Brixton news, rumours and general chat - October 2012

[Onket]

Feel free to express a firmly-held opinion about it nonetheless.

I'm not one of those people, but thanks anyway.

I've been in the other two bits many, many times. I didn't know there was a third.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yes, what might they sell there that could be denoted by a rose

 

[Onket]

You could be missing out on some decent lasagne!

You've not been there either, then?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Not to Agile Rabbit or Federation coffee or Honest burger? ah well.

You can also by large African snails, african fabrics, a wig or two and some nice South American sausage.

I thought those snails were banned?

 

[boohoo]

Where's the Atlantic Rd entrance? Looks like it might be near Baron? I've never spotted it before.

You go straight out of one arcade and into the other. Might have to take you there sometime....

 

[Badgers]

Well fuck me. I have NEVER been in Brixton Village itself!

You will LOVE it

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You've not been there either, then?

I've been through there but I don't eat there

 

[Ms T]

Well fuck me. I have NEVER been in Brixton Village itself!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You will LOVE it

It'll be like Christmas come early for him

 

[Winot]

I'm not one of those people, but thanks anyway.

You'll never fit in round these parts.

 

[boohoo]

I thought those snails were banned?

So did I. I saw some a couple of months go. Gone again. Maybe they aren't banned - just in high demand!

 

[Ms T]

Yes, what might they sell there that could be denoted by a rose

Bellantoni's does a good lasagne - but it's a proper Italian one and usually vegetarian.

 

[Gramsci]

I say you resent them. Resentment is dripping through your every comment on newcomers and Brixton Village

The Ed is correct in what he says in post #388

Brixton , like a lot of central London , was mixed socially. In Brixton there was a mixture of Council estates, private housing of differing values , short life and squatters. This led to mix of people of different incomes, cultures and lifestyles that most of the time got on with each other.

The factors that the Ed lists in his post are going to remove this mixture.

Its easy to welcome newcomers when you do not feel that you are going to be pushed out soon.

The Ed is also correct that the Council "regeneration" of large Council estates is liable to further this rather than act as a brake on further gentrification of area.

Is it a surprise that some people may start to feel resentful?

Im all for live and let live but I see no future for me in Brixton.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

So did I. I saw some a couple of months go. Gone again. Maybe they aren't banned - just in high demand!

Maybe they've sneaked them back after Trading Standards visit?

 

[Ms T]

Oh my god,I didn't realise the Villaage was there I thought the trendy bits were restricted to Market Row around eco's I haven't been in the Granville bit (except to buy stuff at the kitchen supplies place just inside the entrance.The bastards are really taking over.

That's why Granville Arcade/Brixton Village was dying on its arse a few years ago. Even the locals hardly went there.

 

[Winot]

Maybe they've sneaked them back after Trading Standards visit?

slowly...

 

[Onket]

The factors that the Ed lists in his post are going to remove this mixture.

Or add to it.

 

[Ms T]

some nice South American sausage.

Not you as well as Manter. The filfth in this thread is shocking.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

That's why Granville Arcade/Brixton Village was dying on its arse a few years ago. Even the locals hardly went there.

Probably because loads of them didn't realise it was there (judging by the comments on this thread)

 

[Onket]

You go straight out of one arcade and into the other. Might have to take you there sometime....

Yes, do that.

 

[Onket]

Probably because loads of them didn't realise it was there (judging by the comments on this thread)

I count as a local?!! I've only been round here 11 or 12 years!!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Not you as well as Manter. The filfth in this thread is shocking.

You should all get together and talk food porn

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I count as a local?!! I've only been round here 11 or 12 years!!

Of course you do!

 

[Badgers]

I'm out on the lash tonight so it'll probably be a kebab at closing time.

Got a good place near you?
I have not had a kebab for so long

 

[Ms T]

Probably because loads of them didn't realise it was there (judging by the comments on this thread)

It seems some people are slagging off somewhere they've never been and didn't use before it became "gentrified".

 

[Gramsci]

Or add to it.

In what way?

 

[editor]

Or add to it.

We've already seen most of the long term squatting community subtracted from the mix, and I don't see much of a future for the artists, musicians, writers and activists etc who helped shape Brixton's rather unique community.

The sky-high pricing of the hundreds of new flats and refurbished squats currently going up coupled with an ever shrinking provision of social housing would rather suggest that things are going to get a bit more generic around town.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The Ed is correct in what he says in post #388

Brixton , like a lot of central London , was mixed socially. In Brixton there was a mixture of Council estates, private housing of differing values , short life and squatters. This led to mix of people of different incomes, cultures and lifestyles that most of the time got on with each other.

The factors that the Ed lists in his post are going to remove this mixture.

Its easy to welcome newcomers when you do not feel that you are going to be pushed out soon.

The Ed is also correct that the Council "regeneration" of large Council estates is liable to further this rather than act as a brake on further gentrification of area.

Is it a surprise that some people may start to feel resentful?

Im all for live and let live but I see no future for me in Brixton.

A lot of the richer newcomers probably claim to come to Brixton for it's multicultural mix. That will be gone one day and they'll have to move onto wherever all the not so well off people have moved to. Thornton Heath anyone?

 

[Onket]

So people are slagging off something that they never used anyway?


It seems some people are slagging off somewhere they've never been and didn't use before it became "gentrified".

Oi, I have not been slagging it off!!

 

[peterkro]

Probably because loads of them didn't realise it was there (judging by the comments on this thread)

I knew it was there and shopped there for years I just got confused about which bit was Granville arcade.The two kitchens supplies places have been there ever since I can remember,and the African vege places were always good for shopping the pet shop and the Garden shop and the woman selling pots and pans were all good value.I must admit I haven't been in there for a few years but then I'm only in Brixton some of the time.