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Angellic said:
I had to go into town yesterday and the Tesco at Piccadilly Circus was an Aladdin’s Cave. The bus was mostly empty and the 159 drops you almost at the door.
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I’ve heard that in the square mile, the shops are all stocked because the offices are empty.
City Thameslink is three stops from Loughborough Junction, less than the time to queue in some supermarkets, and has a Co-op and Tesco at either entrance.
 
The Tesco/Esso petrol station on Brixton Rd is currently being restocked and will open at 1pm today. It’s the one near but opposite Max Roach Park.
 
T & P said:
In my experience (in Tulse Hill and West Norwood though) for a better chance of finding stock you should avoid the big supermarkets, and even the smaller ones. The smaller the shop the more likely you are to find the first necessity items that you are likely to be after.

And even if not, at least you’ll be in and out in a moment, as opposed to having to queue for a while just to get in only to discover they’re sold out of bog rolls and eggs.
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I went shopping in all Herne Hills small shops and managed to get a basket full of food - but no flour, and only a little veg - but it was at lot more expensive than usual supermarket and market shops I normally do. Fortunately theres not much else to spend on atm.
 
friendofdorothy said:
How are the shops in Brixton doing? I'll need to shop for fresh veg before long and I dread even trying Electric ave if it is anything like it was when I went by on Monday.

Are people still crowding around Iceland or queueing in the market?
Does Noors have any stock?
Does anywhere have bread flour or any flour in stock?
Are there any special shopping hours for NHS or vulnerable people that I should avoid?
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This queuing thing has really caught on. Loughborough Junction Tesco Express, Co-op, and Millenium Pharmacy were all at it this afternoon - although the flashy new Nisa, which I haven't tried yet had no queue outside.

I very guiltily took the bus to Camberwell where Lidl had a SIA-style guard at the door - but it was a walk-in for me.
This was about 5.45 pm so the shelves were clear of bread and eggs, though not of ales and ciders, all still excellently priced.

If you are into dirt cheap instant coffee their Bellarom is allegedly strength 8 and retails for 1.39 for 200g. Plenty of that.
 
Our former Lambeth Mayor 1985-86 is in Kings with Coronavirus according to this Tweet - and Helen Hayes MP.
I can only wish him well and hope he recovers.
The first person I have known personally to get this wretched disease.
 
Rushy said:
I used to work with one of the founders of Leon, many moons ago. Their response makes me quite proud of them right now and I'm looking forward to them coming to Brixton.
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I wonder whether they will back out of the Starbucks unit? Not a great time to be adding a new branch, financially speaking. And they seem to be incredibly busy rejigging their business for the Covid era. Their twitter feed makes my head swim. One of their new initiatives is crowdfunding to give NHS staff one hot meal a day Help raise £1000000 to Help feed NHS workers one hot healthy meal each day. Starting in the hardest hit London hospitals, then going National. Leon sets up initiative to deliver free meals to NHS critical care staff
 
David Clapson said:
I wonder whether they will back out of the Starbucks unit? Not a great time to be adding a new branch, financially speaking. And they seem to be incredibly busy rejigging their business for the Covid era. Their twitter feed makes my head swim. One of their new initiatives is crowdfunding to give NHS staff one hot meal a day Help raise £1000000 to Help feed NHS workers one hot healthy meal each day. Starting in the hardest hit London hospitals, then going National. Leon sets up initiative to deliver free meals to NHS critical care staff
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I've only ever had a very average burger from Leon but they're clearly an infinitely better company than Starbucks. And, well, most other businesses too. It certainly makes me more mindful to pay them a visit if they do open in Brixton.
 
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There's lots of innovation out there. Some people have no choice but to close, and it is tough to see, but others are trying to work out how they can come through the depression stronger.

I would imagine that some of the emergency measures being taken at present by businesses will be carried on once normality resumes.
 
Just got a bit lively around these parts:

In photos: Armed and masked police officers make an arrest on Brixton's Coldharbour Lane, Mon 30th March 2020


In photos: Armed and masked police officers make an arrest on Brixton's Coldharbour Lane, Mon 30th March 2020


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In photos: Armed and masked police officers make an arrest on Brixton’s Coldharbour Lane, Mon 30th March 2020

These were the scenes in Brixton’s Coldharbour Lane a short while ago, with masked and armed police officers making an arrest of one man.
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Smick said:
People in the Republic are more used to seeing army though. Cash transit vans are often accompanied by army, as are prisoner escorts.
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Isn't that because the Gardai are corrupt bastards who'd as soon rob a security van as escort it?

I think that any use of army here will be for special skills they have. Medical, firefighting, engineering. If there is force action to be taken against the population, it will be the police that does it. God knows the Met has enough people, batons and bullets.
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Even then, if real civil disorder takes hold, the high-ups in the Met will have to deploy their human resources very carefully. Even the TSG has lost about half its London-wide strength (not a bad thing, IMO).
 
Smick said:
I’ve heard that in the square mile, the shops are all stocked because the offices are empty.
City Thameslink is three stops from Loughborough Junction, less than the time to queue in some supermarkets, and has a Co-op and Tesco at either entrance.
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Co-op have started closing some of their smaller branches in City and West End used mostly by daytime workers and are redeploying their staff to stores closer to people's homes - check before making a trip.

Co-op shuts Bankside shop to send staff and stock to busier areas

Edited to add - looks as though their branches at Strand, Store Street, Holborn - Kingsway, Ludgate Circus, Sumner St, St Pauls, 275 Grays Inn Rd, 17 Moorgate, Fenchurch St, and America Square are now all closed.
 
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David Clapson said:
Apparently Akeem Mustapha, owner of the Majestic Restaurant opposite the Barrier Block, died of the virus on the 27th. Sports and the Coronavirus lockdown
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Oh blimey. It's such an awful disease.
I was trying to discover the treasures in the coronavirus pandemic when more bad news came from London of the shocking demise of my friend, Akeem Mustapha, owner of Majestic, a restaurant and a hangout place in Brixton, South East London. He was infected with the dreaded disease and did not survive it even in a country that I have always touted as having one of the best healthcare systems in the world.

The news, as well as others, of events happening to several high ranking persons in Nigeria, (most of them importing the virus from abroad) having been tested and found to be positive to the virus and stealthily penetrating the fabric of Nigerian society without discrimination and with utter disregard for status, religion, tribe, are startling and worrisome.

In Akeem’s case, he was rushed into intensive care when his situation deteriorated and his family had to call for an ambulance. That was the last time the rest of the family would see him, because they too had to be quarantined immediately it was found that he had been infected by the Coronavirus. They remain in isolation till now, unable to say a proper good bye to the man who had been an exceptional father to the wonderful children and a great wife that I know.
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