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Brixton news, rumours and general chat - December 2012
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Manter
Lunch Mob
No proper support for your feet <<looks guiltily at own feet>>What's wrong with Converse?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Manter
Lunch Mob
Yeah, probably. Though I do like a nice pair of fuck you shoesIrrelevant.
Probably better for your feet than pinched in toes and stilettos
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Converse are basically oversized and branded kids' PE pumps.
Being a sheep, I bought a pair. Very uncomfortable.
Kanda
Diving wanker
What's wrong with Converse?
they're the shittest footwear of all.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
and in my day, plimsolls are what you wore in PE lessons. None of these fancy expensive trainers
Peanut Monkey
Flea-Bit of CHL.
I find Market Row worse than the Village now. That run of Wishbone, Bukowskis and the horrible frozen yogurt place looks grim. Like you say, it's a small step to Spitalfields now. Wonder if it'll be a pizza express, Wagamamas or Giraffe that makes the first move?
Frumious B.
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Calm down dear, look at the crowd at Dombey's this morning! SEVEN staff frantically serving them all. I reckon Dombey is here to stay. 
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
"Brickers Brekkers" - like it
I think a visit to the Phoenix for brekkers tomorrow is in order, before they close for a week or so over Christmas.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Love Dombey's. Getting our turkey and ham there tomorrow, as usual.Calm down dear, look at the crowd at Dombey's this morning! SEVEN staff frantically serving them all. I reckon Dombey is here to stay.
Their sausages are amazing too. We order cocktail ones for parties and they are crazily popular.
Staff are excellent and bother to learn customers' names
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Lambeth has lost nearly a quarter of its police officers since the Tories/LDs came to power in 2010, apparently the worst reduction for any borough in south London. This despite the Govt and the Mayor saying they would maintain police numbers. 188 PCs and 114 PCSOs have been lost in Lambeth, a total of 302, 24% of the total number. (Source: the Met.)
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Yet crime is down, apparently
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
or numbers fiddled?
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Or less crime detected, due to fewer officers.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Do you know the source for that?
I tend to trust the British Crime Survey more than official figures from individual police forces.
Frumious B.
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Much of the crime is committed by the Police. Where does that show up in the figures? I'm sure that wrongful arrest, perjury, illegal bail conditions, framing innocent people and falling downstairs in the back of the van are all declining.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
These
Maybe ...
These stats for Brixton Hill (Tulse Hill ward) were released on Wednesday:
Reported figures for burglary, robbery and theft are all down year on year; same is true of overall reported crime in the ward. First figures below are 2012 year to date, figures in brackets are all of 2011. While riots in 2011 will have had some effect, as did Olympics, the trend appears positive. Success factors may include careful targeting of persistent offenders.
Burglary 135 (252)
Robbery 115 (148) - this includes 'business' robbery e.g. theft from a delivery person
Theft 345 (412) - this includes domestic, commercial, pickpocketing, bag theft in pubs etc.
total reported crime 1148 (1489)
Maybe ...
These stats for Brixton Hill (Tulse Hill ward) were released on Wednesday:
Reported figures for burglary, robbery and theft are all down year on year; same is true of overall reported crime in the ward. First figures below are 2012 year to date, figures in brackets are all of 2011. While riots in 2011 will have had some effect, as did Olympics, the trend appears positive. Success factors may include careful targeting of persistent offenders.
Burglary 135 (252)
Robbery 115 (148) - this includes 'business' robbery e.g. theft from a delivery person
Theft 345 (412) - this includes domestic, commercial, pickpocketing, bag theft in pubs etc.
total reported crime 1148 (1489)
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Some of those numbers could be down though because people don't bother reporting them 'cos they think it's a waste of time (ie. muggings, pickpocketing etc.) Who knows, maybe with people being as skint as they are, people getting burgled aren't reporting as there's no point if they let insurance lapse
Maybe a few weeks of sitting on arses watching Olympics instead of going out mugging affected figures
Oh, and here's another thing. I know of something happening where the police said they were too busy to deal with it because of the Olympics
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Even when a Leander Rd resident identified a violent, repeat mugger the police could not be bothered to investigate.
Kanda
Diving wanker
Crimes are generally reported rather than detected though...
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
I would not have believed you, but then along came 'Plebgate'
With birds nest hair presumably? (although come to think of it that was "fuck me shoes")
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
That's really shit. Did they take it any further?
Frumious B.
Well-Known Member
Can I get Luxardo maraschino cherries in Brickers? Got to be Luxardo. Dead posh apparently.
Don't know about the actual cherries but according to google the Hive sells the liqueur . (is it still there by the way?)
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Nope. Now Craft beer place.
Manter
Lunch Mob
never seen them. I'd have thought your best bet would be the big tesco- Last time I bought them from John Lewis food hall on oxford street.
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