Brixton news, rumours and general chat: Summer - Autumn 2018

[friendofdorothy]

I agree with you about Brixton’s trajectory- but was it really much better in the past for DIY? Ten years ago I can remember the paint shop on Brixton Road but I can’t being to mind any other shops that have since closed

I'm probably thinking of more that 10 years ago - but you could buy decorating stuff at Woolies, Fads, Force Homecare and I think there was another one as well.

 

[editor]

If any of you ever saw James Pyke play the Offline nights, you might be interested to see what he's doing now:

 

[lefteri]

When I was first in Brixton there was a good tool shop in Coldharbour lane plus a DIY shop as bit later.

The DIY shops in Stockwell are fairly recent. For some reason the building materials area is now Stockwell.

And the industrial estate off King’s ave where Fulham timber is now which has a toolstation and screwfix- dunno what you call that area, Clapham?

 

[CH1]

And the industrial estate off King’s ave where Fulham timber is now which has a toolstation and screwfix- dunno what you call that area, Clapham?

That's Brixton Hill ward but Clapham Park geographically.

 

[CH1]

When I was first in Brixton there was a good tool shop in Coldharbour lane plus a DIY shop as bit later.

It was this shop you remember - currently being redeveloped as (Lexadon) flats with (presumably) bars underneath

 

[Gramsci]

And the industrial estate off King’s ave where Fulham timber is now which has a toolstation and screwfix- dunno what you call that area, Clapham?

I don't regard that area as Brixton.

I don't have a car so local shops are important. Why Brixton has to be full of eateries which are of no use to me I don't understand.

I do use Screwfix but its a treck getting up there.

 

[Gramsci]

It was this shop you remember - currently being redeveloped as (Lexadon) flats with (presumably) bars underneath
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Yes that is the one.

 

[lefteri]

I don't regard that area as Brixton.

I don't have a car so local shops are important. Why Brixton has to be full of eateries which are of no use to me I don't understand.

I do use Screwfix but its a treck getting up there.

No it’s just outside Brixton and if you live on the other side like I do it’s a pain - it’s a shame there’s nothing in camberwell either

 

[brixtonblade]

No it’s just outside Brixton and if you live on the other side like I do it’s a pain - it’s a shame there’s nothing in camberwell either

Isn't there a DIY shop at the end of Coldharbour Lane? Howard?

 

[lefteri]

Ah shit yeah you’re right, I’ve never been in there for some reason - I’m not even sure if it’s still there or not

 

[Cold Harbour]

Isn't there a DIY shop at the end of Coldharbour Lane? Howard?

Howard's is still here (at CHL/Denmark Hill crossroads) providing brilliant service. I was going to post about them but thought SE5 might have been a step too far for the Brixton forum!

 

[editor]

It felt like the old days in Brixton last night:

Faces of Brixton – a Thursday night on the town in photos, 30th Aug 2018

 

[prunus]

No it’s just outside Brixton and if you live on the other side like I do it’s a pain - it’s a shame there’s nothing in camberwell either

It doesn’t look like it, and it doesn’t make any effort to actually let anyone know, but the ‘motor spares’ shop opposite tesco in Loughborough junction is actually pretty good for general DIY stuff - certainly on the hardware/tools/ironmongery/fittings side (not sure about paint - though I think they do sell brushes and rollers etc). Worth checking before venturing further afield (if you’re LJ adjacent anyway).

 

[Rushy]

There's a big paint shop more or less opposite Acre Lane timber. Seems to have most stuff. It's an independent. Handyman's further up the road was taken over by Brewers.

 

[Gramsci]

It doesn’t look like it, and it doesn’t make any effort to actually let anyone know, but the ‘motor spares’ shop opposite tesco in Loughborough junction is actually pretty good for general DIY stuff - certainly on the hardware/tools/ironmongery/fittings side (not sure about paint - though I think they do sell brushes and rollers etc). Worth checking before venturing further afield (if you’re LJ adjacent anyway).

Ive bought white emulsion paint from him.

 

[editor]

Did anyone go to the Congregate thing today?

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Ive bought white emulsion paint from him.

nudge nudge, wink wink

 

[alcopop]

There's a big paint shop more or less opposite Acre Lane timber. Seems to have most stuff. It's an independent. Handyman's further up the road was taken over by Brewers.

There used to be two handyman’s didn’t there?

 

[friendofdorothy]

Did anyone go to the Congregate thing today?

No but it looked very happy and friendly - I was in Vida's cafe with the revolting old queers, so we had a good veiw of it. It was all over by 9.30pm.

Went to the BeeHive after - haven't been there in years - it was a lot nicer than I remember it anyway.

 

[Winot]

There used to be two handyman’s didn’t there?

There were two shops owned by the same people, one on each side of the road. One was paint and the other hardware. Now just the one (on the north side). As Rushy says owned by Brewers.

 

[editor]

Some Brixton pics:

In photos: Brixton street scenes, July-August 2018

 

[DietCokeGirl]

How was the umbrella event friendofdorothy?

 

[editor]

Brixton tonight Lambeth Housing Activists meeting tonight in Brixton, 7pm Mon 3rd Sept

 

[friendofdorothy]

How was the umbrella event friendofdorothy?

energising! Thanks for asking. Our facilitator described it as a moving meditation and it was. It was very different and fun! Talking to some of the others - one who has been very ill and one who is over 80, both said they felt really good the next morning.

 

[teuchter]

I'm a bit mystified by the lengthy discussion above, bemoaning how various DIY shops are good but not really in Brixton, and how Brixton is all full of eateries and no DIY shops, when the one that is right in the middle of Brixton has already been mentioned; it's on Brixton Station Rd and is perfectly good for most basic stuff.



Brixton is not a DIY supplies desert. The appearance of Screwfix and Toolstation relatively nearby have improved the overall situation considerably, as the nearest ones were previously much further away, although I do wonder if they take business away from the aforementioned smaller shops.

 

[isvicthere?]

I seem to remember a DIY shop down Brixton Water Lane, next to a greasy spoon caff, between Mango Landin' and Hootananny. All flats now.

 

[alcopop]

I'm a bit mystified by the lengthy discussion above, bemoaning how various DIY shops are good but not really in Brixton, and how Brixton is all full of eateries and no DIY shops, when the one that is right in the middle of Brixton has already been mentioned; it's on Brixton Station Rd and is perfectly good for most basic stuff.

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Brixton is not a DIY supplies desert. The appearance of Screwfix and Toolstation relatively nearby have improved the overall situation considerably, as the nearest ones were previously much further away, although I do wonder if they take business away from the aforementioned smaller shops.

Where’s toolstation?

 

[teuchter]

Where’s toolstation?

Opposite Screwfix now.

 

[editor]

I seem to remember a DIY shop down Brixton Water Lane, next to a greasy spoon caff, between Mango Landin' and Hootananny. All flats now.

I grabbed a few pics before it all disappeared:

A walk down Brixton Water Lane, Brixton, Lambeth, London SW9

 

[snowy_again]

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