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Brixton news, rumours and general chat - September 2012

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Brixton Hatter said:
No, they have separate queues/desks/advisers to sort out different problems IIRC. When I last went in there (to get visitor parking permits!) I remember thinking that the system they had was very efficient and I was impressed. (This coming from a long-term critic of the council!)
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People generally will find something to complain about, though. ;)

People were complaining on here when they renovated OMH. From what I can recall it was in desperate need of renovating & sorting out the queueing systems, etc.
 
Brixton Hatter said:
No, they have separate queues/desks/advisers to sort out different problems IIRC. When I last went in there (to get visitor parking permits!) I remember thinking that the system they had was very efficient and I was impressed. (This coming from a long-term critic of the council!)
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fair enough - the system is pretty opaque though to the visitor, would help if people knew they were in a shorter queue for a specific service than just a number - I have never waited less than an hour and have been at the times they advertise as the quietest. Even when I queued outside before they opened and was about tenth in the Q it was an hour and a half wait
 
lefteri said:
fair enough - the system is pretty opaque though to the visitor, would help if people knew they were in a shorter queue for a specific service than just a number - I have never waited less than an hour and have been at the times they advertise as the quietest. Even when I queued outside before they opened and was about tenth in the Q it was an hour and a half wait
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Fair enough - I guess they cant be perfect all the time.

I think there's the opportunity to get a timed appointment - I phoned up their customer centre and made one in advance IIRC. Sounds like that's the best way of doing it.
 
Seen in Brickers on Saturday night: Millie from Made In Chelsea.

I hasten to add that I only know this because my goddaughter, with whom I was dining, pointed her out to me.

She was wearing hot pants, staggering heels, and leaning on the arm of a travelling companion.

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Seen in Brickers on Saturday night: Millie from Made In Chelsea.

I hasten to add that I only know this because my goddaughter, with whom I was dining, pointed her out to me.

She was wearing hot pants, staggering heels, and leaning on the arm of a travelling companion.

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Where were you in Brickers? Albert perhaps? (Having a lasagne and chips?)
 
r0bb0 said:
anyone know why speedy noodles was shut about 7 tonite?:hmm:
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Last time it was unexpectedly closed it was to do with Environmental Health.
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They found the kitchen in a filthy condition, with equipment caked in dirt. They also found mouse droppings on the kitchen floor. While mouse traps had been laid in the basement, these had not cleared the infestation.
The manager and food handlers were inadequately trained and basic food safety management procedures were not being followed.
At Camberwell magistrates court Platman, the parent company of Speedy Noodles, pleaded guilty to seven offences. Magistrates fined it £2,000 for each of the seven offences under the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006.
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lefteri said:
fair enough - the system is pretty opaque though to the visitor, would help if people knew they were in a shorter queue for a specific service than just a number - I have never waited less than an hour and have been at the times they advertise as the quietest. Even when I queued outside before they opened and was about tenth in the Q it was an hour and a half wait
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If you book an appointment you get to jump the queue.
 
[quote="Gramsci, post: 11506885, member: 1046]"Places for People application. As someone from Brixton Society told me P for P should never have got the planning permission in first place. As the land was not designated for that kind of development. As P for P were saying they would be building social housing and were a not for profit company the Council were swayed. Bad move as the owner of land can sell on with current planning permission. Makes the land worth more. The Council should have foreseen this.[/quote]
So who exactly owned the land when the Places for People application was decided then?
It used to be owned by Val McCalla and "The Voice" (RIP) - at least that was what we were told when planning permission was granted around 1997 for a Jury's Inn hotel on that site.
If Places for People had acquired the site, got planning permission and then sold it on, then that would be called a "quick turn" in the stock market.
Anyone care to comment on ownership - the Land Registry will only show the current owner (presumably Barratt Homes).
 
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