Brixton news, rumours and general chat

[cresconius]

The question is how you know where the traffic that you currently see on Coldharbour Lane would have been instead, had the LTNs not happened.
But this is probably for the other thread...

This is the question that Lambeth should have been prepared to answer when they set up the LTNs. Will traffic/pollution be displaced with the introduction of LTNs? The paper referenced in the guardian article is interesting but not particularly relevant for the main issues people have with LTNs.

FWIW, I am a big fan of what the LTNs want to achieve but they have been implemented poorly and I think the council are not engaging in good faith with constituents.

 

[teuchter]

This is the question that Lambeth should have been prepared to answer when they set up the LTNs. Will traffic/pollution be displaced with the introduction of LTNs? The paper referenced in the guardian article is interesting but not particularly relevant for the main issues people have with LTNs.

It so happens they've just released a bunch of data looking at this question.

Brixton Liveable Neighbourhood and LTN schemes - improvements for pedestrians and cyclists

or there's this guy: Brian For Mayor: Brian Rose - Your Next Mayor of London A complete conspiracy nutcase.

www.urban75.net

 

[happyshopper]

... this is just continuing traffic fascism.

When you invoke fascism in the context of traffic schemes you should know you've lost the argument.

 

[Jimbeau]

Read an article promoting this new book today which may or may not be of interest to some - Will Hodgkinson - Roof Dog: A Short History Of The Windmill - Paperback

Bump. Anyone hear Will Hodgkinson on 6Music this morning? On the Chris Hawkins show a little before 0700. Will Hodgkinson on The Windmill

 

[editor]

Ace Brixton/Tulse hill band!

South London band Wu-Lu release killer single South (ft. Lex Amor)

Brixton Buzz is giving a big shout out for this massive new tune from south London combo Wu-Lu, soundtracking an attack on gentrification, fading relationships and a scream for change.

www.brixtonbuzz.com

 

[CH1]

When you invoke fascism in the context of traffic schemes you should know you've lost the argument.

There isn't an argument. There is negligible evidence. It simply a matter of belief.
The figures teuchter has put up are all percentages.
It doesn't take Tim Harford of Radio Four More or Less to point out this is meaningless without absolute numbers too.

 

[happyshopper]

There isn't an argument. There is negligible evidence. It simply a matter of belief.
The figures teuchter has put up are all percentages.
It doesn't take Tim Harford of Radio Four More or Less to point out this is meaningless without absolute numbers too.

Sorry, I didn’t realise you wanted abuse rather than argument. In which case

SHUT YOUR FESTERING GOB, YOU TIT! YOUR TYPE MAKES ME PUKE! YOU VACUOUS TOFFEE-NOSED MALODOROUS PERVERT!!!

 

[teuchter]

There isn't an argument. There is negligible evidence. It simply a matter of belief.
The figures teuchter has put up are all percentages.
It doesn't take Tim Harford of Radio Four More or Less to point out this is meaningless without absolute numbers too.

The absolute numbers are there too.

 

[Winot]

The absolute numbers are there too.

Now that he realises that he was mistaken I’m sure that CH1 will be entirely satisfied and have no other issues to raise.

 

[CH1]

Sorry, I didn’t realise you wanted abuse rather than argument. In which case

SHUT YOUR FESTERING GOB, YOU TIT! YOUR TYPE MAKES ME PUKE! YOU VACUOUS TOFFEE-NOSED MALODOROUS PERVERT!!!

This is worse than a thread on Brexit. Hope it works out for you.

 

[editor]

Please help out if you can! Stockwell Park Estate crowdfunder launched for summer projects and family trips

 

[pave]

I read an interesting and detailed obituary of Bunny Wailer in the Telegraph yesterday - even better on their website with some old photos. Makes me wonder why the paper always receives so many derogatory remarks on the forum.

Dave

 

[Orang Utan]

I read an interesting and detailed obituary of Bunny Wailer in the Telegraph yesterday - even better on their website with some old photos. Makes me wonder why the paper always receives so many derogatory remarks on the forum.

Dave

Cos it’s very right wing and pro-Establishment

 

[editor]

Please keep an eye out...

 

[David Clapson]

Here's what she was wearing Police share CCTV image of missing Sarah Everard who vanished while walking home to Brixton - Southwark News

And the route she took:

Sarah left her friend’s home through a gate onto the A205. Officers are also asking residents near the South Circular around Clapham Common, Cavendish Road, New Park Road, Brixton Hill and Brixton Water Lane to check doorbell footage.

 

[Gramsci]

I got letter about the next Lambeth Made Community meeting on 18th March by Zoom

Coldharbour ward - Lambeth Made Community

If you live in Coldharbour ward, share your ideas for improving the community here. The council, police and others will see what you have to say!

coldharbour.commonplace.is

I attended the last meeting and was not impressed.

Letter has no minutes of last meeting nor does the website. Letter does say we identified five priorities. Which I dont remember.

I looked at the map on the commonplace. People had put specific concerns. Nothing on the commonplace website about how these comments were dealt with. If at all.

It comes across to me as wooly Council box ticking exercise.

Particularly irritating is 2 Enouraging more people to volunteer.

I got feeling at last meeting that the Council response to issues people flag is to ask them what they are going to do about it. Not the Council.

Like people have enough to do keeping head above water with the pandemic.

There was someone there at last meeting complaining about Railton LTN.

 

[editor]

Art in the Village

In photos: WOM Collective stages art exhibition in Brixton Village Courtyard

Running until Monday 12th March is this al fresco art exhibition in Brixton Village Courtyard featuring the work of the WOM Collective.

www.brixtonbuzz.com

 

[editor]

The cops weren't very chatty but I think they may have broken up a gathering in Station Road yesterday. Anyone know more?

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

The cops weren't very chatty but I think they may have broken up a gathering in Station Road yesterday. Anyone know more?

if thats the case, perhaps the people living on the street and Police ran out of patience, as most times i've walked down Station Road of an evening there has been some kind of gathering occurring, usually with a small sound system, particularly in the warmer months.

 

[Mr paulee]

yep, the people of Station Rd think they are immune from the rules with their gatherings every night.
Fucking idiots.

 

[editor]

Brixton art

In photos: International Women’s Day celebrated by WOM Collective mural in Somerleyton Road, Brixton

Six artists from the WOM Collective were creating a mural in Somerleyton Road, Brixton yesterday as part of local celebrations for International Woman’s day (Monday, 8th March).

www.brixtonbuzz.com

 

[urbanspaceman]

Lambeth Libraries has upgraded its online book/magazine app, from RBdigital to:

Libby

Download the Libby App: ebooks & audiobooks FREE from your library

Bring the library to you! Free digital books, magazines and more! Available for iOS and Android devices.

www.overdrive.com

I have just downloaded and registered - you need a Lambeth Library card, with a membership number (found on the back, underneath the barcode). Type in the number, just as it stands, with the various letters, and the spacings.

I must say it's remarkable, there are tens of thousands of books, and thousands of magazines and audiobooks. And they're not rubbish or obscure - plenty of very familiar titles (eg Vogue, New Scientist, Economist). I might never need to buy a book or magazine again ! This is an example of real value provided by Lambeth to the community.

Ed: I think this is a story that could be published on Brixton Buzz, the people should know.

 

[Ms T]

I hear the police have been searching the gardens of the houses of “Abbeville Village” for the missing woman.

 

[editor]

Women’s Strike Assembly in Windrush Square, Brixton yesterday

In photos: Women’s Strike Assembly in Windrush Square, Brixton

To mark International Women’s Day, activists from Women’s Strike Assembly and 8M feminista latinx gathered in locations across the UK, including Windrush Square in Brixton. We captured…

www.brixtonbuzz.com

 

[editor]

Lambeth Libraries has upgraded its online book/magazine app, from RBdigital to:

Libby

Download the Libby App: ebooks & audiobooks FREE from your library

Bring the library to you! Free digital books, magazines and more! Available for iOS and Android devices.

www.overdrive.com

I have just downloaded and registered - you need a Lambeth Library card, with a membership number (found on the back, underneath the barcode). Type in the number, just as it stands, with the various letters, and the spacings.

I must say it's remarkable, there are tens of thousands of books, and thousands of magazines and audiobooks. And they're not rubbish or obscure - plenty of very familiar titles (eg Vogue, New Scientist, Economist). I might never need to buy a book or magazine again ! This is an example of real value provided by Lambeth to the community.

Ed: I think this is a story that could be published on Brixton Buzz, the people should know.

I was about to write about it but it's not working for me. I registered for a library account here Profile - Lambeth but when I input my library account number into the app UNREG0000**** I get 'invalid library card. Not a valid Lambeth Libraries card' (even though the library page says that it's an active account)

The Lambeth site also says:

How do I get a library card?
You can register online on this page: Join The Library.

Clicking on that link takes me to a blank page.


So do I physically have to go the library to get this card? Seems a bit confusing/bit of a faff, if so.

I've written to the library anyway but I cant write anything until I can explain it in a foolproof manner!

 

[snowy_again]

I was about to write about it but it's not working for me. I registered for a library account here Profile - Lambeth but when I input my library account number into the app UNREG0000**** I get 'invalid library card. Not a valid Lambeth Libraries card' (even though the library page says that it's an active account)

The Lambeth site also says:
Clicking on that link takes me to a blank page.


So do I physically have to go the library to get this card? Seems a bit confusing/bit of a faff, if so.

I've written to the library anyway but I cant write anything until I can explain it in a foolproof manner!

I get a page to choose which library to join but having put in all my details then get a ‘invalid email format’ message - no matter what email address I use.

 

[editor]

I get a page to choose which library to join but having put in all my details then get a ‘invalid email format’ message - no matter what email address I use.

I'm chatting to the library folks now so hopefully will have the solution soon!

 

[snowy_again]

Ah their web form is crap - email address can’t start with a capital letter (although the default for the email address field is to start with an auto cap on the first word). Making it lower case let me join.

 

[theboris]

Please keep an eye out...

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Doesn't look good Sarah Everard: police place cordon around block of flats in south London

 

[CH1]

Newsnight had an interview tonight with Rev Guy Hewitt - former High Commissioner of Barbados. Emily Maitliss was pressing him on the Megan situation, Rev Guy was more concerned to stress that Barbados was likely to become a Republic, and in his view should do following the accession of King Charles.

As well as being an Anglican priest Guy Hewitt has a role with the Barbados political establishment. Possibly an updated and democratically selected Cardinal Wolsey?

Funnily enough I've seen the Reverend Guy in action a couple of times. He's been to St John's Angell Town in Brixton as a locum. Rev Rosemarie Mallet got him to do holiday cover for her at St Johns some years back. Talk about social gospel. I have seldom heard sermons so devoid of religious content.

Guy Hewitt would have resonated with the former Bishop of Woolwich, Dr John Robinson whose book Honest to God caused a storm in the 60s. Secular times require secular theology said Dr Robinson.