Brixton news, rumours and general chat

[editor]

That Memories of Brixton and Stockwell FB group just gets worse. Full of ex-pat racists, "all lives matter' idiots, "lock 'em up" loons and some bloke posting up phwoar pics of young women he takes pictures of in the street. I expect I'll be banned again soon.

Oh, and now some bloke is going on about black people all having a "chip on their shoulder".

 

[editor]

A Brixton novel http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2020/07/...ggach-on-bbc-sounds-until-the-29th-july-2020/

 

[lang rabbie]

Does anyone know who was the sculptor who made the conker in Brockwell Park? I can't find anything on line.

Found the answer via Twitter search rather than Google!


A bit more digging gives the artist's website:

Circadien III - sweet chestnut

daniel miles Artist Artwork Gallery

danielsodhi-miles.artweb.com

and another link to an old Flickr seems to suggest it might have been donated by Zia Trench (local writer/director/therapist?)

 

[aka]

A lot of shops hated having to accept it

any (you know) evidence?

 

[editor]

A lot of shops hated having to accept it

No shop "had" to accept it so there was no reason on earth why they'd hate" it. It was entirely voluntary and opt in.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

I dunno perhaps some businesses had expectations for it which they found were not met after they started using it.
Or found that the economics of it changed drastically after it started up.
At that point they should just be able to opt out though i'd have though unless there was some form of contract to stay in?

 

[Big Bertha]

No shop "had" to accept it so there was no reason on earth why they'd hate" it. It was entirely voluntary and opt in.

Seriously can’t be bothered with this but bars and shops felt they had to accept it but it was a pain to get rid of, you couldn’t bank it, you couldn’t pay suppliers, you couldn’t pay your staff with it.

no more please Mr editor!

 

[editor]

Cycling news Free cycling sessions for disabled children at the Herne Hill Velodrome, every Sunday

 

[editor]

Seriously can’t be bothered with this but bars and shops felt they had to accept it ....

They really didn't and that's why many chose not to accept it. Simple as that.

 

[CH1]

Another ex Lambeth Councillor bites the dust.
I really ought get a spreadsheet together - but I think there may be as many as five or six Lambeth Councillors or ex councillors who have been convicted and done time for various offenses in the last twenty years. And none of those are for alleged corruption etc we kept hearing about.

Former Dover MP Charlie Elphicke found guilty of sexual assault | ITV News

Elphicke was on trial accused of groping one woman in his home in 2007, and sexually assaulting a second complainant, a parliamentary worker in her early 20s, twice in 2016. The jury spent almost exactly two days in retirement before reaching a verdict. | ITV News Meridian

www.itv.com

 

[editor]

Can anyone make sense of this?

 

[editor]

OK so this is Project Servator. Not sure what the heatwave hashtag has to do with anything

Project Servator | Avon and Somerset Police

Project Servator is the unpredictable, highly visible police deployments carried out by Avon and Somerset Police to disrupt a wide range of criminal activity.

www.avonandsomerset.police.uk

 

[madolesance]

Brixton Cycles in the Guardian- How millennials have put a spoke in the wheels of Britain’s bicycle shops

 

[editor]

Bit more:

Lambeth police announces that it will be deploying ‘unpredictably’ in Windrush Square as part of Project Servator

Lambeth Police has just published a tweet which we have to say has baffled us somewhat. The tweet announces that “Windrush Square in Brixton falls in to the category of iconic. History and cu…

www.brixtonbuzz.com

 

[Pickman's model]

The actual comment was "Fully gentrified prices" back in post 1038

Another poster commented as this had been the Brixton Pound shop coldwaterswim

One of the few placs left locals who can't afford these prices could go.

"The ship has sailed" - this says it all of what you think.

Ive spent a lot of time trying to oppose the "ship sailing on" in one way or another.

Losing the Brixton Pound cafe was another small step in the further gentrification of Brixton.

The loss of the 121, Brady's and the baked potato shop were massive steps in the journey of gentrification

Not to mention the auld layout and garden of the albert

 

[Pickman's model]

Why should I be thanking you personally for a contribution to the forum?

You might thank them when they do make a contribution to this forum

 

[Aristocrat]

Bit more:

Lambeth police announces that it will be deploying ‘unpredictably’ in Windrush Square as part of Project Servator

Lambeth Police has just published a tweet which we have to say has baffled us somewhat. The tweet announces that “Windrush Square in Brixton falls in to the category of iconic. History and cu…

www.brixtonbuzz.com

This, plus the concrete barriers, really makes me wonder whether the Met have received a specific and credible threat about an attack on Windrush.

 

[editor]

Sounds all a bit

 

[snowy_again]

Brixton Cycles in the Guardian- How millennials have put a spoke in the wheels of Britain’s bicycle shops

January 2019?

 

[editor]

This, plus the concrete barriers, really makes me wonder whether the Met have received a specific and credible threat about an attack on Windrush.

And the "history and culture everywhere" and #heatwave part of the tweet? It's really quite a strange tweet!

 

[CH1]

Sounds all a bit

They have a branch or chapter in Gibraltar if you look down that Twitter thread you posted on.
Could be the Gibraltar Inquisition? I reckon it's the met's version of QAnon: Where we go one, we go all and all that.

Possibly the police ought to try being a bit less suspicious.
Brian, The Commander, had this comment today

 

[madolesance]

January 2019?

Sorry wrong link. Try this one- ‘My parents helped me pack lube’: from sex toys to bidets, the lockdown businesses that boomed
BC features at the end of this article including a great photograph of them all.

 

[CH1]

How carbuncular does one feel?

I had been anticipating warning those not addicted to Hondo proposals that 31st July was the last day to object - but this may have been extended. 20/01347/FUL | Demolition of the existing building and erection of a part four, part nine and part twenty storey building comprising flexible Class A1 (shops)/A3 (restaurants and cafes)/B1 (business)/D1 (non-residential Institutions)/D2 (assembly and leisure) uses at basement, ground and first floor levels, with restaurant (Class A3) use at eighth floor level and business accommodation (Class B1) at second to nineteenth floor levels, with plant enclosures at roof level, and associated cycle parking, servicing and enabling works RE-CONSULTATION DUE TO AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SEE SUBMITTED PLANNING STATEMENT ADDENDUM DATED JULY 2020 FOR FULL DETAILS. This application is a DEPARTURE APPLICATION: The proposed development is a departure from Policy Q26, part (ii) and site allocation ''Site 16 - Brixton Central (between the viaducts) SW9'' of the Lambeth Local Plan (2015). | 20 - 24 Pope's Road London SW9 8JB
The images come from the Brixton Blog article here Central Brixton tower plans revised
I'm putting the post here in case some people who don't peruse the Hondo thread might be as alarmed by the proposed desecration of central Brixton as I am.
I regularly see Southwark Notes. They are obviousy several years ahead in terms of destructive regeneration - but we really should try to put up a fight on things like this or we will be in the same boat.

 

[editor]

Another Coldharbour Lane crash

In photos: late night car crash and chase on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, 31st July 2020

At around 1.30am this morning (Fri 31st July), we heard the familiar thump of a car crunching into an immovable object at speed, followed by the sound of shouting as the driver apparently hot foote…

www.brixtonbuzz.com

 

[editor]

And now it's kicked off outside the Payless store right next to the crash scene, FFS.

 

[Gramsci]

How carbuncular does one feel?
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I had been anticipating warning those not addicted to Hondo proposals that 31st July was the last day to object - but this may have been extended. 20/01347/FUL | Demolition of the existing building and erection of a part four, part nine and part twenty storey building comprising flexible Class A1 (shops)/A3 (restaurants and cafes)/B1 (business)/D1 (non-residential Institutions)/D2 (assembly and leisure) uses at basement, ground and first floor levels, with restaurant (Class A3) use at eighth floor level and business accommodation (Class B1) at second to nineteenth floor levels, with plant enclosures at roof level, and associated cycle parking, servicing and enabling works RE-CONSULTATION DUE TO AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SEE SUBMITTED PLANNING STATEMENT ADDENDUM DATED JULY 2020 FOR FULL DETAILS. This application is a DEPARTURE APPLICATION: The proposed development is a departure from Policy Q26, part (ii) and site allocation ''Site 16 - Brixton Central (between the viaducts) SW9'' of the Lambeth Local Plan (2015). | 20 - 24 Pope's Road London SW9 8JB
The images come from the Brixton Blog article here Central Brixton tower plans revised
I'm putting the post here in case some people who don't peruse the Hondo thread might be as alarmed by the proposed desecration of central Brixton as I am.
I regularly see Southwark Notes. They are obviousy several years ahead in terms of destructive regeneration - but we really should try to put up a fight on things like this or we will be in the same boat.

Ive been told the planning officer has extended this to 6th August.

 

[urbanspaceman]

Ive been told the planning officer has extended this to 6th August.

Here's my comment:

"The proposal as it stands is unimaginative as it misses a huge opportunity for Brixton - the construction of the (much discussed) station for the East London Line. And, taking advantage of economies of scope, the reopening of platforms and access to the Catford Loop tracks as well.

Radically improving public transport access in this manner would be a huge boon for the people of Brixton, and would also benefit the developers greatly, due to the greatly increased footfall they would enjoy from all the extra visitors."

Of course Hondo should pay for this work as a precondition of being granted permission.

 

[Ms T]

It’s shocking that’s all he got, some judges would of given less. Such a horrific thing to happen to anyone.

He pleaded guilty so his sentence will have been reduced by about a third.

 

[Gramsci]

How carbuncular does one feel?
View attachment 224390View attachment 224388View attachment 224389
I had been anticipating warning those not addicted to Hondo proposals that 31st July was the last day to object - but this may have been extended. 20/01347/FUL | Demolition of the existing building and erection of a part four, part nine and part twenty storey building comprising flexible Class A1 (shops)/A3 (restaurants and cafes)/B1 (business)/D1 (non-residential Institutions)/D2 (assembly and leisure) uses at basement, ground and first floor levels, with restaurant (Class A3) use at eighth floor level and business accommodation (Class B1) at second to nineteenth floor levels, with plant enclosures at roof level, and associated cycle parking, servicing and enabling works RE-CONSULTATION DUE TO AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SEE SUBMITTED PLANNING STATEMENT ADDENDUM DATED JULY 2020 FOR FULL DETAILS. This application is a DEPARTURE APPLICATION: The proposed development is a departure from Policy Q26, part (ii) and site allocation ''Site 16 - Brixton Central (between the viaducts) SW9'' of the Lambeth Local Plan (2015). | 20 - 24 Pope's Road London SW9 8JB
The images come from the Brixton Blog article here Central Brixton tower plans revised
I'm putting the post here in case some people who don't peruse the Hondo thread might be as alarmed by the proposed desecration of central Brixton as I am.
I regularly see Southwark Notes. They are obviousy several years ahead in terms of destructive regeneration - but we really should try to put up a fight on things like this or we will be in the same boat.

The other thing is that this is the same application. But updated/ altered a bit.

So previous comments are still part of it.

All this new revised application is saying is that the towers are pushed back two and a half metres. There is other stuff but that is the main concession by Hondo.

 

[twistedAM]

Got a really good letter back from Bell Ribiero-Addy about the threat to live music venues. Not used to this kind of treatment; her predecessor never replied to anything.