Brixton news, rumours and general chat - May 2013

[colacubes]

Quick question - anyone know of a battery recycling point in central Brixton.? I've got a fuckton of them - they used to have one in Sainsburys & Boots but don't seem to any more.

 

[Kanda]

There's one in Sainsburys up top of Hill.

 

[Kanda]

This is opening in place of the Brixton Brew:

 

[Brix69]

The library has a battery recycling thing on the desk as you go in.

 

[Rushy]

Quick question - anyone know of a battery recycling point in central Brixton.? I've got a fuckton of them - they used to have one in Sainsburys & Boots but don't seem to any more.

And the sainsbury on the corner of Lambert Rd / Brixton Hill.

 

[pissflaps]

This is opening in place of the Brixton Brew:

EL FONTO FONTO FONTO!

 

[colacubes]

Cheers all. Turns out the Sainsburys Local in the centre has one hidden in the corner by the newspapers. Both Boots and WHSmith no longer have them

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yeah I think so, cos when I was there last week (early in the morning) the place was crawling with police and a van load of coppers who'd clearly been there all night were guarding the main entrance (most of them were asleep.) There are usually police at Kings, but never this many. They probably want to keep it low profile though.

Oh yeah, you often see the normal "resident" police or police escorting prisoners, but they're everywhere at the moment

 

[TruXta]

Quick question - anyone know of a battery recycling point in central Brixton.? I've got a fuckton of them - they used to have one in Sainsburys & Boots but don't seem to any more.

Pretty sure the recycling bank by Tescos on AL takes batteries.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

There's a few chemists that recycle batteries

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

Quick question - anyone know of a battery recycling point in central Brixton.? I've got a fuckton of them - they used to have one in Sainsburys & Boots but don't seem to any more.

Library in brixton (but only a medium size box I think.
There is also one by the hero of switzerland with (to my delight) a recycling point for low energy lightbulbs there too.

 

[Frumious B.]

If you're fed up with having to wear your woollies in May, consider moving to Lapland. It was 29 degrees there the other day.

 

[Frumious B.]

Library in brixton (but only a medium size box I think.
There is also one by the hero of switzerland with (to my delight) a recycling point for low energy lightbulbs there too.

There's one outside the Acre Lane Tesco.

 

[twistedAM]

Agreed. And if you don't ask you don't get. Same with the film investment discussed in another thread. I don't object to them asking but what irks me is the brazenness of the dreadful value for the 'investor' for ostensibly commercial projects. Rather than rewarding those with the goodwill to support their business, they are in fact worse off than those who don't support them. Investors of £50 are rewarded with a book which is available for £10 on Amazon. Investors of £1,000 will get dinner for 22 - at about three times the usual price! Punters are being taken for mugs. But it is elective and they are free not to be mugs (and the £150 raised in three weeks seems to suggest that they are mostly exercising this right). It makes it hard for me to take their business seriously.

If I had stacks of money I'd go for the top gift of free wraps for life and go in every five minutes and distribute the food to homeless or needy people.

 

[Rushy]

If I had stacks of money I'd go for the top gift of free wraps for life and go in every five minutes and distribute the food to homeless or needy people.

Maybe one of the food distribution charities could invest. Best £1,000 spent ever!

 

[editor]

Chatted to one of the old school fruit and veg stall workers today. Said they're really struggling.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Chatted to one of the old school fruit and veg stall workers today. Said they're really struggling.

Must be all those businesses in Brixton Village buying their produce there....



























not

Although obviously there's lots of people that will use Sainsbury's on their way home from work because the market might be shut, and of course, people like me that have food deliveries or tend to shop up Streatham nowadays

 

[leanderman]

Mick Jones went to school in Elm Park

You are kidding? Just about the only music I can be bothered to listen to is by the Clash.

 

[leanderman]

There's one outside the Acre Lane Tesco.

Poundland recycles batteries.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You are kidding? Just about the only music I can be bothered to listen to is by the Clash.

Not at all. I think it was Strand Grammar School at the time

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Here you go

http://www.theclash.org.uk/TheClash.htm

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Tim Roth also went there

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

and this lot

• Rev. Donald Aird, Vicar of St Marks Church, Hamilton Terrace, London NW8 (1979–1995), founder of the Society of Christians and Jews.
• Vernon Butcher, Organist of the Chapel Royal.[9]
• David Guthrie Catcheside, seminal figure in the development of post-war genetics.[10]
• Charles Alfred Fisher, Professor of Geography, School of Oriental & African Studies.
• Leonard Christopher Gilley, artist.[11]
• Sir Reg Goodwin, politician and former Leader of the Greater London Council.
• Leonard Hussey, explorer.[12]
• Fruitbat (Les Carter), rock musician, co-founder of Carter USM.
• David Jacobs, CBE, broadcaster, long-time presenter of BBC's Juke Box Jury and Any Questions.[4]
• Lord Sydney Jacobson, newspaper executive and editor.
• George Barker Jeffery, mathematical physicist, translator of papers by Einstein, Lorentz & other fathers of relativity theory.[13]
• Mick Jones, rock musician, lead guitarist and vocalist, The Clash.
• James Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS, scientist and environmentalist, best known for the Gaia hypothesis.[14]
• Richard Valentine Moore, winner of the George Cross.[15]
• Sir Arnold Plant, economist.[16]
• Alan A Ball, Professor of Engineering Design, Birmingham University.
• Leroy Rosenior, professional footballer, coach and broadcaster.
• Tim Roth, Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning movie actor and director
• Jeremy Spencer, rock musician, founder-member of Fleetwood Mac.
• Euan Uglow, artist.[11]
• Ronald Philip Benjamin Wood, artist.[11]

 

[leanderman]

and this lot

Wow!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Wow!

Shame on you for not knowing!

You're going to have to use that on your quiz now.

Q: Name a famous ex-pupil of Elm Park (Strand) School other than Mick Jones

 

[se5]

Yeah I think so, cos when I was there last week (early in the morning) the place was crawling with police and a van load of coppers who'd clearly been there all night were guarding the main entrance (most of them were asleep.) There are usually police at Kings, but never this many. They probably want to keep it low profile though.

Yes they were blocking the cycle path

 

[editor]

It's well busy out on Coldharbour Lane tonight.

 

[Badgers]

It's well busy out on Coldharbour Lane tonight.

Well?

 

[Sirena]

Quick question - anyone know of a battery recycling point in central Brixton.? I've got a fuckton of them - they used to have one in Sainsburys & Boots but don't seem to any more.

I think Argos do both battery and Britas filter recycling.

 

[leanderman]

Shame on you for not knowing!

You're going to have to use that on your quiz now.

Q: Name a famous ex-pupil of Elm Park (Strand) School other than Mick Jones

The setting of questions is very much delegated!