Truly beyond parody.
Champagne + Fromage cause a stir with Londoners as they 'ungentrify' their name
The Brixton venue changed their name to Cheese and Fizzwww.mylondon.news
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jimbarkanoodle
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The twitter commentators mentioned in the article are downright hilarious folk, arent they?
cuppa tee
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...problem with being 'on trend' is that one can find oneself off trend just as quick.
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The article is a year old, btw.
This was a great day.
Photos of the Yuppies Out protest against the opening of Champagne & Fromage in Granvile Arcade, Brixton Village, Brixton
A small but lively gathering of Brixtonites braved the rain to attend the Yuppies Out ‘street party’, which had been organised in opposition to the opening of an upmarket wine bar/foode…
www.brixtonbuzz.com
CH1
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I was at that demo - and "advised" by one if the plod to go home.The article is a year old, btw.
This was a great day.
Photos of the Yuppies Out protest against the opening of Champagne & Fromage in Granvile Arcade, Brixton Village, Brixton
A small but lively gathering of Brixtonites braved the rain to attend the Yuppies Out ‘street party’, which had been organised in opposition to the opening of an upmarket wine bar/foode…
cuppa tee
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...wonder if the fromage bit was too close to farage for metropoltan tastes.
Shippou-Sensei
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I'll wait until it turns into Buckfast and DairyleaChampagne + Fromage cause a stir with Londoners as they 'ungentrify' their name
The Brixton venue changed their name to Cheese and Fizz
Gramsci
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Two weeks ago, we shared the attached opportunity with 7,000 residents via post. We wanted to extend that invitation through the networks we have discovered over the last few weeks and are therefore inviting you to share it with people you know who live in Brixton so that they can sign up before the closing date of 2nd April.
This is a paid opportunity to participate in the London Square co design workshops relating to the development of 49 Brixton Station Road and 6 Canterbury Crescent. It does require a commitment of 45 hours of your time between now and June. In return you will receive £450 as a thank you for your commitment to helping us understand a local perspective on the site and its future development.
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CH1
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Presumably this is the relevant page of their website
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Rushy
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Interesting approach. That's quite a commitment - especially if you can't miss a single session. No wonder they have had to cast the net wider than the original 7,000. I'd be curious to see what sort of spread of participants they pull together.Fwd: Sign Up to get £450 and influence the design of Brixton Station Road and Canterbury Crescent
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Two weeks ago, we shared the attached opportunity with 7,000 residents via post. We wanted to extend that invitation through the networks we have discovered over the last few weeks and are therefore inviting you to share it with people you know who live in Brixton so that they can sign up before the closing date of 2nd April.
This is a paid opportunity to participate in the London Square co design workshops relating to the development of 49 Brixton Station Road and 6 Canterbury Crescent. It does require a commitment of 45 hours of your time between now and June. In return you will receive £450 as a thank you for your commitment to helping us understand a local perspective on the site and its future development.
We will select 30 participants using random selection via an independent organisation (www.sortitionfoundation.org) to be part of the panel. Please read the attached letter and either telephone the freephone number or sign up on the webpage.
Sortition Foundation
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Gramsci
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I would be interested in doing it to find out what this kind of consultation is in practise.
Im wary of any Lambeth consultation.
The time committment is imo a bit over the top. And over a short time scale. My work and I cannot guarantee to be available for every session.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
They might want people to drop out actually - to keep the cost down.
The "hourly rate" is not the best I've had for a focus group event.
I once did a one day Thames Water focus event up near the Elephant and Castle. It ran from about 10 am to 4 pm and had a massive buffet meal at lunchtime, including roasts etc.
Each "table" had a professional note-taker from the consultants, so participants actually had to do nothing but give their views. No choosing a spokesman or anything.
And the fee was £140 - about 10 years ago!
I’m not sure I have much right to comment but find the words someone’s chosen destroy on this in Dorell Place rather upsetting.
Edit: actually personal circumstances (as if that’s even needed) give me every reason to be upset with someone trying to erase “the trans community”. This has really pissed me off.
Edit: actually personal circumstances (as if that’s even needed) give me every reason to be upset with someone trying to erase “the trans community”. This has really pissed me off.
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Cat Fan
Cats and stats
The name champagne and fromage is significant because it means you expect to drink literally wine from the champagne region and French cheese.
They changed the name because they want to offer other types of wine and cheese, that's all.
The gentrification stuff is a bit misguided imo.
It has positive reviews on Google, many people say it's good value. I've been there myself as a treat for my parents in law and we had a good experience. I don't get all the hate.
They changed the name because they want to offer other types of wine and cheese, that's all.
The gentrification stuff is a bit misguided imo.
It has positive reviews on Google, many people say it's good value. I've been there myself as a treat for my parents in law and we had a good experience. I don't get all the hate.
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CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I presume you are referring to this: Yuppies Out plan Champagne and Fromage protest street party in Brixton on FRIDAY 11th October [date changed again]
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Yuppies Out plan Champagne and Fromage protest street party in Brixton on FRIDAY 11th October [date changed again]
Thu 3rd October, 2013 - by Stevie SW9 - 27 Comments.
The impending arrival of the upmarket Champagne and Fromage wine bar in Granville Arcade (Brixton Village) has certainly split opinion wide open around Brixton, with some seeing it as an example of gentrification running out of control.
The champagne and nibbles store – which is expanding from its existing base in Covent Garden – declared themselves to be ‘so excited‘ about their new Brixton branch, and with the opening date now set for the 8th October, locals are preparing themselves for another huge shift in the demographic of the market.
Local anarcho-activist group Yuppies Out have announced a ‘Champagne Holocaust’ street party to coincide with the opening of the wine bar, where they will be offering ‘free Dairylea cheese slices and White Ace cider’ backed by live music coming from the Fat White Family, Meat Raffle and ‘whoever else wants to play.’
![Yuppies Out plan Champagne and Fromage protest street party in Brixton on 11th October [date changed]](/forums/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fwww.brixtonbuzz.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F10%2Fdel.jpg%3Fresize%3D620%252C400&hash=99f4c5479742121a1efb655b12267b11 "Yuppies Out plan Champagne and Fromage protest street party in Brixton on 11th October [date changed]")
In true anarchic fashion, the date for the party seems to be somewhat in flux, but now seems to have finally settled for Friday 11th October, at 5pm.
Here’s the full text of the Facebook event (it’s quite sweary, so look away if you’re easily offended):
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Cat Fan - just to add context - this event was 6 months before the Cheese and Fromage demo
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That was the Brixton style. Maybe the Yuppies won out?
Margaret Thatcher's death greeted with street parties in Brixton and Glasgow
Crowds shout 'Maggie Maggie Maggie, dead dead dead' during impromptu events
That was the Brixton style. Maybe the Yuppies won out?
happyshopper
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I went on the opening night as I like both Champagne and cheese. I was not deterred by the demo as I’m neither young nor upwardly mobile.
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hiraethified
I'm struggling to think of anything more symbolic of gentrification than a pretentiously named champagne bar opening up in what was a working class market.
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hiraethified
Yuppies always win out in the end because they have the money.Cat Fan - just to add context - this event was 6 months before the Cheese and Fromage demo
Margaret Thatcher's death greeted with street parties in Brixton and Glasgow
Crowds shout 'Maggie Maggie Maggie, dead dead dead' during impromptu events
That was the Brixton style. Maybe the Yuppies won out?
look like Cheese & Fizz have outlasted "Local anarcho-activist group Yuppies Out" anywayI presume you are referring to this: Yuppies Out plan Champagne and Fromage protest street party in Brixton on FRIDAY 11th October [date changed again]
NEWS
Yuppies Out plan Champagne and Fromage protest street party in Brixton on FRIDAY 11th October [date changed again]
Thu 3rd October, 2013 - by Stevie SW9 - 27 Comments.
The impending arrival of the upmarket Champagne and Fromage wine bar in Granville Arcade (Brixton Village) has certainly split opinion wide open around Brixton, with some seeing it as an example of gentrification running out of control.
The champagne and nibbles store – which is expanding from its existing base in Covent Garden – declared themselves to be ‘so excited‘ about their new Brixton branch, and with the opening date now set for the 8th October, locals are preparing themselves for another huge shift in the demographic of the market.
Local anarcho-activist group Yuppies Out have announced a ‘Champagne Holocaust’ street party to coincide with the opening of the wine bar, where they will be offering ‘free Dairylea cheese slices and White Ace cider’ backed by live music coming from the Fat White Family, Meat Raffle and ‘whoever else wants to play.’
In true anarchic fashion, the date for the party seems to be somewhat in flux, but now seems to have finally settled for Friday 11th October, at 5pm.
Here’s the full text of the Facebook event (it’s quite sweary, so look away if you’re easily offended):
cuppa tee
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editor
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The singer wrote a book that made it into the Sunday Times top ten bestseller list and has been nominated for the 2023 Penderyn Music Book Prize, while various band members have contributed to several successful recording and touring bands since. AFAIK, the FWF are working on a new album.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Wiki said this: They released their debut album, Champagne Holocaust, in 2013.
Obviously C+F was a seminal moment for them!
Drink & drugs
Fat White Family: 'Every one of us had a hard drug or drink problem' | Pop and rock | The Guardian
They gained notoriety for their live shows, class war politics and debauchery. Why have the Peckham band swapped it all for health spas and flute solos?
editor
hiraethified
It was the name of their first album and offending and provoking people was pretty high on their agenda when they started out, just like a million bands before them.
Fat White Family say they named their album ‘Champagne Holocaust’ after listening to Oasis, and because “it was supposed to be about the music industry”. The record is undoubtedly an antidote to the creeping conservatism in rock, typified by that photo of Haim with David Cameron. But it’s also music that’s constantly on the brink of collapsing under the weight of its own politics, poverty and vicious intent.
Fat White Family - 'Champagne Holocaust'
South London’s Fat White Family are a mass of contradictions. The six members have impeccable taste in music, but have also released some of 2013’s most tasteless songs. They say they’re satirising rock’n’roll clichés, but the anger at the heart of the band makes them conform to cliché...www.nme.com
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