cesare
shady's dreams ♥
They'll be gathered round Lunar House, Wellesley Rd if you want to take a swift detour out of the back of the Whitgift Centre
Champagne & Fromage opening in Brixton soon
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Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
TruXta
tired
That'll be a long wait thenMaybe I'll read it one day when I haven't got anything better to do
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
aha, the omniboycott. sit at home with the curtains closed, consuming no more than the bare minimum for survival in tablet form while knitting yourself a onesie from your own excess shedded hair. it's the only way to avoid collaboration with the forces of capitalist evil.
[none of this is directed personally at Badgers btw.]
[none of this is directed personally at Badgers btw.]
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hiraethified
I'm boycotting your boycott.
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
I can't see how it's any more offensive to the local 'working class' then JD Sports knocking out Nike's at £110 (seems maybe even £140 a pair now).
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Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
Looking at the Facebook page, the 'going' list is made up of almost entirely of white faces.
Edit to add - not to say they can't be long term Brixtonites of course - just that it doesn't look totally representative of the general Brixton population. Instead it looks like the usual bunch of incomers who want to pull the drawbridge up after them.
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hiraethified
I'm not really sure what your point is here or why you're bringing up race.
I was just commenting that I recognise quite a few of the people who are going, and many of them have lived here for a long time. I don't think anyone thinks or expects that they're going to be "totally representative of the general Brixton population," whatever that means.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Have they lived here long enough to remember the champagne bars of 1920s Brixton?
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hiraethified
What champagne bars of 1920s Brixton?
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Imagining they may have had some in Brixton's first phase of gentrification.
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leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Maybe not. As luck would have it, I have this picture of a recently-auctioned champagne cup (or coupe) from the Brixton Astoria. Dated 1929
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hiraethified
The Brixton Astoria may have served champagne but that does not make it a champagne bar.
Not unless you think the Albert is a champagne bar too, of course.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
That's an awesome find. I'd love one of those to add to my ridiculous collection of Brixton related ebay purchases.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
The Brixton Astoria may have served champagne but that does not make it a champagne bar.
Not unless you think the Albert is a champagne bar too, of course.
I rest my case. It looks like they took their champagne pretty seriously in 20s Brixton.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Belongs to a mate. Not sure what he paid for it. No huge amount.
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hiraethified
That's because very few got to drink the stuff back then!
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hiraethified
Have you bought one of those bus route displays that include Brixton? I've come close to buying one several times.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
The old Routemaster ones are silly money so I settled for a more modern version. It's huge. And has Brixton on it about 10 times.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
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Manter
Lunch Mob
I got a routemaster one for about £40 on ebay... the trick, according to a mate (and it seems to work) is to look for misspelled or inaccurate listings. Apparently ebay have changed their process now to avoid so many spelling errors (it autocompletes and asks you if you really mean x) which is a shame as its where I found all my best stuff.
