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hiraethified
They're really not 'my mates,' so I've no idea why you're saying that or even bringing it up.be a gap in the market now your mates at Antic are going to the wall.
FYI: all their Brixton pubs are staying open, as far as I know, so there is no 'gap in the market.'
Gramsci
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As I work around West End and City I used to use the public toilet at Aldwych.
Most of these toilets were from Victorian era.
Says something about this country that public toilets are now considered to waste of space. Better to rent them out
What also gets me is the the City of London now charge people to use public toilets. The most wealthy area in UK.
Its the Thatcherite mentality. Why should the people get this for free.
Though most rail stations have now reverted to free toilets.
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hiraethified
Lovely
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In photos: Guerrilla knitting delivers positive messages in Slade Gardens, Brixton
Seen in Slade Gardens off Brixton Road were these colourful knitted pieces offering a positive message to passers-by. Here’s 18 photos of the artworks which can be seen affixed to the fence b…
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theboris
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The unstated reason station toilets used to charge for entry was a misguided attempt to ward off junkies and tramps
Rushy
basically a scrotum
As it turns out, works (or more likely worked) at a local bike shop and had other stolen bike and equipment at home.
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In photos: Guerrilla knitting delivers positive messages in Slade Gardens, Brixton
Seen in Slade Gardens off Brixton Road were these colourful knitted pieces offering a positive message to passers-by. Here’s 18 photos of the artworks which can be seen affixed to the fence b…
Herne Hill has its own slightly less cheery versions.
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hiraethified
Yo ho ho etc
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In photos: Christmas lights go up in Brixton Village, Nov 2020
The folks at Brixton Village have yanked their festive lights out of storage for another year, given them a dust down and hoisted them up around the avenues. The Christmas tree has yet to arrive, b…
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happyshopper
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Does Lambeth really have the top parks in London?
See here for report from Parks for London.
What do urbanites think?
See here for report from Parks for London.
What do urbanites think?
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hiraethified
Yes, selling chips and tacos.
Leighsw2
strictly off the record
Actually, the classic Victorian underground toilets made excellent 'cottages' - the unstated reason most were closed during the moral panic of the 1980s.
jimbarkanoodle
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It will be bizarre seeing people eating food in the Albert.
Anyone know what the plan is for the LTN's, most of them around the Ferndale Ward seem to have been damaged and not repaired. All the signs pulled down and the camera's wrecked. If the council are not prepared to maintain them think they should admit defeat and remove them, left as they are is just confusing for drivers and dangerous for cyclist and pedestrians.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
It's one thing (and an unusual thing) to have food served in the Albert.
It's quite another for their food to be compulsory. Scary.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
The lack of enforcement is definitely creating dangerous situations. Even where planters are intact and in place (St Matthews / Railton) pedestrians and cyclists are assuming they are in car free areas whilst, presumably the naturally less conscientious drivers on our roads, still drive through, often at speed. It seems extremely naïve of the council to have left the few cameras they have installed quite so vulnerable. People should not be vandalising them - but it only takes one person. There are good reasons why CCTV is usually well out of reach. It is wrong if someone steals my bike - nevertheless I don't leave it in the street because I know that it is likely that someone will. If I do leave it out where someone can help themselves, I do not deserve a whole lot of sympathy. In their self righteous haste the council have been totally reckless with our money. If they were paying for the cameras out of their own pockets they would quite rightly be lying awake at night worrying. Sadly they don't seem to take any responsibility at all.
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hiraethified
I couldn't work out why this old article was suddenly picking up 8,000 page views in two days.
It looks like this is why and it's very powerful stuff indeed as Afawah accuses Vincent (Rat) Atkins of being a long term predator.
His response
It looks like this is why and it's very powerful stuff indeed as Afawah accuses Vincent (Rat) Atkins of being a long term predator.
His response
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"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I'm amazed - and confused.
Is this connected with
as detailed in your post Atlantic Road: Peggy's Cafe + Vincent Atkins ?
Atkins may have been a large family with several businesses actually.
South London Hi-Fi running one shop on Brixton Hill and one on Coldharour Lane for example.
They were also owners and landlords of the Angell Pub before it was auctioned off and turned into a Lexadon Sour Dough Pizza residential complex.
Of course the South London Hi FI and Angell pub Atkins family may be totally unconnected with Vincent of the shop in Atlantic Road/Railton Road.
I can vouch that Ricky who was running South London Hi Fi in Coldharbour was also running the Angel.
Except he spent a lot of time in the betting shop.
Not that I am offering an opinion on that Afawa's Youtube rant. By putting the video up you are helping her attain her wish to go viral I expect.
Do you know Afawah? Or Vincent Atkins?
David Clapson
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The shop pictured above became the Black and White cafe. BLACK & WHITE CAFE, London - Restaurant Reviews, Photos & Phone Number - Tripadvisor When the Brixton Pound Cafe was open, Vincent would park his Range Rover outside the Black and White and hold court. He never seemed to get any parking tickets.
David Clapson
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She says at the start of the video that she wants it to go viral. 15 seconds in.
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hiraethified
Ah yes, you're right. I watched them both through and they're quite long so I forgot! If she is right in what she says and she has the evidence - as she claims - to back it up, let's hope the women/girls get justice.
David Clapson
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She seems to be abroad...maybe she has to be, to be safe. As far as evidence goes, Atkins does have an awful lot of children. I wonder whether their mothers will say anything. It would be scary to speak out against someone who used to have so much muscle at his beck and call.
David Clapson
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According to this he's had a heart attack and is in hospital:
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On a lighter note - ? - just catching the end of the Small Axe play on BBC One about Leroy Logan.
I have to confess having caroused with Leroy Logan, in company with various dissidents from the Community/Police Consultative Group for Lambeth - in the Beehive.
John Boyega seemed quite powerful in the TV part - but at the time I met Leroy in the Beehive he looked more like his Dad in the film, but with much less hair.
Shame Boris abolished the group - it was an opportunity to meet all sides on policing arguments.
I have to confess having caroused with Leroy Logan, in company with various dissidents from the Community/Police Consultative Group for Lambeth - in the Beehive.
John Boyega seemed quite powerful in the TV part - but at the time I met Leroy in the Beehive he looked more like his Dad in the film, but with much less hair.
Shame Boris abolished the group - it was an opportunity to meet all sides on policing arguments.
GarveyLives
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Then (Saturday 15 May 1999):
"Lee Jasper, director of the 1990 Trust, said: "They (the Metropolitan Police) need to stop making alliances with unregistered informants and criminals, who are giving them the runaround, and build alliances with the communities who can give them real information." He added: "The stereotypical view of the police is that the black community is soft on drugs but we actually think the police are soft on drug-dealers."
Now (Sunday 29 November 2020):
"Lee Jasper, director of the 1990 Trust, said: "They (the Metropolitan Police) need to stop making alliances with unregistered informants and criminals, who are giving them the runaround, and build alliances with the communities who can give them real information." He added: "The stereotypical view of the police is that the black community is soft on drugs but we actually think the police are soft on drug-dealers."
Now (Sunday 29 November 2020):
GarveyLives
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Condolences to all those affected by the fatal stabbing of 27-year-old Terrell Davis (also known as TM1way) "by an old friend" shortly before 6.00 p.m. in Ramillies Close (near Brixton Windmill) on Sunday 22 November 2020 "while taking some shopping to his grandmother".
The Late Terrell Davis
Anyone with information can contact the police on 101, quoting CAD 5428 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
21-year old Tyrece Fuller from Kennington has now been charged with the murder of Terrell Davis and will appear in custody before Bromley Magistrates' Court later today.
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