Brixton news, rumours and general chat

[BigMoaner]

I think it's reasonable up to a point.

People who have known a place longer, are more likely to have an understanding of various contexts and are also more likely to be aware of issues that might have been around for some time and know about attempts at solutions that have been tried (and which maybe have failed) multiple times. Like a kind of version of what they call institutional knowledge in organisations ... the new person comes in and wants to change loads of stuff but people who've been there for a long time know that these things have already been shown to work/not work. A memory of decision making processes & paths.

It also seems fair enough to assume that someone who's already lived in a place a long time is likely to have a more long term interest in its future.

I don’t disagree but we are all merely pawns somewhat. If I had lots of money I wouldn’t move to a shit area just so area B wouldnt gentrify with my money. Classic blame the game not the players

 

[CH1]

I was seriously considering starting a thread "Peckham the New Brixton".
They have shoe shops there.
The Wetherspoons has dynamic pricing Southwark Brewery ESB - starts at £2.49 a pint, then "To commemorate 50 years of CAMRA" it drops to £1.99, finally to get rid of the barrel it drops to 99p.
It's got a Savers - so you can get Fisherman's Friends for 70p and diary pill boxes for 89p
Its got a mega Morrisons with integral laundrette
Its got Peckham Plex cinema @ £5.99 a show
and a Primark
what's not to like?
Unfortunately I can't sell my house. Under money laundering regulations you need to have a passport! [check this out - its absolutely true]
I fear for Peckham - gentrification must be looming. Enjoy while you can.

 

[oryx]

I was seriously considering starting a thread "Peckham the New Brixton".
They have shoe shops there.
The Wetherspoons has dynamic pricing Southwark Brewery ESB - starts at £2.49 a pint, then "To commemorate 50 years of CAMRA" it drops to £1.99, finally to get rid of the barrel it drops to 99p.
It's got a Savers - so you can get Fisherman's Friends for 70p and diary pill boxes for 89p
Its got a mega Morrisons with integral laundrette
Its got Peckham Plex cinema @ £5.99 a show
and a Primark
what's not to like?
Unfortunately I can't sell my house. Under money laundering regulations you need to have a passport! [check this out - its absolutely true]
I fear for Peckham - gentrification must be looming. Enjoy while you can.

I get the impression that Peckham has been gentrifying for ages. Reached peak hipster some years ago.

It still feels like a normal place with normal shops around Rye Lane though.

 

[teuchter]

Peckham is cooler than Brixton now, yeah?

In this new world order of hipsterentrification that we are going to have to accept now, I am wondering whether Peckham is going to come out of it all looking less embarrassing than Brixton...what do you reckon?

www.urban75.net

 

[CH1]

Peckham is cooler than Brixton now, yeah?

In this new world order of hipsterentrification that we are going to have to accept now, I am wondering whether Peckham is going to come out of it all looking less embarrassing than Brixton...what do you reckon?

www.urban75.net

Perhaps the thread need reviving.

 

[nick h.]

In 2023 Lakaydia Reynolds was mauled by three dogs in St Martin's park. The owner Darren Massay has just been given a suspended sentence. Man sentenced after his three dogs mauled a student in a Brixton park | The Crown Prosecution Service Man watched American Bully pin woman to ground as she was mauled by pack of dogs

 

[nick h.]

As a "settler" in the UK myself I've always found Britain surprisingly parochial. People are often looked on at as outsiders if they can't count at least one dead generation from the area. Worst place I experienced was the west country in the early 90s. I had a girlfriend who had lived on farm there all her life and her parents had been there goodness knows how long before - but I lost count of the number of times they were casually referred to as incommers by her friends.

Brixton has its own weird thing where people very quickly let you know how long they have lived here - like a badge. I was in a council meeting recently and we were all invited to introduce ourselves and the room of twenty or so people each stated how long they had lived in Brixton. No one asked us to but the first person said it and then everyone followed. I cringed as I followed the crowd to do it too, whilst at the same time feeling uncomfortably pleased that it was longer than most. All very "I'm more Brixton than you!". Needless to say the council officers were not local.

I don't want to hear about you or your narcissism or your mansion. The elephant in the room in this tone deaf 'Settler' nonsense is the G-word. Are you being forced out of Brixton by it? Have you already been? If you can afford to live here you ought to be wrestling with survivors' guilt. Many of the people with the most experience of this issue have left Brixton and urban. That's why this discussion is so piss-poor.

 

[GarveyLives]

Ian Taylor's death is in the Standard and the Mirror today. It's hard to work out what new information is in the articles.

Asthmatic man dies after Met Police officer said chest pain was 'nonsense'

Ian McDonald-Taylor died after he was told that his chest pains were "nonsense" by an officer during an arrest in Brixton, South London, but the Independent Office of Police Conduct said the cop's behaviour didn't 'meet the threshold for justifying disciplinary proceedings'

www.mirror.co.uk

Handcuffed man dying from asthma accused of playing ‘poor me’ by PC

The officer could not bring himself to apologise to the family

www.standard.co.uk

The further national and regional news coverage, repeating the shocking circumstances of the death of local musician and resident Ian Taylor (also known as Fluximus) was triggered by the publication of the post-Inquest report prepared by the Coroner under Paragraph 7 of Schedule 5, Coroners and Justice Act 2009, which provides coroners with the duty to make reports to a person, organisation, local authority or government department or agency where the coroner believes that action should be taken to prevent future deaths. These Prevention of Future Deaths reports are also known as Regulation 28 reports, as Regulation(s) 28 (and 29) of the Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013 set out the procedure to be followed in the preparation of such reports.

When Ian Taylor (also known as Fluximus) lay handcuffed and dying in police custody in the street and being mocked by the police as he begged for help while suffering from acute and severe asthma as well as dehydration (on what was one of the hottest days of the year at the time), the primary concern of many on one internet forum was the redirection buses and whether or not a local domino club was involved.

The fact that none of the police officers involved in mocking and humiliating this dying man has ever been publicly identified and held to account is as predictable as the continued silence of those who rushed to the internet to publish misleading misinformation about the harrowing circumstances of Ian Taylor's death in custody before his body was even cold, claiming it to be "the word on the street".

Ian Taylor (also known as Fluximus)

He died in the street in Brixton where he lived and performed, saying that he could not breathe and begging for help while
being mocked by seven police officers exactly five years ago on Saturday 29 June 2019.

May he find some peace and dignity wherever he is now.​

 

[ash]

Does anyone know what the locker situation is like at the lido. Are they coin operated?

 

[alex_]

Has negril closed ?

Google says it has, but I cannot see anything online

 

[Smick]

I think on a philosophical level each are invested in THEIR OWN PERCEPTION of Brixton.
Which is our problem. (said Grasshopper)

I have been really pissed off when I get post from Lambeth council and it has a return mail address somewhere outside of London, never mind Lambeth. Lambeth council tax writing to me from Darlington.

Do I have a right to expect that my council tax should go towards employing people within the council area?

 

[CH1]

I have been really pissed off when I get post from Lambeth council and it has a return mail address somewhere outside of London, never mind Lambeth. Lambeth council tax writing to me from Darlington.

Do I have a right to expect that my council tax should go towards employing people within the council area?

Likewise the NHS
This was ensuing a telephone call from a company in Glasgow:

Dear Mr. CH1
We are pleased to confirm your telephone appointment with the Xyla Virtual Outpatient Service.
Please find below a list of questions the nurse will discuss with you on the day of your appointment. If possible, please review these questions in preparation for your assessment.
1, Age
2, Gender
3, Height
4, Weight
5, Smoking duration
6, Previous pneumonia / COPD / emphysema / bronchitis / TB
7, Occupational asbestos exposure
8, Previous history of malignancy
9, Previous family history of lung cancer
- relative's age at onset, ie + 60 years or - 60 years
10, Ethnicity
We look forward to speaking with you.
Yours Sincerely
Xyla Virtual Outpatient Service team


This will be another telephone call at 8.50 am on election morning - when I should be doing my civic duty!

Meanwhile I've been through this loop 10 years ago when Lambeth PCT decided to screen people for pulmonary obstruction (now known as COPD)
I had breathing tests at Hetherington Surgery (not my own surgery), then X-rays and a scan at Kings .
Upshot of this was the specialist identified I have a life-long issue which I would characterise as very mild Cystic Fibrosis - but my GP said it's not worth investigating - too expensive, no certain outcome.

I didn't ask for any of this screening - and shocked to now find it is co-ordinated by a Canadian owned company

ICS health & social care managed services become Xyla | Acacium Group

We are excited to announce that ICS health and social care managed services are uniting under a new name and brand: Xyla, part of Acacium Group.

acaciumgroup.com

(from the Morning Star) "..................which is owned by Acacium Group Limited.
Schwartz owns up to 50 per cent of Acacium Group, with his co-investors owning the rest. Schwartz’s investment firm, the Toronto-based Onex Corporation, bought ICS, including Thornbury Nursing, from another investment firm in 2020."

From Thornbury to privatisation: march of the agency staff

Britain is back to its bad old ways, spending billions on health service stand-in staff — a vicious cycle that lines up the private providers to take over entirely as the NHS drains its funds on temps, explains SOLOMON HUGHES

morningstaronline.co.uk

Personally I've sick of this "We love our NHS" and "Don't Privatise OUR NHS"
I've semi private anyway - at least in England. Why did they put the former Councillor for Angell Town in charge of NHS England if they weren't interested in privatisation by stealth?

Simon Stevens - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[felonius monk]

I have been really pissed off when I get post from Lambeth council and it has a return mail address somewhere outside of London, never mind Lambeth. Lambeth council tax writing to me from Darlington.

Do I have a right to expect that my council tax should go towards employing people within the council area?

Almost certainly it's part of the outsourcing contract with Capita, which has an office in Darlington.

 

[CH1]

Almost certainly it's part of the outsourcing contract with Capita, which has an office in Darlington.

They used to be in Bromely - so its the same contract one supposes.
Maybe if Crapita got bought by and Indian or Japanese company we might really have issues with their phone lines!

PS Shell Energy phone lines were manned in Cape Town - and impeccably polite. But they sold their customers to Octopus.
I haven't tried phoning Octopus yet - no need so far.

 

[nick]

Likewise the NHS
This was ensuing a telephone call from a company in Glasgow:

Dear Mr. CH1
We are pleased to confirm your telephone appointment with the Xyla Virtual Outpatient Service.
Please find below a list of questions the nurse will discuss with you on the day of your appointment. If possible, please review these questions in preparation for your assessment.
1, Age
2, Gender
3, Height
4, Weight
5, Smoking duration
6, Previous pneumonia / COPD / emphysema / bronchitis / TB
7, Occupational asbestos exposure
8, Previous history of malignancy
9, Previous family history of lung cancer
- relative's age at onset, ie + 60 years or - 60 years
10, Ethnicity
We look forward to speaking with you.
Yours Sincerely
Xyla Virtual Outpatient Service team


This will be another telephone call at 8.50 am on election morning - when I should be doing my civic duty!

Meanwhile I've been through this loop 10 years ago when Lambeth PCT decided to screen people for pulmonary obstruction (now known as COPD)
I had breathing tests at Hetherington Surgery (not my own surgery), then X-rays and a scan at Kings .
Upshot of this was the specialist identified I have a life-long issue which I would characterise as very mild Cystic Fibrosis - but my GP said it's not worth investigating - too expensive, no certain outcome.

I didn't ask for any of this screening - and shocked to now find it is co-ordinated by a Canadian owned company

ICS health & social care managed services become Xyla | Acacium Group

We are excited to announce that ICS health and social care managed services are uniting under a new name and brand: Xyla, part of Acacium Group.

acaciumgroup.com

(from the Morning Star) "..................which is owned by Acacium Group Limited.
Schwartz owns up to 50 per cent of Acacium Group, with his co-investors owning the rest. Schwartz’s investment firm, the Toronto-based Onex Corporation, bought ICS, including Thornbury Nursing, from another investment firm in 2020."

From Thornbury to privatisation: march of the agency staff

Britain is back to its bad old ways, spending billions on health service stand-in staff — a vicious cycle that lines up the private providers to take over entirely as the NHS drains its funds on temps, explains SOLOMON HUGHES

morningstaronline.co.uk

Personally I've sick of this "We love our NHS" and "Don't Privatise OUR NHS"
I've semi private anyway - at least in England. Why did they put the former Councillor for Angell Town in charge of NHS England if they weren't interested in privatisation by stealth?

Simon Stevens - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Hah - I had that lung test phone call questionnaire as well.

They got very grumpy that I did not know if my Grandfather's lung cancer was the primary cause of death, or just contributory, as well as exactly at what age he was diagnosed.
Explanations that I am unsure since he died shortly after the war and well before my parents had even met, were countered with "well I need to know for the form".
My answers were insufficient to qualify me for lung CAT scan.

 

[purenarcotic]

Likewise the NHS
This was ensuing a telephone call from a company in Glasgow:

Dear Mr. CH1
We are pleased to confirm your telephone appointment with the Xyla Virtual Outpatient Service.
Please find below a list of questions the nurse will discuss with you on the day of your appointment. If possible, please review these questions in preparation for your assessment.
1, Age
2, Gender
3, Height
4, Weight
5, Smoking duration
6, Previous pneumonia / COPD / emphysema / bronchitis / TB
7, Occupational asbestos exposure
8, Previous history of malignancy
9, Previous family history of lung cancer
- relative's age at onset, ie + 60 years or - 60 years
10, Ethnicity
We look forward to speaking with you.
Yours Sincerely
Xyla Virtual Outpatient Service team


This will be another telephone call at 8.50 am on election morning - when I should be doing my civic duty!

Meanwhile I've been through this loop 10 years ago when Lambeth PCT decided to screen people for pulmonary obstruction (now known as COPD)
I had breathing tests at Hetherington Surgery (not my own surgery), then X-rays and a scan at Kings .
Upshot of this was the specialist identified I have a life-long issue which I would characterise as very mild Cystic Fibrosis - but my GP said it's not worth investigating - too expensive, no certain outcome.

I didn't ask for any of this screening - and shocked to now find it is co-ordinated by a Canadian owned company

ICS health & social care managed services become Xyla | Acacium Group

We are excited to announce that ICS health and social care managed services are uniting under a new name and brand: Xyla, part of Acacium Group.

acaciumgroup.com

(from the Morning Star) "..................which is owned by Acacium Group Limited.
Schwartz owns up to 50 per cent of Acacium Group, with his co-investors owning the rest. Schwartz’s investment firm, the Toronto-based Onex Corporation, bought ICS, including Thornbury Nursing, from another investment firm in 2020."

From Thornbury to privatisation: march of the agency staff

Britain is back to its bad old ways, spending billions on health service stand-in staff — a vicious cycle that lines up the private providers to take over entirely as the NHS drains its funds on temps, explains SOLOMON HUGHES

morningstaronline.co.uk

Personally I've sick of this "We love our NHS" and "Don't Privatise OUR NHS"
I've semi private anyway - at least in England. Why did they put the former Councillor for Angell Town in charge of NHS England if they weren't interested in privatisation by stealth?

Simon Stevens - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I think when people say ‘we love our NHS’ etc, what they mean is that they don’t want to move to a system where you get a bill at the end of attending / treatment. It’s the free at point of use that people are referencing. I don’t think the majority have a clue how much is farmed out to private contractors. I doubt many care either, even though I think they should. Because synnovis couldn’t be bothered to make their security decent, weeks after the cyberattack, it is taking hours for us to get ‘urgent’ results back for patients at KCH and I can’t get swabs taken to culture for something because the order form isn’t even showing up on the GP’s list.

 

[twistedAM]

Has negril closed ?

Google says it has, but I cannot see anything online

I walk past there most days and it's not been open for months.
Was mad busy once upon a time but there are more choices now and it was comparatively pricey.

 

[aussw9]

Has negril closed ?

Google says it has, but I cannot see anything online

I got a text from the restaurant a couple months back thanking for our custom and informing that they were to close. Sad times :-(

 

[DietCokeGirl]

If you've had your bike nicked recently, try Windrush Square, the group of ner'do wells on the grass had about 20, plus some assorted bike frames, wheels etc.
I don't think there was clearence sale in Halfords.

 

[alex_]

I got a text from the restaurant a couple months back thanking for our custom and informing that they were to close. Sad times :-(

That’s a shame, but where else do people recommend ?

 

[twistedAM]

That’s a shame, but where else do people recommend ?

Original Flava | Market House Brixton - probably similar price point. Ive had the fish and the jackfruit and both were decent.

 

[catriona]

Argos today - closed until further notice due to "system failure". Bother - they've got my Click & Collect ebay parcel

 

[editor]

Can anyone help on this request sent to Brixton Buzz?

Wondered if you had a record in your archives of a bus crash on Hinton Road in the early 2000s? Double decker collided with railway bridge and roof sliced off. I distinctly remember seeing the aftermath (i.e. empty bus, no passengers, driver, or emergency services) whilst returning home from a night out, but cannot find a press report about it. And no I wasn't drunk and seeing things!

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Can anyone help on this request sent to Brixton Buzz?

2008 thread (no pictures) here

doesn't always make the news - depends if anyone gets a photograph before it's cleared away.

it's not all that common, but not a huge rarity (there's a bridge between catford and sydenham that manages to get a bus every few years)

tends usually to be a driver trying to take a short cut from / back to depot on an empty run at start or end of day.

it doesn't get a report by the railway inspectorate (or whatever it's called now) so wouldn't necessarily result in something in the public domain.

 

[Nivag]

The skate shop on Stockwell road is struggling to survive.

 

[blameless77]

So interesting - I didn't know Irish people dug out the Victoria line in the 60s:

Last of the navvies: Irishman who dug all-night Tube line

Tommy Harvey and his Tunnel Tigers’ pivotal role in opening up the Victoria Line

www.irishtimes.com

 

[editor]

The skate shop on Stockwell road is struggling to survive.

I know the people that run the shop and it's really sad news. I'll run a piece on Buzz and hopefully that might help them a bit.

 

[theboris]

Police helicopter hovering for almost half-an-hour I'm guessing above the vicinity of Abbeville Rd at around 6.30pm earlier today (Friday). Any idea why?

 

[Winot]

Police helicopter hovering for almost half-an-hour I'm guessing above the vicinity of Abbeville Rd at around 6.30pm earlier today (Friday). Any idea why?

Someone used the wrong olive oil in a salad dressing?

 

[theboris]

Someone used the wrong olive oil in a salad dressing?

Animals!