Brixton news, rumours and general chat - December 2012
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quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Unike comes into it somewhere.
Manter
Lunch Mob
Yeah. Some nice stuff. Not cheap tho- they know the value of it. I have my eye on the chimney pots on the left on the top shelf.... Quite fancy one of those on my front step come summer
E2a there is another vintage clothes/vintage stuff shop opened in market row. No idea how long they have been there but it's new to me. They are actively expensive, but the stuff they have includes some gorgeous bits. And the guy who owns it is a proper character
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I think that's it's real name.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
What's it replacing?
Manter
Lunch Mob
Too much to hope that the answer is 'a tesco'?
Frumious B.
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Article in the FT about the windmill. Excellent stuff, but yet more fuel for the gentrification steamroller:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6266f3c6-4058-11e2-8e04-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2EZ0eeOHY
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6266f3c6-4058-11e2-8e04-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2EZ0eeOHY
Wind of change brings flour to Brixton
By Jane Wild
A windmill in London that was once part of southeast England’s rural economy is to begin milling grain again, joining the growing number of mills across Britain being brought back into use.
Brixton windmill last produced stone-ground flour before the second world war and fell into disrepair as steam-driven roller mills began mass-producing flour. By 2002, it was on English Heritage’s “buildings at risk” register.
Then, a group of enthusiasts, many from an overlooking housing estate, rallied to save the listed building, which with the help of National Lottery support reopened last year as an educational centre and visitor attraction.
Now the Friends of Windmill Gardens are raising money to get the windmill working commercially, too, as it approaches its 200th birthday.
“People come and they’re absolutely fascinated,” says Jean Kerrigan, who lives nearby and who chairs the Friends group. “It’s wonderful to see our rural past brought alive.”
The Brixton windmill’s revival is part of a renaissance for British mills, according to the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. About half a dozen have been restored to use this year and heritage and education are not the only motivations.
Another reason the millstones have started to grind again is that resurgent national interest in baking, typified by television programmes such as The Great British Bake Off, has driven demand for traditionally made flour.
Jonathan Cook, chairman of the Traditional Cornmillers Guild, which represents millers using natural energy and techniques, said: “This is a great time for traditional milling. The whole market for our products is transformed.” Members of his guild have reported a “significant increase” in business, Mr Cook said, adding that orders at his Swaffham Prior windmill in Cambridge have doubled in the past three years.
He estimates that more than 100 traditional mills in the UK are able to produce flour, with about 40 doing so commercially. Although their combined annual output of 6,000-8,000 tonnes is a tiny part of the total UK market, the flour they produce is distinctly different to that from mass producers.
“One thing we’re not anxious about is having a market for our flour,” said Jenny Hartland, who heads the preservation society of Holgate windmill in York. The mill, which reopened to visitors last year, is expected to begin selling flour in the new year.
Flour production restarted last year at Talgarth watermill in mid-Wales after more than 60 years. Gez Richards, the mill’s manager, says orders for his wholemeal flour continue to rise, noting that customers are particularly drawn by the fact that the wheat comes from a farm just three miles away.
Such demands for traceable provenance and low food miles are part of a wider trend for artisan foods – higher-quality, additive-free produce made in small quantities. The prospect of stocking up on bread and cakes made with flour from a windmill down the road has a strong appeal in gentrifying Brixton, where the local market now sells a range of products from local makers, including Ossie’s Fresh Ginger drink, Jenny Graham pepper jelly and (with a nod to the area’s local currency) Brixton Pound brown sauce.
At the Brixton Cornercopia deli, which specialises in “ultra-local food”, the shelves are lined with jars, bottles and packets, for which much of the contents started out in nearby allotments and gardens. “The more local things are and the louder they shout about their localness, the better the response [from customers],” said Anne Fairbrother, the proprietor.
For people such as Richard Meyers, an actor who helped kick-start the campaign to get Brixton’s windmill’s French burr millstones working again, there is also a strong sense of pride in succeeding with a community-led project. People from around the world have contacted the Friends to share personal memories of the Brixton windmill.
Having survived the social and economic change of two centuries, the Brixton windmill will make one concession to the modern age: the lack of wind flow due to the surrounding buildings means the mill will be powered by electricity.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Grist for the mill, shurely?
Manter
Lunch Mob
Baboom Ching, he's here till Thursday, try the fish, don't forget to tip your waitress etc
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
But the Where Am I sign came first
eta: If you look at picture of it on Google maps, it has Vintage shop as well and also what looks like Unike
hmm on the cornerIt's also listed on google maps as Where Am I
cuppa tee
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........surprised it took them this long to open in Clapham
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
As for Unike (which has just occurred to me is probably their weird way of spelling Unique 
), you won't find it listed anywhere under google.
However, there's a Where Am I? Cafe website.
http://www.whereamicafe.co.uk/#/contact/4560509140
), you won't find it listed anywhere under google.However, there's a Where Am I? Cafe website.
http://www.whereamicafe.co.uk/#/contact/4560509140
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Nice try. I suspect Waitrose would prefer to be near a Tube, and with more 'footfall'
Chilavert
Undermining strikes :-(
Having checked street view it used to be an Evans apparently.
Ol Nick
beer in Brixton
Happens in Torquay too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=78b67l_yxUc
zenie
>^^<
That'll be one of the 'Little Waitrose' branches then, they're ok. I'd stick with Balham if you want the good stuff though.
Went in there yesterday, they didn't seem to have prices on anything??
We decided you'd ask a price they'd look you up and down and then make up one depending on what you were wearing! I loved the little suite set they had, and the huge mirrored dressing table
Manter
Lunch Mob
Yeah, I sent the Northerner in to ask on exactly that basis, but he still didn't get a bargain, despite being dressed as a trampWent in there yesterday, they didn't seem to have prices on anything??
We decided you'd ask a price they'd look you up and down and then make up one depending on what you were wearing! I loved the little suite set they had, and the huge mirrored dressing table
Frumious B.
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The place on Market Row, aka Tique Booty, www.tiquebooty.com, gives discounts to locals. Yes, really. Special prices for Brixtonians. Northern tramp is not the way to go.
Manter
Lunch Mob
But have you seen the prices??!!! Wrought iron bottom for a table, damaged and with no top for £240????? Even with a locals discount, some of that stuff is
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
The owner of Tique Booty, yesterday:
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
these sort of write up soooooooooo make me want to pull a fast one like friends have done in the past.
Manter
Lunch Mob
You lot have made me cynical. Just read this on their website and sniggered to myself ( Emphasis mine). But anyway- good luck to them. The guy that owns it is a character, its interesting to wander round, and not every shop in the place needs to be aimed at me
The clothes do not have to come from a certain era, be made in a certain style, adhere to the social norms of any particular sub-culture or fit into a certain price bracket
The clothes do not have to come from a certain era, be made in a certain style, adhere to the social norms of any particular sub-culture or fit into a certain price bracket
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
A lot of the "vintage" shops in the Village started off reasonable and are now really, really pricey. I got some proper bargains from one of the pop-up shops a couple of years ago but I saw a dress the other day which I'm pretty sure was from Primark or Peacocks last year (with the label cut out) that they were trying to flog for about £40! Ridiculous.
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