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story said:
Jeesus. I have been blissfully unaware of this one until this moment.

Chicks. And a single Buck.






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i'm sure that buck went somewhere over here...
 
story said:
I think Tique Booty is pretty fucking stupid myself. I fucking hate that shop, and everyone involved with it. Proper hate it.
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They came and gave all the other traders in the market a 10% discount card when they opened. Which is more than C&F have done. But 10% off a price that's about 100 times what anyone sane would pay for a piece of tatty second- or third-hand junk isn't that great a deal.
 
editor said:
One of the guys who runs it really thinks he is down with proper real Brixton and 'all the Jamaicans and locals and real Brixton people shop there' yadda yadda yadda.
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Well he's a tool.

The week they first came in to clear the shop, I stopped to say hello and have a chat. I posted this at the time in the July chitter chatter thread, but here it is again.



Noticed another shop change in the market: the greengrocers that was opposite the fishmonger just inside the Atlantic Rd entrance to Market Row... Being done up by three lads: young, blonde, fresh, shiny.

I went over to ask what they're planning to be.

Me: Hello, what are you going to be?

Him: A fishmonger.

Me: (slightly nonplussed, assuming he was jesting, but not sure) Okay... Cos we don't have enough of them?

Him: No, we're going to be a vintage clothing shop.

Me: Oh! It'll be nice to have some of the Brixton Village stuff spill over into this part of the market. (I admit that I was being polite rather than genuine here...)

Him: Do you live here? (I thought this was an odd - if telling - question... I don't think I've ever been asked it before whilst in Brixton.)

Me: Yes. Do you?

Him: No...but we are moving here very soon...

Me: Where are you guys from, then?

Him: Kingston.

Other bloke: Do we need a passport?

Me: (still giving them the benefit of the doubt) Ha, no; but we do have our own currency.

Other bloke: What, marijuana?

Me: (rather more nonplussed...) Er... no...

Other bloke: Crack?

Me: (now getting annoyed, but keeping it to a simmer): No, the Brixton Pound. If you're opening a store, you should check it out.

Third bloke: Yes, we know about that.

Other bloke: ...Heroin?

Me: What? Are you serious? You need to change your attitude if you're going to be working and living here.





And wasn't this place that was playing Keane really loud and were told to cease and desist by a local?
 
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fortyplus said:
They came and gave all the other traders in the market a 10% discount card when they opened. Which is more than C&F have done. But 10% off a price that's about 100 times what anyone sane would pay for a piece of tatty second- or third-hand junk isn't that great a deal.
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If I ever do look at their stuff as I pass, I'm always head-shakingly surprised by the tattiness and crappiness of their tat, and the absurd pricing.

When the weather is bitter, I watch to see how miserable they are in their grandiose down-at-heel hubristic shop.
 
That place in Market Row is ridiculously expensive. I didn't realise it also had a ridiculous name.
 
story said:
If I ever do look at their stuff as I pass, I'm always head-shakingly surprised by the tattiness and crappiness of their tat, and the absurd pricing.

When the weather is bitter, I watch to see how miserable they are in their grandiose down-at-heel hubristic shop.
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To bring it full circle, I saw them flagrantly drinking Veuve Clicquot in their shop a month back.
 
So funny. Last night I spotted for sale an old two door kitchen cabinet which had been in a front garden on Nursery Road for at least 3 weeks!
 
Rushy said:
Is that the furniture shop in market row?
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it sells mainly vintage clothes but usually has random old furniture out the front, so think its the one you're thinking of. Bloke in there told the Northerner it was a 'vintage lifestyle store'.
 
Winot said:
Just like Café Rouge then.

If you are talking about interior design then I agree with you. However your earlier post:


focussed on their products not their design, and my reply was in relation to that.
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Fair enough.

Your first reply made me think more. Or make more clearly expressed what I thought.

I do think aloud here sometimes. It was Boohoo comment on "branding" that made me think that there is something interesting to look at. Also a comment by Rushy that this is not big nasty corporate but a small business.

Been out all day and have a lot on. So have not caught up with this thread yet.
 
Gramsci said:
Fair enough.

Your first reply made me think more. Or make more clearly expressed what I thought.

I do think aloud here sometimes. It was Boohoo comment on "branding" that made me think that there is something interesting to look at. Also a comment by Rushy that this is not big nasty corporate but a small business.

Been out all day and have a lot on. So have not caught up with this thread yet.
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Cheese puns, bizarre debate on pubs v cheese, segue on dumb shop names, rant about Tique Booty.

HTH ;)
 
Was passing by just now and popped my head in to have a look. About eight people having a drink or browsing/ purchasing stock. Didn't look any more or less busy than other places in the market. In truth it wasn't particularly busy anywhere inside tonight. Maybe it's the footy, or the weather.
 
T & P said:
Was passing by just now and popped my head in to have a look. About eight people having a drink or browsing/ purchasing stock. Didn't look any more or less busy than other places in the market. In truth it wasn't particularly busy anywhere inside tonight. Maybe it's the footy, or the weather.
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Judging by how many Yuppies Out warriors are currently drying off in my front room with beer and football, both of those factors are material.
 
bosie said:
It's different in London now though. Before the artists were a real mixture of people. Most of the young 'artists' nowadays though are the son's and daughters of people with money. They just basically pretend they don't have any themselves - when really they are just a phone call to Berkshire away from their rent being paid. Working class kids don't open pop up interactive art galleries in old shops in London. They can't afford to. They get proper jobs.
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A bit harsh I think. What I have heard is that artists are now leaving London or not coming here. Have heard from an artist friend that there is arts scene developing outside London up North. Where it is still possible to get cheapish accommodation.
 
Ms T said:
Lots of people without much money spend £8 a day on a packet of fags.
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People without much money are finding there lives getting harder under this government.

Its not easy life on a low paid job or on benefits.

Coldharbour Ward as a whole is area of high deprivation.

Those who can shop in C&F and those who shop in Iceland live in two completely separate worlds.
 
Gramsci said:
People without much money are finding there lives getting harder under this government.

Its not easy life on a low paid job or on benefits.

Coldharbour Ward as a whole is area of high deprivation.

Those who can shop in C&F and those who shop in Iceland live in two completely separate worlds.
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Of course. Question is, should they exist side by side?
 
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