They would be far more economical allowing resources to be spent elsewhere and not disturb the entire neighbourhood.
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theboris
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Just bumped into the Albert's landlord - WJ - the bad news is the pub is not reopening until end of July. The good news is that the toilets are being properly refurbed. I've been drinking there for almost 20 years and the khazis have always been grim, so here's hoping
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
If you go to TFL you get this
Coldharbour Lane, SW9 - Track Fire - Affected Routes 35 45 345 P4: Routes 35 45 missing stops between Brixton Station and Denmark Hill (Valmar Road stop). Route 345 missing stops between Brixton Police Station and Denmark Hill (Valmar Road stop). Route P4 missing stops between Brixton Police Station and Shakespeare Road.
I don't beleive that though. I'm right next to the so-called Catford Loop and London Overground lines. They are right behind me and Coldharbour Lane in front.
a- no sign of any fire
b- how would a fire on the railway viaduct cause all bus services to need to close in the Loughborough Junction/Brixton area?
madolesance
Well-Known Member
The people who threw the party, yeah.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I find it a bit odd how the Express neo Nazi newspapers are supposed to be owned by Mirror group now.
Is this them hedging their bets? Like they slag off Boris in the Mirror whilst folloing the dictat of Dominic Cummings in the Express.
Actually if the Express was a TV or radio station it would have been closed down years ago - because it seldom touches base with reality.
Fortunately the normal front page is MIIRACLE CANCER CURE - or something about the coming economic boom we will enjoy courtesy of BREXIT.
There was a fascinating TV programme about the National Enquirer last night. Clearly this is the model the Daily Express is seeking to emulate.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
There is some info here on the rooftop standoff which ic closing Coldharbour Lane.
www.mylondon.news
It seems that MyLondon belongs to Reach plc - see previous post. They are inviting any one who witnessed the incident to contact them:
Are you at the scene? Please get in touch at charlie.jones@reachplc.com
Major South London road shut by police after man climbs on to church roof
Police are at the scene and have closed the road
It seems that MyLondon belongs to Reach plc - see previous post. They are inviting any one who witnessed the incident to contact them:
Are you at the scene? Please get in touch at charlie.jones@reachplc.com
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
did he say what they were doing about graffiti in the gents, will it be left as the cultural icon it is?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
nice to see the police getting some exercise as they bravely ran away
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
With apologies for butting in - given I live 200 miles away and haven't set foot in Brixton for a few years - this doesn't surprise me. I'm in a few local history/heritage groups round here and in other places I've lived, and they're the same all over; old farts whining about how awful everything is now and how everything was better in 'the good old days,' which seem to stretch from the dawn of photography to the early 80s. On one of my local groups there was a pic of the bar in what is still a lovely historic pub circa 1960, with a sign saying something like 'no women, no credit, no queers, no gambling.' I'm sure you can imagine the response. The other one that sticks in my mind is a photo of a street near me, taken about half a century ago. Immediately it filled up with comments about how beautiful it used to be and how it's all been ruined, most of them seemingly oblivious to the fact that - with the exception of a few more parked cars and the trees having grown - it still looks exactly the same! Some of the photos people post in those groups are fascinating, but the comments underneath are usually best avoided.
jimbarkanoodle
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Hopefully! I'd rather not some shiny toilets in the Albert, it wouldn't feel right. Not getting wet feet and a working cubicle with a lock might be handy mind.
co-op
But....but cLoWnFiSh....
God if you think facebook posts about the Good Olde Days are bad, don't look at "Brixton" in twitter (it was trending last night, someone posted up some film of fighting with the police at the party) it's a fucking mental racist torrent of shit. Depressing. If I had a an account I'd have asked some of the idiot gammons why they are so good at spotting a (mostly) black crowd but don't seem to have spotted a (nearly 100%) white police force, a full 40 years after the Macpherson report. But I haven't so I didn't, don't want to get sucked in.
Unfortunately I did that this morning when I noticed 'Brixton' trending and wondered why. It was the digital equivalent of the top blowing off a septic tank.
Cold Harbour
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Particularly as there have been huge scraps on Exmouth, Brighton and Hove beaches etc.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
time may fly when you're having fun but the macpherson report was 20 or so years ago and not 40
doesn't make it much better, mind you
maybe you were thinking of the scarman report
cuppa tee
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Im in two, the Brixton one and one for the town I grew up in which was a mono cultural nightmare zone, recently there has been a spate of posts glorifying pubs in ye olden days with a lot of gammon and gammonettes reliving the best fights and laughing about the cops throwing punters down staircases, the general vibe is it never did them any harm although I would beg to differ as it seems quite a few brain functions have been stunted. I had to leave said town cos I got bored with the constant beatings that could be triggered by something as trivial as the wrong type of socks*
* a signifier of being a ”puff” iirc
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CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I was reprimanded by a large cool dude about thirty years ago for wearing purple socks - is it sox?- on the El going into Chicago Southside. Sorry to say it deterred me from going any further, although I doubt there would have been anything particular to see in Chicago southside.
Just saying.
snowy_again
Slush
That twitter bloke is a horrible bitter little racist btw. So much so he was banned from the Telegraph comments sections
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Maybe - I don't really do either Twitter or comments sections - but the original source he is retweeting (without adding any opinion) is claire_419er (it's on the video).
happyshopper
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Piece on BBC news Website about Brixton re-opening. See here How one neighbourhood is waking up from 'lockdown coma'
Rushy
basically a scrotum
"Brixton is a night-time economy. Our best side is at night," says Michael Smith, director of Brixton BID
Such a shame that our supposed Brixton Business champions are so openly narrow minded. Nightclubs and bars are all they seem able to think about.
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