Brixton news, rumours and general chat - October 2012

[Onket]

Bizarre use of the word 'grumpy' there, too.

Standard for these boards though, I spose.

 

[twistedAM]

i typed it with a smile. i find it amusing how irked you seemed to be with young newcomers and the colourful language you use to describe perfectly acceptable behaviour that you yourself indulge in

For all the praise about Deptford, you really do quite miss Brixton and its MyPads.

 

[Orang Utan]

yeah, i miss it!

 

[editor]

Bizarre use of the word 'grumpy' there, too.

Standard for these boards though, I spose.

I guess you're annoyed because he's stolen your crown, eh?

 

[bosie]

Kaff is now my favourite cafe in Brixton. It's cheap, down to earth, unfussy, free from all the unpleasant aspects of Villaaaaage-ness and I've yet to see it log-jammed with 4x4 pram toting yummy mummies or meal-photographing, iPad-waving ironic types with under-employed 35mm cameras around their necks.

Brixton Blog is now my favourite website in Brixton*. It's cheap, down to earth, unfussy, free from all the unpleasant aspects of Editooooooooor-ness and I've yet to see it log-jammed with tabloid-style, sensationalist, unoriginal and quite frankly tiresome criticism of anyone that happens to be a bit different.

*it's not really, it's still Urban.

 

[Onket]

I guess you're annoyed because he's stolen your crown, eh?

Annoyed?

Stolen crown?

I wad just pointing out your continuing odd use of 'grumpy', which appears to simply mean 'doesn't agree with editor'.

 

[Gniewosz]

Council cabinet papers published today for 22nd Oct meeting includes report on Estate Regeneration. Mentions that all 75 estates have been assessed. Cressingham Gardens explicitly mentioned to undergo "regeneration". Open admission by council that they are to blame for "legacy of underinvestment and variable housing management." And now it is the residents that will have to pay for this sheer negligence. This is an absolute disgrace!
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/moderngov/documents/s50180/06 Estate Regen Final_22 10 12_NV.pdf

http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/moderngov/ieListDocuments.aspx?MId=8107&x=1

 

[editor]

Just been to the new East Brixton space and was well impressed - there was an art/photo show on that seemed to have Albert regulars at its core. It's run by a local guy who has spent a lifetime doing up the place and it looks incredible inside.

 

[Orang Utan]

does it have a poster outside?

 

[editor]

does it have a poster outside?

Doesn't need one - it's got huge windows where you can see straight in!

It's a really interesting space too: the owner is basically opening it up to locals who want to put on art projects, use it for rehearsal space etc and he's getting local kids involved in some projects there too.

Half of the Albert was in there tonight and loads and loads of old Brixton faces

 

[Ms T]

I went past on the bus today and was wondering what it was. Looks very nice from the outside.

 

[Boudicca]

Where is it? Sound interesting.

 

[Orang Utan]

Coldharbour end of Gresham Road

 

[Boudicca]

Ta, will investigate as I am looking for some space...

 

[Ms T]

Coldharbour end of Gresham Road

It's on Barrington Road I think.

 

[Onket]

I went past on the bus today and was wondering what it was. Looks very nice from the outside.

Exactly this^

Cheers for the info, ed.

 

[Onket]

It's on Barrington Road I think.

Entrances on both sides, I think.

 

[Orang Utan]

That would make sense. I must have seen the back end as I don't remember the big windows editor mentions

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

is that the old wood place?

 

[colacubes]

There's a bloke outside Boots busking with a digeridoo

 

[editor]

The guy has done an amazing job of restoring the building over the years: it's beautiful inside. His idea is to let local artists use the space for exhibitions and events, as well as hold his own jumble sales. It's his own house so it's not open to the public all the time, but the current exhibition is open on weekends.

 

[Manter]

There's a bloke outside Boots busking with a digeridoo

It'll be those Andean pipe bands next...

 

[quimcunx]

Met my friend in covent garden so she could buy an iPad then came to brixton. True story.

 

[Gramsci]

Brixton Blog is now my favourite website in Brixton*. It's cheap, down to earth, unfussy, free from all the unpleasant aspects of Editooooooooor-ness and I've yet to see it log-jammed with tabloid-style, sensationalist, unoriginal and quite frankly tiresome criticism of anyone that happens to be a bit different.

*it's not really, it's still Urban.

Do I read sarcasm in this post? What are you trying to say?

 

[Gramsci]

Met my friend in covent garden so she could buy an iPad then came to brixton. True story.

She could have got one in Argos. But then Argos is not quite the same as getting it from Apples hipster shop in Covent Garden.

 

[editor]

You won't get high fived by the staff there either. Which is, of course, a good thing for normal people.

 

[quimcunx]

She could have got one in Argos. But then Argos is not quite the same as getting it from Apples hipster shop in Covent Garden.

Of course not everyone in central London for a few days on business from Greece knows you can get it in Argos in Brixton. No one high fived her either.

I did suggest she wave it about in Brixton but she politely declined.

 

[editor]

I did suggest she wave it about in Brixton but she politely declined.

Tell her it's an ancient custom in the Village.

 

[quimcunx]

I told her Brixton is the new Royston Vasey.

 

[Gramsci]

Of course not everyone in central London for a few days on business from Greece knows you can get it in Argos in Brixton. No one high fived her either.

I did suggest she wave it about in Brixton but she politely declined.

No Apple shop in Greece then?