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Brixton Village/Granville Arcade indoor market, Brixton
- Thread starter Ms T
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cuppa tee
Well-Known Member
Posting here, because 'Brixton Village' routinely block or remove anything 'honest' posted on their facebook page, and frankly, it's gone far enough!
Is anyone else bothered by their habit of:
- only promoting the 'new' businesses
- routinely showing photographs that are not representative of all of the market users, or the general population (this is a particularly egregious example:
Is someone paying them to present 'Brixton Village' as some kind of yuppie paradise, rather than portraying an honest view of 'Granville Arcade' with ALL it's users/shoppers/workers?
This photo annoyed me.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Is a corporate Facebook page isn't it? They're not there to promote an honest picture of their business on the whole.
Snap!
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
It's pretty typical of Brixton Village specifically though isn't it?
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
Pretty much. Apart from the remaining hangers-on from the old Brixton Village.
Also: tucked in shirt, white socks and brown loafers is not a good look IMO.
blameless77
Well-Known Member
Yep - that's the very pic. Grrrrrrrrrr.
pissflaps
i've got a headache in my pants...
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i don't see any actual eating going on in that picture
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i'm hard pushed to see anyone in that picture who isn't dressed like a wanker
blameless77
Well-Known Member
Perhaps because I see Brixton as a multicultural area - People from many continents living and working side by side. This picture looks like it should have been taken in the home counties. You're being disingenuous if you just see it as 'people eating lunch'.
stethoscope
Well-Known Member
Looks like a scene from Notting Hill.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
do you think eg luton would have such a demographick in a photo?
I don't like how they've used the trees in the background to make it look like some sort of European boulevard. That's trafficed, polluted Coldharbour Lane out there. Those sorts of people may be there at the weekends but it doesn't really realistically represent the environment.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
if you're going to offer multicultural credentials, why not make them multicultural.
blameless77
Well-Known Member
Agreed - for example, I'm Irish
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
and? which part of MULTIcultural have you got a problem with? you can't say eg i'm dutch and that proves i'm multicultural.
stethoscope
Well-Known Member
It's the shift in class and wealth composition of areas such as Brixton (and before it Notting Hill - hence comment above) through gentrification which is the issue (and what does that to existing communities), not multiculturalism.
blameless77
Well-Known Member
Eh? Way to derail a conversation. My original point was that I'm annoyed by the fact that the Brixton Village facebook page is painting an unreal picture of Brixton Market, and failing to give equal weight to ALL the businesses that operate there. They then compound this by blocking commenters who remark on this. Meanwhile, traditional businesses such as Dagons struggle to operate in a market with limited parking, and a clientele who are increasingly coming just to eat, and see a fish shop or veg stall as just another photo op.
However, I suspect I'm wasting my breath, just more troll-fodder.
However, I suspect I'm wasting my breath, just more troll-fodder.
pissflaps
i've got a headache in my pants...
well that is indeed a separate issue, the blocking of commenters is highly suspect - that sort of behavior is never acceptable, regardless of your opinion. sorry for pissing on your parade. you can all get back to sniping at stranger's sock choice now.
TruXta
tired
PHWOAR. Also she's not dressed as a wanker. I'd totally do her, wearing her dress.
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hiraethified
Would it fit you?
