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Brixton news, rumours and general chat - July 2013

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tarannau said:
Brixton without drum bbqs? They won't rest until every sign of the Windrush generation is eradicated or sanitised into an ersatz theme park variation of 'vibrancy,' one that seems to involve serving orderly plates of smokeless McJerk from a reorganised NuBrixton food court market of of 'world cuisine,' alongside salad boxes and single estate olive selections.
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On way back from Herne Hill bookshop earlier I got two portions of jerk chicken rice n peas from a man with a bbq on Dulwich Road opposite the Lido. Was delicious. He says he'll be there every Sunday.
 
tarannau said:
Brixton without drum bbqs? They won't rest until every sign of the Windrush generation is eradicated or sanitised into an ersatz theme park variation of 'vibrancy,' one that seems to involve serving orderly plates of smokeless McJerk from a reorganised NuBrixton food court market of of 'world cuisine,' alongside salad boxes and single estate olive selections.
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They?
 
tarannau said:
Brixton without drum bbqs? They won't rest until every sign of the Windrush generation is eradicated or sanitised into an ersatz theme park variation of 'vibrancy,' one that seems to involve serving orderly plates of smokeless McJerk from a reorganised NuBrixton food court market of of 'world cuisine,' alongside salad boxes and single estate olive selections.
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sounds delicious!
 
Does anyone know why Gresham Road is closed? There's an area around the bus-stop (opp police station) that is taped off.
 
shygirl said:
Does anyone know why Gresham Road is closed? There's an area around the bus-stop (opp police station) that is taped off.
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@TfLTrafficNews: Central London - Gresham Road, Brixton, is closed between Brixton Road and Wiltshire Road due to a collision. Please seek alternative routes
 
News just in of a cyclist under a tipper lorry outside Holborn tube station. Why are these vehicles allowed to operate on london's roads in rush hour?
 
received this email. doubt if anyone cares but...



There is a planning meeting for the Lambeth People's Assembly benefits workshop on Tuesday July 16th at 6pm at the Ritzy cinema , Windrush Square , central Brixton.
( outside seats - the cheap seats )

This will focus on campaigning against the bedroom tax and cuts in disability benefits.

All welcome , please contact gracelally@yahoo.com or r.lewis450@btinternet.com for more information.


Join the Lambeth Peoples Assembly group online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrganisingLambethPeoplesAssembly/join

Or you can join for emails only , no web access by sending a blank email toorganisinglambethpeoplesassembly-subscribe@yahoogroups.com


Stephen , Lambeth Defend Council Housing
 
There's a really good, and important sculpture in the fountain the middle of Lambeth College on Brixton Hill. It belongs in a place of education or in a public space. It's a fine bit of work.
I hope it doesn't turn into a sales pitch 'feature' among overpriced shoebox apartments.

It's Grade 2 listed.

TQ 2174 SE BRIXTON HILL, SW2 (west side) 963/22/10035 'Fountain' sculpture in pool at Lambeth College

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Kinetic fountain sculpture. 1960-1 by Kenneth Martin, commissioned by the London County Council. Stainless steel, five feet high above water level, over three feet in radius. Spiral of seven platforms tapering in size upwards, and a parallel spiral form of seven pipes which channel the water. The spiral construction of the fountain and the way that the water activates it is developed from careful mathematical principles of screw propulsion, with which Martin had experimented since 1951. It is devised from Russian constructivism, the writings of Charles Biederman and the work of Vantongerloo, and engages with the movement of light as well as water. The spiral activity of the work complements the rectilinear buildings around it. Martin designed only one other public steel fountain, in Gorinchem, Holland. Included as a rare and particularly fine example of kinetic sculpture.
 
simonSW2 said:
There's a really good, and important sculpture in the fountain the middle of Lambeth College on Brixton Hill. It belongs in a place of education or in a public space. It's a fine bit of work.
I hope it doesn't turn into a sales pitch 'feature' among overpriced shoebox apartments.

It's Grade 2 listed.

TQ 2174 SE BRIXTON HILL, SW2 (west side) 963/22/10035 'Fountain' sculpture in pool at Lambeth College

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Kinetic fountain sculpture. 1960-1 by Kenneth Martin, commissioned by the London County Council. Stainless steel, five feet high above water level, over three feet in radius. Spiral of seven platforms tapering in size upwards, and a parallel spiral form of seven pipes which channel the water. The spiral construction of the fountain and the way that the water activates it is developed from careful mathematical principles of screw propulsion, with which Martin had experimented since 1951. It is devised from Russian constructivism, the writings of Charles Biederman and the work of Vantongerloo, and engages with the movement of light as well as water. The spiral activity of the work complements the rectilinear buildings around it. Martin designed only one other public steel fountain, in Gorinchem, Holland. Included as a rare and particularly fine example of kinetic sculpture.
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I think then that attention of the relevant persons would have to be grabbed now. Who funded it? Who does it belong to? Maybe get Brixton Blog to look into it.
 
cuppa tee said:
A couple of bits of supermarket tittle tattle gleaned from the Lambeth licensing website.
Looks like Stockwell is losing an Iceland and getting a sainsburys .......http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/NR/rdonly...-8EED-FFB8D6E953F0/0/Application_Prem1668.pdf .......maybe in response to the new lidl
Meanwhile on acre lane there could be a new morrisons....... http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/NR/rdonly...-AD19-329F8CAF54A2/0/Application_Prem1675.pdf
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Good spot. We need an Aldi though.

The Morrisons will be in the large new development on the old timber yard
 
Thanks for keeping a look out cuppa tee. I guess it was kind of predictable that the Acre Lane development would have a supermarket - it's a big site with a huge number of new flats. Mind you there is is a massive Sainsburys and massive Tesco not far away....

Still at least it's not one of those!!!
 
quimcunx said:
Who funded it? Who does it belong to? Maybe get Brixton Blog to look into it.
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The building was developed by the LCC/ILEA and was originally intended as a sixth form centre. In practice it became a further education (FE) college and when ILEA was broken up, it was passed to Lambeth as the successor education authority. Then in 1992 the Conservative Government effectively privatised FE colleges and it passed to a new free-standing organisation, Lambeth College, set up as a charity. This run by the Governors (see here) who are, in effect, the owners.
 
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