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Brixton news, rumours and general chat - July 2013

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Something big has kicked off around the back of Moorlands Rd/Loughborough Park - at least 10 cop cars have just hurtled up there, sirens blazing.
 
colacubes said:
No idea as yet. Brixton Blog said they were going to try and find out. It sounds like that would effectively put them out of business though :mad: How the fuck do you operate a jerk place without a bbq?
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I reckon it's part of the ongoing 'sanitation' of Brixton by the council.

People hanging around outside shops? Anti-social behaviour! Take their licence away!
Old publicly-owned buildings? Knock 'em down and sell 'em off for flats and fancy retail!
People drinking on the street? Remove all the seating and ban sales of one can!
Annoying, unsightly food businesses creating smoke and smells? Get rid of them!

I reckon it won't be long before they start telling businesses they can't play music in the street.

Seems that many of these attacks are on cultural activities linked to the Carribbean community.

I'd love to be proved wrong on all this, but all the evidence suggests otherwise.
 
they've laid on the racial tropes a bit thick tho.

black guy? crackhead!

asian lass? illegal immigrant in hock to ruthless chinese gang syndicate!

single mum? Council estate!

Polish lass? Arranged marriage passport scam!

meh... i'll give it a whirl. maybe it's just time out getting the wrong end of the schtick.
 
it's worth pointing out that no one knows why poor old jeff has been given the boot - speculation seldom helps.
 
Brixton Hatter said:
I reckon it's part of the ongoing 'sanitation' of Brixton by the council.

People hanging around outside shops? Anti-social behaviour! Take their licence away!
Old publicly-owned buildings? Knock 'em down and sell 'em off for flats and fancy retail!
People drinking on the street? Remove all the seating and ban sales of one can!
Annoying, unsightly food businesses creating smoke and smells? Get rid of them!

I reckon it won't be long before they start telling businesses they can't play music in the street.

Seems that many of these attacks are on cultural activities linked to the Carribbean community.

I'd love to be proved wrong on all this, but all the evidence suggests otherwise.
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They'll turn it into fucking Maidenhead at this rate
 
Manter said:
They'll turn it into fucking Maidenhead at this rate
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pissflaps said:
it's worth pointing out that no one knows why poor old jeff has been given the boot - speculation seldom helps.
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yeh right. so on URBAN we should just sit tight and wait for the truth instead of doing what comes naturally to these boards and speculating like wild :rolleyes: you can't have been round these parts too long if that's the sort of dull and responsible thing you come out with.
 
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Crispy said:
It's always been a bit of a cartographic no-man's-land, that area. Myatts Fields would be best, I suppose.
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It's nowhere near Myatts Fields (which is more than a mile away and in a different post district - SE5).
It should definitely be Loughborough Park - that is the name of the conservation area, and also was the original name of the now-defunct railway station.
 
Something was kicking off about 5.30pm around New Park Road this evening, back of the Telegraph, not sure what but a carful of guys and lots of police, and a black guy shouting about he "aint fuckin done nuffin". Not quite sure what it was but in the shouting (of which there was a lot) I did pick up something about robbery at knifepoint and I think the "black guy" was a possible fit for the person responsible although very adamant that he was innocent.

As usual, lots of people watching, filming, and generally inflaming the situation.
 
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