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I think I might have to make some of these myself and stick them up around Brixton:

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http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2013/11/thinking-of-moving-to-vibrant-brixton-here-read-this-thanks/
 
Saw a flyer posted up in the so-called "Brixton Village" over the weekend which seemed to be rallying the "established, traditional traders in the Market" to press for restoration of car parking facilities when the temporary ice rink is done with. Drawing a direct and IMHO rather relevant comparison with the allocated car park spaces the council's seen fit to grant Tesco and other retail giants around SW2/9 recently. Old threads already did this to death (car parks good for 'real people' businesses rather than posh cheese and mohair nick-nack shops, car parks bad because driving equals planet-killing) but it was interesting to me that this line of argument is being pursued.

Over the weekend, spotted rather a lot of posh mummies & daddies down/up from their country piles to see how the kids are getting on in that Brixton, too. Usually the hedgefund dads dress down (chinos, loafers, jumpers) but the mums seem harder to wean off their sartorial instincts (fluffy coats, helmet hair, lots of jewellery and a VERY TIGHTLY HELD and expensive purse/handbag.) christ. the tides are rising....
 
teuchter said:
Oh I see. The poster pictured doesn't actually have anything to do with Brixton at all.
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Bothering to read the included link before engaging standard sarcastic response might have been a better idea, you know.

"This sign that appeared outside a live music venue in Australia seems to have very clear parallels with what has been happening in Brixton recently."

:facepalm: :rolleyes:
 
editor said:
Bothering to read the included link before engaging standard sarcastic response might have been a better idea, you know.

"This sign that appeared outside a live music venue in Australia seems to have very clear parallels with what has been happening in Brixton recently."

:facepalm: :rolleyes:
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Well, it would make life a bit easier if you could write your opinions directly on the thread instead of sending us off on links to your other sites all the time.

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Posts containing nothing more than links to websites or video files are not permitted. Please explain the nature and relevance of the linked content as a courtesy to users.
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Tessa Jowell is apearing at Loughborough Community centre tomororow evening....
wonder will anyone ask her about housing issues?

The guest speaker is Tessa Jowell our local MP. She will be talking about issues affecting people in the area including government benefit changes and providing any necessary information for residents about the recent arrests in nearby Peckford Place.

All residents welcome to raise issues for discussion.

Other items for the agenda include a discussion on how residents would like money from the solar panel project to be spent in the area.

Residents can talk to LEMB staff about their own individual issues from 6.30pm to 7pm
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editor said:
That doesn't look good at all.
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Maybe now we are all so wealthy and vibrant the council should take the bull by the horns - close down all these riff-raff joints and get Boujis to relocate. And possibly Anabelles for Andrew Neil and our media aspirants.
 
Rushy said:
It strikes me that breaches of licence conditions are only discovered when something like this goes wrong. I don't want to see a militant licensing team but would like to see some random low key checking going on. It is unlikely the arch and cameras just happened to be out of service on one night.
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There's been a fair bit of council checking going on recently around venues in central Brixton, as well as cops going into venues for a sniff about.
 
editor said:
There's been a fair bit of council checking going on recently around venues in central Brixton, as well as cops going into venues for a sniff about.
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Fair enough. Do you know of any which have any had their licences under review for breach without a serious issue like this instigating it? Veranda was instgated by a shooting. 414 was instigated by shooting. El Penol was a stabbing... Otherwise it risks being a bit like the policy of not improving dangerous road crossings until there are stats to show lots of people are getting hurt.
 
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Rushy said:
Fair enough. Do you know of any which have any had their licences under review for breach without a serious issue like this instigating it? Veranda was instgated by a shooting. 414 was instigated by shooting. El Penol was a stabbing... Otherwise it risks being a bit like the policy of not improving dangerous road crossings until there are stats to show lots of people are getting hurt.
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I'm not going to name individual businesses, but I've certainly heard of four central Brixton clubs getting quite full-on visits from the licensing folks in the last few weeks.

That said, a club could have absolutely everything in order and still get problems because it's got to be nigh on impossible to stop a truly determined individual/rogue bouncer/shit bouncer or not suffer the occasional lapse etc.
 
editor said:
I'm not going to name individual businesses, but I've certainly heard of four central Brixton clubs getting quite full-on visits from the licensing folks in the last few weeks.

That said, a club could have absolutely everything in order and still get problems because it's got to be nigh on impossible to stop a truly determined individual/rogue bouncer/shit bouncer or not suffer the occasional lapse etc.
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Sure - you can't legislate against anything ever going wrong - but there is a world of difference between a dodgy bouncer getting to work the door and no arches / no CCTV / no incident reporting. The whole point of having a responsible named individual on the licence is for them to make sure everything is working and manage out problems as they come up.
 
editor said:
I'm not going to name individual businesses, but I've certainly heard of four central Brixton clubs getting quite full-on visits from the licensing folks in the last few weeks.

That said, a club could have absolutely everything in order and still get problems because it's got to be nigh on impossible to stop a truly determined individual/rogue bouncer/shit bouncer or not suffer the occasional lapse etc.
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Properly carried out checks should help protect owners against that (nb I've no idea if they are properly carried out). If there's a stabbing/shooting and you can point to a strong record of doing what you're supposed to do then you've got a much stronger case than if you've not been inspected and are claiming a lapse.
 
Monkeygrinder's Organ said:
Properly carried out checks should help protect owners against that (nb I've no idea if they are properly carried out). If there's a stabbing/shooting and you can point to a strong record of doing what you're supposed to do then you've got a much stronger case than if you've not been inspected and are claiming a lapse.
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I think how the venue responds to the incident is pretty critical. I suspect trying to deny it ever happened is definitely not the best way to go about it.
 
AKA pseudonym said:
Tessa Jowell is apearing at Loughborough Community centre tomororow evening....
wonder will anyone ask her about housing issues?
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oh it looks like some just might ask stuff...

A number of housing activists, homeless people and squatters will gather to protest against and send a message to Tessa Jowell in Brixton to raise awareness of the BS she and her party have signed up to on Tuesday evening from 6.30pm....

venue:
The loughborough Centre, Corner of Barrington Road / Angell Road

There will be a dignified protest outside Loughborough Community Centre, where Theresa has been invited somehow to address the local community that she represents...
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Orang Utan said:
I visited the Rec yesterday. I've never had any reason to visit there til then, so was ignorant of its Barbicanesque architectural confusion. What a weird building!
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Smick said:
I just don't understand having a swimming pool on the level 4, which might be three stories above street level. Do they keep the same water there all the time or does fresh water get pumped all that way up?

And did they have to build a reinforced floor and walls to put it up there?
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The Rec is wonderful and unique. The swimming pool on level 4 is great - not much can beat the feeling of swimming up and down with the late afternoon sun streaming in through the windows, watching the trains go past and having a great view of Bradys and the Brixton skyline. I can't think of any other pool I've been to in the UK where you get an experience like this. Brixton's pool is fantastic.


It has often been claimed that the interior space is not efficiently used. I don't agree. The Rec has a central atrium which provides light, space and an overall feeling of openness. This was the architect’s intention when designing the building, and provides for a pleasant and welcoming atmosphere. Natural light gets into many areas of the centre, but the design means you would never get the sun in your eyes when playing sports (e.g. badminton). There is ample space in the centre for a huge range of activities (including swimming, football, squash, indoor bowls, basketball, badminton, yoga, dancing, children’s play, a gym, a steam room & sauna, a cafe and much more…) This is a great variety of facilities. There is enough space for everything - and more.

We take it for granted at our peril. If it was knocked down and rebuilt (which it won't be, because of the successful campaign last year to prevent this happening) there is no way that whatever replaces it would be better.

A local architect and user of the Rec has written a great piece on the high quality design of the Rec building:

The Rec is not only an unrepeatable asset in brick and concrete but, in the unique spaces and combination of provision, it has enabled life, leisure and sport accessibility to a historically deprived and troubled community. The Rec has become a beacon of enlightened provision and symbolic of investment and regeneration in deprived city areas…..

The Rec is an asset that has a value way beyond its replacement cost, due not only to the social and political capital it owns but, also, the investment in good, generous, brave and visionary Architecture. This Architecture not only inspires and uplifts but is accommodating change and new visions.
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http://savebrixtonrec.wordpress.com...sign-quality-and-architecture-at-brixton-rec/
 
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Brixton Hatter said:
The Rec is wonderful and unique. The swimming pool on level 4 is great - not much can beat the feeling of swimming up and down with the late afternoon sun streaming in through the windows, watching the trains go past and having a great view of Bradys and the Brixton skyline. I can't think of any other pool I've been to in the UK where you get an experience like this. Brixton's pool is fantastic.


It has often been claimed that the interior space is not efficiently used. I don't agree. The Rec has a central atrium which provides light, space and an overall feeling of openness. This was the architect’s intention when designing the building, and provides for a pleasant and welcoming atmosphere. Natural light gets into many areas of the centre, but the design means you would never get the sun in your eyes when playing sports (e.g. badminton). There is ample space in the centre for a huge range of activities (including swimming, football, squash, indoor bowls, basketball, badminton, yoga, dancing, children’s play, a gym, a steam room & sauna, a cafe and much more…) This is a great variety of facilities. There is enough space for everything - and more.

We take it for granted at our peril. If it was knocked down and rebuilt (which it won't be, because of the successful campaign last year to prevent this happening) there is no way that whatever replaces it would be better.
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I agree.

It also made for a brilliant venue when the University of Dub used to be held there, sadly long sinced move on by (I assume) meddling beaurocrats.
 
I was in yesterday for the first time in about three years. When I was training for the London Triathlon I used to go for a swim every morning before work. When I got in yesterday, for a kids' party, I just realised how much I love the place. After I got fished out of the water by the lifeguards in the dock by the Excel I never went swimming again. Mainly because I no longer live in Brixton so it's not so easy to go before work.

I love the location of the pool and am glad they have built it as they have. It's just my analytical head trying to work out why.
 
teuchter said:
I agree.

It also made for a brilliant venue when the University of Dub used to be held there, sadly long sinced move on by (I assume) meddling beaurocrats.
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Yeah, University of Dub is at the Scala now. I can't remember why it was moved - I'm sure I knew but I'm afraid I've forgotten!
 
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