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Brixton news, rumours and general chat - Sept 2013

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Northerner went with German mate last year. German not impressed- not great atmosphere, not great beer or food, expensive, lots of twits in suits getting hammered as fast as possible.. Said it was like a beer festival set up by someone who had heard about them but never been to one. (And this is a German with a sense of humour who would have seen kitsch/naff value if there were any to be had)

That's a very accurate description. Went last year, full of knobs.
 
A short selection of photos around Brixton/Loughborough Junc:

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http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2013/09/...ulwich-wigs-park-and-an-abandoned-teddy-bear/
 
I've made a couple of visits to the Craft Beer Bar this week; Monday it felt cold and soulless, last night the atmosphere was great! Good music, busy and the sun streaming in through the windows...

I did manage to buy a pint that cost £5.50, but felt better about that when the guy at the bar next to me brought two pints of porter for £15.:facepalm::facepalm:

Don't forget that the price is linked to alcohol content.
 
Don't forget that the price is linked to alcohol content.
I saw the sign listing the pump beer prices, ordered a pint and had my £4.50 ready and was then quoted £5.50. I subsequently realised I'd ordered a draught beer and the pricing scheme doesn't apply to those.

Me :facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:
 
There was a horrible accident at Tulse Hill on the Westbound bit of the one-way system on the S Circular. Just downhill from where that car went into a house earlier this year. Motorbike and mini-cab van. Very sad result for the motorcyclist :(.

The cause of widespread traffic problems this morning - the whole Tulse HIll junction was shut off and the S Circular E bound from Streatham Hill.
 
I'm on my holibobs and reading that new detective thriller by JK Rowling she wrote under a pseudonym. Her hero has a meeting in the Phoenix, and she's obviously been there!
 
There was a horrible accident at Tulse Hill on the Westbound bit of the one-way system on the S Circular. Just downhill from where that car went into a house earlier this year. Motorbike and mini-cab van. Very sad result for the motorcyclist :(.

The cause of widespread traffic problems this morning - the whole Tulse HIll junction was shut off and the S Circular E bound from Streatham Hill.

Yes.. chaos today all day... just a week or so ago a cyclist was killed a little further east... hate that bit of road.

eta.. actually I hate the South Circular in general.
 
Yes.. chaos today all day... just a week or so ago a cyclist was killed a little further east... hate that bit of road.

eta.. actually I hate the South Circular in general.

Twisted my ankle running beside it last week and, unable to move, had to be given a lift home by a good samaritan.
 
There was a horrible accident at Tulse Hill on the Westbound bit of the one-way system on the S Circular. Just downhill from where that car went into a house earlier this year. Motorbike and mini-cab van. Very sad result for the motorcyclist :(.

The cause of widespread traffic problems this morning - the whole Tulse HIll junction was shut off and the S Circular E bound from Streatham Hill.
Shit, was wondering what it was... Sad to hear.
 
Yes.. chaos today all day... just a week or so ago a cyclist was killed a little further east... hate that bit of road.

eta.. actually I hate the South Circular in general.

Valerie Shawcross tried to get the Tules Hill Gyratory investigated last year as part of Road Safety Week - no idea if anything came of it.
http://www.valshawcross.com/news/ne...se-hill-gyratory-during-road-safety-week.html
When free of traffic jams the stretches of S Circular either side of Tulse Hill are like racetracks.
When the new City Heights Academey opens on Christchurch Rd next year there will be a secondary school full of teens on bikes and crossing the road on foot...
 
Valerie Shawcross tried to get the Tules Hill Gyratory investigated last year as part of Road Safety Week - no idea if anything came of it.
http://www.valshawcross.com/news/ne...se-hill-gyratory-during-road-safety-week.html
When free of traffic jams the stretches of S Circular either side of Tulse Hill are like racetracks.
When the new City Heights Academey opens on Christchurch Rd next year there will be a secondary school full of teens on bikes and crossing the road on foot...

I did see that it was her (I think) who was wanting to get rid of the gyratory and turn it back into a normal junction - which I think the LCC have also been calling for across a number of gyratory systems. I take both my children in a bike trailer across the gyratory regularly for nursery. Apart from the bus/bike only lane bit going Northbound, I actually use the pavement (very respectfully and so far people have been very understanding). City Heights will obviously exacerbate the issues but already the Fenstanton children on their scooters etc have quite a lot to contend with. Not to mention Elmgreen secondary and the other primaries in that area. Gaijinboy and I also cycle around it regularly. It was one of my main concerns actually about moving to "the wrong side" of the gyratory. I do wish something could change about it - I just don't know what that would be. In the last few years there have been quite a few deaths there.
 
I don't think many Dogstar regulars expected to be blasted by a Rage Against The Machine tribute band playing the main room last night.

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