Brixton news, rumours and general chat - September 2012

[Greebo]

Brixters, Brixxers...

*shudder*

Effraside?

 

[CH1]

The planning website is difficult to use. Info on Section 106 and whether its followed up is difficult to find out. You have to try and trawl through minutes of meetings.

I did find a place on Lambeth's website where they issue reports (downloadable as pdf) on how section 106 income is going. When I consulted that more than a year ago Lexadon were paying off the section 106 on "The Viaduct" at £13,000 per month - with some way to go.

 

[CH1]

Regarding planning applications by people who do not have the finances to carry them out - surely it is then inevitable that the site will be sold on. Therefore such permissions are granted by councillors wearing blinkers - Barratt looks like such a case, and maybe Harmony was too.
BTW what happened at the planning meeting re Harmony?

 

[editor]

Great to see live music at the 414 Club - they'll be doing regular Thursday night jazz shows. The band were really good too - and Jerry Dammers was in the house!

http://www.urban75.org/blog/live-mu...ezuelan-band-la-suite-bipolar-11th-sept-2012/

 

[Orang Utan]

Is that jerry dammers in that pic? Can only remember his lack of teeth

 

[RaverDrew]

yep

 

[lefteri]

really want to go to 414 but cannot abide psytrance so this is good news, hopefully they'll widen the music policy a bit in general

 

[Crispy]

Sometimes they play acid techno!

 

[Onket]

Expensive bar in there, though. Or it always used to be, anyway.

 

[editor]

Expensive bar in there, though. Or it always used to be, anyway.

It's never going to be as cheap as a pub because, well, it's a small, family run club with something of a niche attraction that's open all hours.

I hope this live venture takes off though. The 414 Club has been running in Brixton through thick and thin and deserves to be more popular.

 

[Onket]

the dreaded call centre

This is fully outsourced/privatised now.

As far as I know, Benefits is in Coventry (Capita), Environment is in Southampton (Capita) and Lambeth Living is in London Bridge (Vangent).

 

[Onket]

It's never going to be as cheap as a pub because, well, it's a small, family run club with something of a niche attraction that's open all hours.

I hope this live venture takes off though. The 414 Club has been running in Brixton through thick and thin and deserves to be more popular.

I fully agree. But being presented with no draught, and only extortionately priced bottles of Holsten Pils (275ml!), does not a happy drinker make.

 

[editor]

I fully agree. But being presented with no draught, and only extortionately priced bottles of Holsten Pils (275ml!), does nto a happy drinker make.

I have nagged and nagged and nagged and nagged the owner to put on draught beer/lager but I think the economics don't really hold up for the place.

 

[Onket]

I did nip in there when the olympic torch went past, but my knees went (K flashback, probably) and I nipped back out into the sun and got a £1 can of Holsten Pils from House of Bottles instead.

If I'd not been required back at work that would have been a really boozy afternoon.

 

[laughalot]

I have nagged and nagged and nagged and nagged the owner to put on draught beer/lager but I think the economics don't really hold up for the place.

....the nagging paid off....draught grolsch, carling and magners at £4.00 a pint ice cold.......no holsten pils...but bottle becks, stella, carlsberg, san miguel, kronenberg, carling, carling zest, animee clear - lemon - rose and desperado along with strongbow in a price range from £3.00 - £3.50 - £4.00 all served with a smile too.....

 

[fjydj]

anyone know what the nice looking building called east brixton is going to be?? Its opposite old east brixton station just before the railway bridge on Barrington Road… looking nearly finished

 

[Onket]

....the nagging paid off....draught grolsch, carling and magners at £4.00 a pint ice cold.......no holsten pils...but bottle becks, stella, carlsberg, san miguel, kronenberg, carling, carling zest, animee clear - lemon - rose and desperado along with strongbow in a price range from £3.00 - £3.50 - £4.00 all served with a smile too.....

Good work.

Like I said, it's a while since I've been in.

 

[Onket]

anyone know what the nice looking building called east brixton is going to be?? Its opposite old east brixton station just before the railway bridge on Barrington Road… looking nearly finished

The new East Brixton Station.

 

[editor]

The new East Brixton Station.

I wish.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Me too.

 

[leanderman]

Is that jerry dammers in that pic? Can only remember his lack of teeth

Is he local, Jerry Dammers?

 

[Rushy]

Is he local, Jerry Dammers?

Yep. Studio in a flat on Lambert Road. Lives nearby.

 

[leanderman]

Yep. Studio in a flat on Lambert Road. Lives nearby.

Got it: wears a heavy coat, whatever the weather.

Rock star wardrobe, compared with other parents at my kids' school.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

The Express Cafe in Market Row is no more - it's about to be replaced by "Papa's Place" serving "pizza panini deli". Signs were being put up at about 5.30pm this evening and it looked like lots of 'Italian' stuff (plastic fruit, tomatoes, garlic etc) was ready to be spread around and stuck on the walls. No signs yet whether they will be serving lasagne (or chips.)

 

[Frumious B.]

That's not for real, it's for the film mentioned here previously.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Really? It looked pretty terminal to me! They'd done a good job of making it look completely different..

 

[Frumious B.]

Did you see a pizza oven?

 

[Onket]

That's not for real, it's for the film mentioned here previously.

That's a shame. An italian place would be odds on for a decent lasagne.

 

[colacubes]

Really? It looked pretty terminal to me! They'd done a good job of making it look completely different..

Yep You're as bad as me and the Xmas decorations on Electric Ave

 

[Orang Utan]

There is fake snow on the pavement on CHL, opposite Market Row, and quite a sizeable film crew