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Onket said:
Anyone got any suggestions of where I might be able to buy a toddler's swimming costume? I'm going to H&M but I get the feeling it might be out of season.
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There's a kid clothes shop on Station Road, in the row on the ground flor of the rec and just down from the halal butchers opposite where the blue roti caravan used to be, you could have your lunch from one of many places around there too.
 
Chicken wrap thingy from one of the places along Station Road. Spice Hut, is it? Can't remember. Not been there for 18 months or so, they have had a re-fit.
 
TruXta said:
Any good?
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Not really. I've had really nice food from in there before, but there was a fairly understandable menu and it was less kebab-shopy. Lots of burgers on the menu, less indian food (although there was some in the display cabinets & I had no idea what it was).
 
cuppa tee said:
I did and it wasn't ..... Maybe colacubes will see that tag and put me in the picture. :)
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There's a load of reasons I hate it. 1 is that the imagery is from a conspiracy theory book with anti Semetic connotations. Another is that I think it's really ugly (which is of course subjective). Another is the spelling mistake. Another is that by painting that wall black it becomes more dangerous for cars and peds at night as the white wall created extra light for car headlights on a quite narrow dangerous bit if road. I could go on.
 
Gramsci said:
This is one of the few ways that Councils can get affordable housing. As Council planners argued that this plan did not follow local planning guidelines then they were doing there job. Planning guidelines are agreed through consultation with local community. So planners were following policies consulted on. People should not need to comment on every application if issues on affordable housing are already agreed. Same goes for Iceland building. The fault of leaving it empty is the owners. Not the Council planners.
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I agree in principle - but there also a quality/space issue here. Maybe we need a sort of Parker-Morris agreed standard for new build. Then it would not be a case of developers trying to either build units which were too spacious to avoid social housing obligations, or packing in too many small units to maximise profit.
 
colacubes said:
There's a load of reasons I hate it. 1 is that the imagery is from a conspiracy theory book with anti Semetic connotations. Another is that I think it's really ugly (which is of course subjective). Another is the spelling mistake. Another is that by painting that wall black it becomes more dangerous for cars and peds at night as the white wall created extra light for car headlights on a quite narrow dangerous bit if road. I could go on.
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Are there any photos?
 
Interestingly, a 12x1-bed scheme was approved in 2004, but never implemented. That permission has lapsed now, however. Having looked at the layout for the 9 unit scheme, that 12 unit scheme must have been really pokey.
 
colacubes said:
There's a load of reasons I hate it. 1 is that the imagery is from a conspiracy theory book with anti Semetic connotations. Another is that I think it's really ugly (which is of course subjective). Another is the spelling mistake. Another is that by painting that wall black it becomes more dangerous for cars and peds at night as the white wall created extra light for car headlights on a quite narrow dangerous bit if road. I could go on.
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Thanks, at least you're not saying its vandalism especially considering what is going on on the other side further down towards Atlantic Road. Point number 1 is interesting because the imagery comes originally from the book of revelations in the old testament, which would be an odd place to find anti semitism, although I know it better because of the Johnny Cash connection. What is this conspiracy theory book you have read called ? Also apologies but I couldn't find your previous comments on the painting, when did it appear because I was up there last Friday and can't believe I didn't see it then.
 
CH1 said:
I agree in principle - but there also a quality/space issue here. Maybe we need a sort of Parker-Morris agreed standard for new build. Then it would not be a case of developers trying to either build units which were too spacious to avoid social housing obligations, or packing in too many small units to maximise profit.
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There's Mayor of London standards for space, sadly they only apply to social housing and not private developments.

I live in a one bedroom shared ownership flat on a mixed new development; my place is 6.5 sq metres bigger than the one bedders in the private block next door; which are on the market for 20k more.
 
Onket said:
Are there any photos?
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Here you go:

yjamyzy3.jpg
 
cuppa tee said:
Thanks, at least you're not saying its vandalism especially considering what is going on on the other side further down towards Atlantic Road. Point number 1 is interesting because the imagery comes originally from the book of revelations in the old testament, which would be an odd place to find anti semitism, although I know it better because of the Johnny Cash connection. What is this conspiracy theory book you have read called ? Also apologies but I couldn't find your previous comments on the painting, when did it appear because I was up there last Friday and can't believe I didn't see it then.
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I was bitching about it on Facebook rather than here so no reason you would have seen my comments. I purposely didn't moan about it on here so thanks editor :D

I didn't read the conspiracy theory book but a former poster from here did. Will get back to you. It went up late on Fri night afaik from when it was spotted on Saturday.
 
colacubes said:
I was bitching about it on Facebook rather than here so no reason you would have seen my comments. I purposely didn't moan about it on here so thanks editor :D

I didn't read the conspiracy theory book but a former poster from here did. Will get back to you. It went up late on Fri night afaik from when it was spotted on Saturday.
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Thanks, I still like it tho', not least because it reminds me of good times in Bradys, which sometimes reminded me of a saloon in the wild west and never more than when there was country music on, but also becuse of its symbolic resonance with the social Armigiddon taking place in Brixton (probably unintentional) At least the haters can relax in the knowledge it more than likely wont be permanent but I will enjoy it while it lasts.
 
cuppa tee said:
Thanks, I still like it tho', not least because it reminds me of good times in Bradys, which sometimes reminded me of a saloon in the wild west and never more than when there was country music on, but also becuse of its symbolic resonance with the social Armigiddon taking place in Brixton (probably unintentional) At least the haters can relax in the knowledge it more than likely wont be permanent but I will enjoy it while it lasts.
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These things are totally subjective innit :) I like a lot of street art but this isn't to my personal tastes. And the spelling mistake makes me unnecessarily irritated :oops:
 
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