Not even on a long new years etc, booze and accompaniments? You must get bought a lot of pints!
Champagne & Fromage opening in Brixton soon
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Not even on a long new years etc, booze and accompaniments? You must get bought a lot of pints!
boohoo
No.
As discuss earlier, I don't think anyone in their right mind would seek out a £30 afternoon tea in Granville Arcade.
it isn't a fight i'd choose, but actually focusing on one independent business is much more likely to result in some kind of victory than attempting to somehow take on rising rents and corporate tax evasion. it's something local and achievable for people to focus on, and showing them that this kind of business isn't welcome in brixton is something that would have knock on effects to other businesses considering moving in.
and of course it's totally possible to campaign against gentrification in brixton and against rising rents & corporate tax evasion. in fact, the local links people could make getting involved in a campaign like this would make more wide ranging campaigning easier.
tommers
It was... Rebekah Vardy's account
Is it a cream tea? Or just one of those with shitty little cakes and cucumber sandwiches with the crusts off?
I took the mrs for afternoon tea recently on a rare baby free date day. Her face would have been a picture if we had rocked up to Granville Arcade.
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
tommers
It was... Rebekah Vardy's account
And tbh I feel that way about the champagne by the glass too! I did do this in London once, for my birthday, at Tower 42. Sunset across the sprawl of London from high up is a bit more special than Brixton market
Yuppies out!
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
Tbf it was only one glass cos that's all we felt we could afford, and I did feel a bit uncomfortable there too but from the other angle! (i.e. I had dressed up all nicely for my birthday treat, and it was full of casually dressed rich people who presumably do it all the timeYuppies out!
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i always book a table for an extra place, then say 'keith couldn't make it tonight, mick's going senile and he had to go round', then later i say 'keith would really like this' and angle for money off the bill for recommending to the rolling stones. works, too, which is most surprising.i never dress up when i go out to a posh place. you get better service 'cause they don't think you're a pleb.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i get that every night from my flat high up in a tower block. only i have fizzy water and not champagneAnd tbh I feel that way about the champagne by the glass too! I did do this in London once, for my birthday, at Tower 42. Sunset across the sprawl of London from high up is a bit more special than Brixton market
tommers
It was... Rebekah Vardy's account
Tbf it was only one glass cos that's all we felt we could afford, and I did feel a bit uncomfortable there too but from the other angle! (i.e. I had dressed up all nicely for my birthday treat, and it was full of casually dressed rich people who presumably do it all the time
Ha! I've done that before.
My mate at work is going to a posh hotel for afternoon tea. 25 quid but she doesn't drink and she's meeting up with her mates. Sounds nice.
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Starry Wisdom
neither, i use a glass. i used to use a flute but it all ran out one end
boohoo
No.
i get that every night from my flat high up in a tower block. only i have fizzy water and not champagne
You have a flat in a tower block? Council or HA?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
council. it's no laughing matter.
tommers
It was... Rebekah Vardy's account
Barbican.
boohoo
No.
Do they not maintain it? I lived in a tower block once - Nice space inside the flats but didn't like the lifts. Council rents are better than private rents!
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
Business opportunity?i get that every night from my flat high up in a tower block. only i have fizzy water and not champagne
"Real Urbanz Fizzy Water Bar"
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
no ha here.
boohoo
No.
HA rents still better than private rents.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Did any real deprived poor local people turn out to this demo to show their disaproval at the champagne flaunting?
When I popped along it was just your usual posh playing poor students and some rag tag oldies (old students! failed artists! people who went to a rave and never came home!)
I know some of the people in those photos and they don't have a hard life.....or live in Brixton.
The cheesy frottage staff looked bored, the security guards looked slightly less bored.
It was wet, and that wasn't just the weather.
When I popped along it was just your usual posh playing poor students and some rag tag oldies (old students! failed artists! people who went to a rave and never came home!)
I know some of the people in those photos and they don't have a hard life.....or live in Brixton.
The cheesy frottage staff looked bored, the security guards looked slightly less bored.
It was wet, and that wasn't just the weather.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
It was certainly pretty lame given the DIE YUPPIE SCUM hype. The level of conviction needed to create or post on a Facebook page and like an event is clearly pretty low. But it looked like a good opportunity for some old friends to get together and reminisce about protests past so all was not lost.
gaijingirl
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To be honest, I'm struggling to think of such a time, although it may have possible happened somewhere. My tastes are decidedly downmarket!
Still struggling to see what the point is here, mind.
