to feel safe."

"All the early indications are that this attack was premeditated and targeted", he added.

Sandra Smith, whose son was friends with the victim, said her "heart bleeds".

"He is a good boy, he is not the sort of boy who goes out and gives trouble," she said.

Maxine Dawson, 46, said she had been outside and seen children as young as seven leaving the centre after the attack.

"I can only imagine the way they were traumatised," she added.

Pastor and community campaigner Lorraine Jones, whose 20-year-old son Dwayne Simpson was stabbed to death in Brixton in 2014, said the youth club was one of only two in the area serving about 8,000 children.

"The club has been going for many, many years. They have done a huge amount of work, hundreds of thousands if not millions of hours with young people and they need help."

Police want to hear from those who were at the youth centre either before, during or after the attack.

"The youth centre was open at the time and sadly many young people present would have witnessed what unfolded," Det Ch Insp Norman said.

The killing brings this year's homicide rate up to 14, nine of which were fatal stabbings.
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Man stabbed to death at London youth club
 
So I had to endure the nightmare that is Nationwide again. My mission - foiled during my first attempt as they needed to 'do some paperwork' - was to close two old campaign accounts and take out the £170 that's been sitting in there for decades. Seems it's impossible to put that money into my savings account so - get this - they're going to give the money to me as cheques made out in the names of the two campaign accounts I've just closed. Which means I'd have to reopen accounts in the same name to gain access to the money. Fucking genius :facepalm:
 
I was made happy today through noting that San Marino have got the comfy, warm chairs with arms back outside. The cold red metal stools that give you piles are placed by the pavement tables at the side and are only for the desperate ...
 
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Some pics from last night at the Effra Social

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In photos: Brixton Buzz Friday night party at the Effra Social, Brixton, 22nd Feb 2019
 
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I was made happy today through noting that San Marino have got the comfy, warm chairs with arms back outside. The cold red metal stools that give you piles are placed by the pavement tables at the side on for the desperate ...
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I wish they'd fix their wobbly wi-fi.
 
Talking about wobbly how crap are the bench tables outside the Ritzy ? Must have been made in North Korea - where are the proper cafe tables and chairs of yesteryear ? They're treating their customers as badly as their staff ...
 
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Talking about wobbly how crap are the bench tables outside the Ritzy ? Must have been made in North Korea - where are the proper cafe tables and chairs of yesteryear ? They're treating their customers as badly as their staff ...
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I used to like the cafe in the Ritzy but haven't set foot in the place for probably two years now in support of the boycott. Last time I went the prices were already expensive.
 
Whois info "redacted for privacy" Site registered in September 2018
Apparently there is a Steering Committee but no sign of any affiliations
- this tweet is the only other sign of activity, from a year ago -
Chloe appears to affiliate with A New Direction
May be a connection with Tony Cealy and Brixton Road Youth Club

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