Brixton news, rumours and general chat - September 2012

[Orang Utan]

Perhaps there should be another thread about Brixton in books and films?

 

[leanderman]

I've no problem with it going up in price as long as it's not silly prices like George IV/Music Bar

The people who run it seem pretty down to earth. Going there as much as possible now.

 

[crawl]

Anybody else just hear a rather... loud... explosion-type-thing near Angel pub? Sounded like a bloody cannon. I suppose it could have been a tire blowing out on a large vehicle or something, but wow. Made me jump.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Perhaps there should be another thread about Brixton in books and films?

Do you mean a more recent one?

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threa...ilm-music-arts-etc.135661/page-2#post-4483095

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The people who run it seem pretty down to earth. Going there as much as possible now.

I know. I go there as well as Hand in Hand

 

[leanderman]

The Elm Park Tavern was pretty busy for the quiz last night; its good to see the place doing well.

My source says the EPT quiz was very tricky last night. The again, her team, the largest in the pub, came last!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

My source says the EPT quiz was very tricky last night. The again, her team, the largest in the pub, came last!

They should restrict team sizes!

 

[bluestreak]

they used to.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

they used to.

They should do it again. Hard for a two-man team to compete against a huge team that probably has a sports fan, a literary fan, a history buff, a scientist, a music fan etc.

 

[ash]

I thought King Rat was awful, as was A Long Way Down, which I'm sure was set in North London.
I started reading a book about warring pigeons in Brixton but it was shite do I stopped.
Michael Moorcock's Mother London has lots of bits set in Brixton and a bit of history too. I enjoyed that.
Martin Millar has set books in Brixton, but if The Fairies Of New York are anything to go by, I wouldn't bother.
Lots of Sherlock Holmes stories have Brixton and other nearby locations and they're ace.
Has anyone read Stella Duffy's The Room Of Lost Things? That looks good. Set in Loughborough Junction

The room of lst things is great I recommend it. I enjoyed mother London as well, I can't remember if that was set in kenningon
If not then there is another similar book that is also worth a read.

 

[Orang Utan]

Seems like there's a pre-Offline meal at The Whore or The Concubine or whatever that Dim Sum place is on Railton Road. I walked past just now and it seemed to be stuffed to the gills with the Mrs Mills Experience and entourage

 

[lefteri]

tinke tailor soldier spy has an outpost of MI6 in brixton but doesn't have much about brixton itself iirc

 

[lefteri]

i also enjoyed stella duffy's one

 

[Peanut Monkey]

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

Phew, I was about to have a meltdown. That was my sister and her boyfriend's favourite place to eat in Brixton before they moved overseas. Best breakfast is a no.7.

 

[colacubes]

Seems like there's a pre-Offline meal at The Whore or The Concubine or whatever that Dim Sum place is on Railton Road. I walked past just now and it seemed to be stuffed to the gills with the Mrs Mills Experience and entourage

Courtesan

It weren't pre-Offline. It was a non Mrs Mills Experience urbs birthday. And only 3/5 of the band were there However, for any Mrs Mills Experience fans there is a very excellent gig happening at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern tomorrow night where they will be playing

 

[Orang Utan]

Sorry, got confused with dates. I walked past and saw you and han and loads of backs

 

[Onket]

Who is/was Mrs Mills?

 

[editor]

Who is/was Mrs Mills?

This will tell you:
http://mrsmills.org/mrs-mills.html

 

[quimcunx]

Brixton Blog ‏@BrixtonBlog
Lambeth officers have refused latest planning app for a car park and removed fencing at George IV #Brixton but Tesco will stil 'press ahead'

 

[billythefish]

My source says the EPT quiz was very tricky last night. The again, her team, the largest in the pub, came last!

It was tough... new quiz master since I was last there. We won by a point
Still kicking myself for not remembering that the giant squid has the largest eyes in the animal kingdom!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Have the toilets in the EPT downstairs been finished now?

It's nice that there's two for the ladies

 

[Greebo]

Spotted this today and cba to type it out:

 

[gaijingirl]

Just so that people don't have to re-type that url:

https://sites.google.com/site/cressinghamgardens/

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Just so that people don't have to re-type that url:

https://sites.google.com/site/cressinghamgardens/

I'd be shitting it if I were a council tenant there. All that lovely land that developers could build on and sell flats to gentrifiers

Or rebuild the flats and let the tenants back in

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Also a spelling mistake in that notice linked to by Greebo changes the meaning of a sentence...

 

[Greebo]

Also a spelling mistake in that notice linked to by Greebo changes the meaning of a sentence...

I know that, you know that, but there are some spellcheck reliant twonks who do those leaflets. I only saw it today.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

eg dog theses

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

eg dog theses

I bet I've still got that letter

 

[nagapie]

I'd be shitting it if I were a council tenant there. All that lovely land that developers could build on and sell flats to gentrifiers

Or rebuild the flats and let the tenants back in

I imagine they'd have to let the tenants back in. But only after months of upheaval and to completely different homes.

 

[Gramsci]

I imagine they'd have to let the tenants back in. But only after months of upheaval and to completely different homes.

Not so sure about that. They probably would. But I do not think the Council is obliged to. When u become Council tenant the Council has to keep u housed. But not necessarily in exactly the same place.

The Labour Council seems to see the way forward as getting rid of its remaining Council estates. I imagine some of the ideas for the Barrier Block will be similar. ( if the Council ever decide to ask local people what they think)