Raheem
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The day we all realised spring was going to be cancelled.
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More importantly the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre in which thousands of French protestants were killed in Paris - setting off the Huguenot migration to the UK.
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre - Wikipedia
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Brixton Chamber Orchestra performing live in Brixton today, Mon 21st June 2021
The Brixton Chamber Orchestra will be braving the inclement weather and performing ‘pop up’ live shows today in three different locations across Brixton.
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Proud to day that Brixton Buzz helped them reach their target in time 
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Crowdfunding target of £15,000 reached for The Ballad of Olive Morris – a short film focussing on the Brixton activist
Crowdfunding for the short film The Ballad of Olive Morris has been met.
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Photos from Sunday
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In photos: XR/Brixton Palestine Solidarity Campaign demo outside Brockwell Park, Sunday 20th June
Lambeth and Wandsworth Palestine Solidarity Campaign (also now BrixtonPSC ) had another demonstration on Sunday to publicise the ongoing catastrophe of life in Palestine under occupation.
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Yesterday in Brixton
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In photos: Brixton Chamber Orchestra provide the orchestral cheer on a rainy Brixton afternoon
Gamely performing in yesterday’s never-ending drizzle were the Brixton Chamber Orchestra, who performed uplifting sets of classical and contemporary music around central Brixton. Here’s…
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Openreach have announced today that Brixton / Brixton hill / Tulsa hill will get fttp broadband by April 2025…
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Openreach Adds 551 UK Locations to FTTP Broadband Rollout UPDATE
Openreach (BT) will today add 551 new UK cities and towns to the rollout plan for their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. The
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Dexters Adventure Playground volunteer days: please help out if you can
Dexters Adventure Playground on Railton Road are holding monthly volunteer days, and are looking for people to volunteer with tasks such as clearing, gardening, painting, oiling, laying chipping et…
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Bugger all promo shots but I'll pop down soon and take a look for myself
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Lambeth and Photofusion launch portrait exhibition: Spectemur Agendo – By Our Actions May We Be Known
Lambeth’s Town Hall Arts Programme and Brixton based Photofusion are pleased to announce the opening of Spectemur Agendo – By Our Actions May We Be Known. The exhibition explores the theme of leade…
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GarveyLives
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On National Windrush Day earlier this week, a Black Plaque was unveiled in respect of Val McCalla.
However, for reasons that have not been made clear, the tribute to the Seaford-based accountant and newspaper founder has been placed at Blue Star House in Stockwell Road.
However, for reasons that have not been made clear, the tribute to the Seaford-based accountant and newspaper founder has been placed at Blue Star House in Stockwell Road.
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I remember Alex Pascal used to go on about how he founded the Voice - with Val McCalla - and then got written out.
In 1982 Pascall co-founded with Val McCalla Britain's first national weekly Black British newspaper The Voice, utilising Pascall's media connections as presenter of the BBC programme Black Londoners;[28][29] the first issue of The Voice coincided with the Notting Hill Carnival that year.[30]
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Openreach have announced today that Brixton / Brixton hill / Tulsa hill will get fttp broadband by April 2025…
Openreach Adds 551 UK Locations to FTTP Broadband Rollout UPDATE
Openreach (BT) will today add 551 new UK cities and towns to the rollout plan for their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. The
suspect it’ll be rolled out in some places in the area long before, they are rolling out fibre on telephone poles in the area between kings ave and Clapham Common right now which is the same “pre 2025” zone.
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Yeah I noticed that, any ideas when that will be active ?
no idea, I only noticed as I walk through a lot - this will show when it comes online Browse Maps and Check Broadband Performance and Coverage Across the UK
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The Voice was based on the 8th and 9th floors of Blue Star House from November 2000 to 2006. Val McCalla worked there, the current concierge has worked there since 2000 and remembers him.
Alex Pascall: broadcaster who gave a voice to black Britain and now taking on BBC
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David Clapson
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The search has shifted to the Alps Family of missing Brixton bartender searching Alps after he 'left country'
i had a closer look earlier - its not openreach it’s all community fibre, and it’s being installed on the roads off Clapham Common as far back as Rodenhurst road.
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Also at Clapham North. They’ve got good reviews so I’m hopeful I can finally get rid of BT!!
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Val McCalla must have been a bit of a deal maker a la Trump.
After he moved the Voice to Coldharbour Lane he somehow managed to put together a deal including the old dole house site next door - Cooltan - and got planning permission from Lambeth to convert the Labour Exchange and the Voice building into a residential development.
Ultimately this became the Barratt Homes Brixton Square complex - but there was an intermediate buyer which was a quasi social homes developer who went bust.
Val McCalla lived in Sussex and was rumoured to have horses for his girls to ride, and sent them to private schools.
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wondered the same, shame i can only hear, rather than see them
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Certainly - there were a lot of organisations and council and government departments that needed to demonstrate equalities considerations when placing job adverts.
As the market leader in terms of being a black newspaper the Voice was clearly the leading choice for all public sector and non-profit sector advertising.
To elaborate my point above regarding the sell-off of the Voice Coldharbour Lane office and the Cooltan/Job Centre building:
I was at the planning meeting where planning permission was considered - and the idea was to change the use from offices to a hotel.
It was said by the agents for The Voice and Val McCalla that they had interest from an Irish hotel group with hotels in Bayswater, Croydon and Portugal - Jurys Inn presumably.
Permission was granted - but the hotel deal never went through.
So when Places for People wanted permission for housing about four years later it was easier - hotel use being closer to housing than office use.
Just goes to show how mission creep occurs in planning.
Disappointingly there is very limited documentation for this in the Coldharbour historical planning mega-bundle
As the market leader in terms of being a black newspaper the Voice was clearly the leading choice for all public sector and non-profit sector advertising.
To elaborate my point above regarding the sell-off of the Voice Coldharbour Lane office and the Cooltan/Job Centre building:
I was at the planning meeting where planning permission was considered - and the idea was to change the use from offices to a hotel.
It was said by the agents for The Voice and Val McCalla that they had interest from an Irish hotel group with hotels in Bayswater, Croydon and Portugal - Jurys Inn presumably.
Permission was granted - but the hotel deal never went through.
So when Places for People wanted permission for housing about four years later it was easier - hotel use being closer to housing than office use.
Just goes to show how mission creep occurs in planning.
Disappointingly there is very limited documentation for this in the Coldharbour historical planning mega-bundle
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