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I'll post that one up later.I've just remembered the story you told me last night.
Brixton is losing an awful lot of what it made it so wonderful and it's being replaced by the bland and the predictable.
Brixton news, rumours and general chat - Sept 2013
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Brixton is losing an awful lot of what it made it so wonderful and it's being replaced by the bland and the predictable.
TruXta
tired
I know, 4 pints at the Albert and I'm pissed and away on the 2302 to Orpington.
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
It was open later quimmy, we went up at 3.30 and there were about 10 stalls
footballerslegs
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Off topic, but does anyone know of any Brixton/Stockwell pharamcies that will be open today (on a Sunday?) I really need to get a blue ventalin inhaler and apparently you can now buy them over the counter, rather than wheeze until the next doc appointment. Cheers.
Sirena
Don't monkey with the buzzsaw
Westbury Chemists in Streatham are usually open on Sundays, I think.
sparkybird
ask the bird...
I feel really old..... was on a rare night out in Brixton last night and walked back down Coldharbour Lane around 12ish.
Couldn't believe the queue for Dogstar! When I used to go (just a mere 15 years ago...!) if there were more than 10 people in the queue, we'd roll our eyes and go somewhere else. There must have been a few hundred last night!!!
Makes me sort of glad I don't' have to do that any more (well I guess no one was twisting my arm back then, but YKWIM)
Felt much better after I got in and had a nice cup of tea and a sit down on the sofa
Couldn't believe the queue for Dogstar! When I used to go (just a mere 15 years ago...!) if there were more than 10 people in the queue, we'd roll our eyes and go somewhere else. There must have been a few hundred last night!!!
Makes me sort of glad I don't' have to do that any more (well I guess no one was twisting my arm back then, but YKWIM)
Felt much better after I got in and had a nice cup of tea and a sit down on the sofa
footballerslegs
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Sorry, Baba Chemist is closed today
Chemist update: Boots was open though wouldn't give me the inhaler without 'proof' I usually have one (despite the wheeze!) and then said they didn't have any instock anyway. Just spoken to out of hours docs who's faxing a prescription to Boots Clapham High street. Bit of a palava, but considering it's my fault I didn't get a new one as soon as my old one ran out, I can't complain really.
Sirena
Don't monkey with the buzzsaw
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
London Underground radio show LIVE NOW from Brixton with me and special guest Marc Richardson
playing old school house, acid house and electronica...5pm-8pm
http://www.interface.n.nu
playing old school house, acid house and electronica...5pm-8pm
http://www.interface.n.nu
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
And Marc Richardson on the decks now...tune in for some acid house action....the word is spreading....great listeners figures this week
zenie
>^^<
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hiraethified
I wish they'd get rid of the shit tarmac altogether and strip it back to the original surface.Shame they didn't repair the road before doing it
pissflaps
i've got a headache in my pants...
it's claahm, but read the second comment for lols
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/07/restaurant-dairy-london
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/07/restaurant-dairy-london
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Her child is fourteen
thats fucking superb. and its actually true, not a wind-up, according to twitter.
Chilavert
Undermining strikes :-(
Bit out of breath?
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A Friday night out in Brixton - photos from the Albert, Canterbury Arms, Dogstar and 414
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2013/09/photos-a-friday-night-out-in-brixton/
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2013/09/photos-a-friday-night-out-in-brixton/
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
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hiraethified
And some!
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Yeah, was going to put the breastfeeding comments up but those type of attitudes are quite widespread, but expecting staff to babysit whilst you go for a smoke....
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hiraethified
So, that story I told ianw:
I was in a well known Brixton niterie on Thursday night when a group of what could be described as 'young professionals' turned up around midnight. Maybe eight people around the 20-26 mark, all well dressed and quick to splash the cash at the bar for a big round.
One of them - a rather posh, confident type - asked to see the manager to explain they had another person coming but they had no ID with them. The manager explains that due to the conditions of their licensing, this person can not come in unless they have ID.
Posh bloke refuses to accept this explanation and starts going on and on and on at the manager. Manager politely and firmly explains the situation: if he lets their friend in without ID, the club could lose their license, and in turn, a lot of the staff may lose their jobs.
Posh bloke offers a large wad of cash to 'sort it out.' Manager explains for about the sixth time, it's not about money, it's not about the age of the person, it's about their licensing.
At the same time I got talking to one of their party and ended up explaining the same thing multiple times to her. She equally failed to accept that they could not get their own way here. They had money after all!
Trying to be helpful, I suggested that they could all go to the nearby Atlantis Bar or the Queen's Head up the road where it's open late and there's no ID scheme. To which the girl responded, "isn't that in Chelsea?" (no, really!).
Eventually, the penny drops that their friend can't come in regardless of how much spending power and 'influence' they profess to have, so they decide to all storm out, leaving a collection of almost untouched drinks at the bar, with one woman emptying the near-full contents of a bottle of red wine on the floor as a protest.
Spoilt children, anyone?
I was in a well known Brixton niterie on Thursday night when a group of what could be described as 'young professionals' turned up around midnight. Maybe eight people around the 20-26 mark, all well dressed and quick to splash the cash at the bar for a big round.
One of them - a rather posh, confident type - asked to see the manager to explain they had another person coming but they had no ID with them. The manager explains that due to the conditions of their licensing, this person can not come in unless they have ID.
Posh bloke refuses to accept this explanation and starts going on and on and on at the manager. Manager politely and firmly explains the situation: if he lets their friend in without ID, the club could lose their license, and in turn, a lot of the staff may lose their jobs.
Posh bloke offers a large wad of cash to 'sort it out.' Manager explains for about the sixth time, it's not about money, it's not about the age of the person, it's about their licensing.
At the same time I got talking to one of their party and ended up explaining the same thing multiple times to her. She equally failed to accept that they could not get their own way here. They had money after all!
Trying to be helpful, I suggested that they could all go to the nearby Atlantis Bar or the Queen's Head up the road where it's open late and there's no ID scheme. To which the girl responded, "isn't that in Chelsea?" (no, really!).
Eventually, the penny drops that their friend can't come in regardless of how much spending power and 'influence' they profess to have, so they decide to all storm out, leaving a collection of almost untouched drinks at the bar, with one woman emptying the near-full contents of a bottle of red wine on the floor as a protest.
Spoilt children, anyone?
ffsear
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I feel really old..... was on a rare night out in Brixton last night and walked back down Coldharbour Lane around 12ish.
Couldn't believe the queue for Dogstar! When I used to go (just a mere 15 years ago...!) if there were more than 10 people in the queue, we'd roll our eyes and go somewhere else. There must have been a few hundred last night!!!
Makes me sort of glad I don't' have to do that any more (well I guess no one was twisting my arm back then, but YKWIM)
Felt much better after I got in and had a nice cup of tea and a sit down on the sofa
Does amaze me what people put themselves through just to get into a place that's deemed to be fashionable. Que for an hour, no doubt followed by a 40 min wait at the bar.
shifting gears
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*does wanker sign
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hiraethified
This was on Thursday when the place wasn't busy at all. And it couldn't have been fashionable because I was there
But I get your point. On weekends, I'm always amazed by the queues.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
is there a date on the closure yet?I've just remembered the story you told me last night.
I had a moment last night at HDIF where I looked at the club in full swing, a nice mixture of our regulars and new faces who'd decided to give the club a try, and felt really sad that this wouldn't be in Brixton for much longer. There was one guy at the club last night who'd been studying in London for a year and was going home to Singapore and he was really emotional at the end of the night, going on about how we'd been a lifeline for him, and a friendly place in a strange city - and I think doing the night in Brixton has been a big part of building up that unpretentious, friendly, welcoming atmosphere. I've been kind of almost ignoring the fact that the Canterbury is going to go, like denial I guess, but it's starting to hit home to me now.
clandestino
no llevar papel
No, nothing yet. We're just keeping on keeping on.
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
Woken by a house alarm on a house on our street at about 5.30am today, bit tired now. What should I have done about it?
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