Camberwell news and chitter-chatter

[Crispy]

What's a good Dentist in the area? I've not been for far too long

 

[Thimble Queen]

Has anyone checked out the graff exhibit at the GX Gallery on Denmark Hill yet?

Passed by a few times but not had a proper look, looks fit tho...

 

[Onket]

Seen the stuff on the side of the building as I've been past on the bus.

 

[se5]

What's a good Dentist in the area? I've not been for far too long

I go to the one that is about five doors to the left of the Co-Op on Camberwell New Road and it seems alright - took me on as an NHS patient no problems. Dentist I saw for root canal work seemed perfectly competent.

Doing a bit of googling I think its these people - http://www.the-dental-practice.net/index.html

 

[Onket]

Has anyone checked out the graff exhibit at the GX Gallery on Denmark Hill yet?

Passed by a few times but not had a proper look, looks fit tho...

Seen the stuff on the side of the building as I've been past on the bus.

It's on until the 20th May, btw.

 

[Melinda]

What is going on with the roads up your endz?

On Sunday it took an hour to get from Hither Green (Lewisham) to Brixton.

Multiple sets of road works with lanes being cones off and fuck all happening.

 

[Maggot]

It's currently Camberwell Arts Week: http://www.camberwellarts.org.uk/

Lots of interesting events happening.

 

[Crispy]

So the weather's ace and my parents are visiting us this evening. It'd be nice to eat outdoors. Where'd be best? Sun and Doves has good food and outdoor space. What else? Price no object, cos they'll be paying

 

[mango5]

People say the Greek Taverna place is nice (I'm not keen on it). The Petit Parisien has seats outside I think, never been due to price, but it's not extortionate.

 

[DeadManWalking]

I noticed the Castle is closed due to unforseen circumstances and will hopefully open again soon

 

[Onket]

People say the Greek Taverna place is nice (I'm not keen on it).

Where is this then?

 

[Crispy]

Where is this then?

Camberwell Church Street, opposite the Hermit's Cave or thereabouts. I forget the name of it.

 

[Onket]

Camberwell Church Street, opposite the Hermit's Cave or thereabouts. I forget the name of it.

Cheers.

 

[Maggot]

Camberwell Church Street, opposite the Hermit's Cave or thereabouts. I forget the name of it.

The only Greek one I know is the Vineyard on Camberwell Grove.

 

[Onket]

Is that the same one, then? Or are there two?

 

[Crispy]

hmmm, maybe I have it confused with somewhere else. anyway, The Vineyard gets excellent reviews all over the place

 

[DeadManWalking]

I went to the Vineyard once didn't think that much of it, but it was for a wedding reception so it was all in.

 

[George & Bill]

For the second time yesterday I had a beer taken away from me on Camberwell Green because, apparently, it's a 'no alcohol zone'.

I was told this by a man in red, who produced a badge informing me that he was a Designated Person. (Personally, I would have designated him as something else). I told him, and the police officer who later turned up to enforce his request, that in fact CG and Southwark are not 'no alcohol zones' but Alcohol Control Areas, which means that officials can ask you to stop drinking if they deem fit, but need not and indeed should not do so unless they think a nuisance is being created.

The officer responded with like courtesy by searching me, demanding to know my 'ethnicicity', and then telling me, while positioning his face an inch or two from mine, that he would 'fucking hound [me] from now on'.

 

[Crispy]

That makes me feel protected from dangerous scum, tbf

 

[Onket]

For the second time yesterday I had a beer taken away from me on Camberwell Green because, apparently, it's a 'no alcohol zone'.

I was told this by a man in red, who produced a badge informing me that he was a Designated Person. (Personally, I would have designated him as something else). I told him, and the police officer who later turned up to enforce his request, that in fact CG and Southwark are not 'no alcohol zones' but Alcohol Control Areas, which means that officials can ask you to stop drinking if they deem fit, but need not and indeed should not do so unless they think a nuisance is being created.

The officer responded with like courtesy by searching me, demanding to know my 'ethnicicity', and then telling me, while positioning his face an inch or two from mine, that he would 'fucking hound [me] from now on'.

I had a copper tell me that he could take my beer off me if he wanted to on Newington Butts, once. Seemed completely pointless though, as he didn't take it off me.

 

[se5]

For the second time yesterday I had a beer taken away from me on Camberwell Green because, apparently, it's a 'no alcohol zone'.

I was told this by a man in red, who produced a badge informing me that he was a Designated Person. (Personally, I would have designated him as something else). I told him, and the police officer who later turned up to enforce his request, that in fact CG and Southwark are not 'no alcohol zones' but Alcohol Control Areas, which means that officials can ask you to stop drinking if they deem fit, but need not and indeed should not do so unless they think a nuisance is being created.

The officer responded with like courtesy by searching me, demanding to know my 'ethnicicity', and then telling me, while positioning his face an inch or two from mine, that he would 'fucking hound [me] from now on'.

Did you get his name/ number - if so I would file a complaint

 

[George & Bill]

Did you get his name/ number - if so I would file a complaint

I should have done really, but I didn't feel too aggrieved toward the particular copper because I was quite successful in mocking him (over various things, including his inability to say the word 'ethnicity'; the encounter ended with me saying 'bye then', and him saying 'I'm not going anywhere sonny', and me then returning to my conversation with my friend, and ignoring him until he walked off).

The uniformity with which the people involved, and the people the time before, trotted out the line about there being a ban on drinking, makes me think that they are being systematically misinformed about the law by those higher up; with that in mind I've written a letter to the council (who in responsible for putting in place the Alcohol Control Area) asking for written clarification as to whether there is any blanket ban in place...

The police do say some stupid things. I remember once being in Green Park with a video camera, and being told that I might want to think twice about breaking the supposed ban on using such equipment, as there were officers around 'with guns'.

 

[sir.clip]

Anyone know what the RATSTAR is? in the old in door market down on Camberwell road?

Seems like a squat shop bike thingy..
I keep passing it daily & see happenings.
Theres a sign up that says all the legal jargon about squaters rights..

I'd like too know more..

 

[Onket]

http://ratstarsquat.wordpress.com/

 

[sir.clip]

http://ratstarsquat.wordpress.com/

Safe.. i keep seeing odd bikes around & now i know why..
Respeckle onket.

 

[Mr Blob]

Isn't there two big hospitals in Camberwell. I don't know the area very well, but there's top teaching hospital Kings and that asylum the big Maudsley

I'm not prejudice against the mentally ill myself, but a few people I know have complained of 'funny' people on Camberwell buses and loitering the streets

 

[Melinda]

@ 'asylum'

@ 'funny' people


*Checks its 2010.*

 

[flickerx]

Someone got shot around 10pm or so this evening at Ainsworth Close. Cops outside checking the street for evidence with a sniffer dog, lights, etc.

Anyone here living in this neck of the woods?

I have an idea it might be related to something else...

 

[Mr Blob]

Someone got shot around 10pm or so this evening at Ainsworth Close. Cops outside checking the street for evidence with a sniffer dog, lights, etc.

just another shooting - this is South London used to urban violence

 

[DeadManWalking]

See that the Castle is being converted to The Recreation Ground. http://www.recreationground.co.uk/

Not sure whether it's a restaurant or a pub