Clapham, Stockwell and Kennington news, rumour and general chat
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Clapham Common Sunday:
www.brixtonbuzz.com
Clapham Common on a winter Sunday afternoon: busy crowds, frozen ponds and grey skies – photos
We took a chilly stroll around Clapham Common yesterday, and much like Brockwell Park on Saturday, there was a lot of people walking around the green space and taking in the fresh air.
www.brixtonbuzz.com
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cuppa tee
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doesnt say who made the application....wonder how many residents know this forum even exists, I didn’t.
edit, further reading shows the forum made the application themselves and there is a list of the members 21 names, doesnt look very democratic
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Southlondon
The river's there for a reason
It’s as democratic as any of these type of local groups, and it’s kept relevant by all the TRAs etc that feed into it. I haven’t been to a meeting for years but it always used to have quite broad participation and some real experts when it came to challenge the developers or council over local planning issues come up and they are always very effective at hosting consultation events and collating and presenting resident concerns. A glance at an old newsletter gives some idea of what they do https://32c27afa-5249-42d9-bce5-b3d...d/16e5aa_12de4f61a2ed49a2b91914a5c7fdb300.pdf
cuppa tee
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....thanks for the clarification.
cuppa tee
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online petition to refurb Kennington Park skate bowl which is currently fenced off and badly in need of some tlc
some history
www.skateparks.co.uk
some history
Kennington Bowl Skatepark - Guide to Kennington Bowl Skatepark
www.skateparks.co.uk
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Buzzed and shared. I never knew it existed!online petition to refurb Kennington Park skate bowl which is currently fenced off and badly in need of some tlc
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some history
Kennington Bowl Skatepark - Guide to Kennington Bowl Skatepark
Petition launched to revive Kennington Skatepark
A petition has been launched to refurbish and renovate Kennington Skatepark, which is currently in a very poor state of repair. The petition text says:
www.brixtonbuzz.com
cuppa tee
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nice one editor , the bowl is at the end of the park closest to Kennington tube by the Kennington park road gate, apart from the fact it is unusable for skating it has been made home by an army of rats whose tunnelling is probably not helping its condition, also some have theorised the tunnelling for the northern line extension has not helped either. A month or so back a woman lost her dog under the bowl for over an hour when he decided to go ratting under the concrete, the rats are commonly seen along the Kennington park road boundary fence.
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BusLanes
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I saw this on Twitter the otherday and have no idea what this means? Anyone have any background?
www.larkhallparkfriends.org.uk
Community Garden | FoLP
DietCokeGirl
Fishing in the rivers of life
I saw this on Twitter the otherday and have no idea what this means? Anyone have any background?
Community Garden | FoLP
It's in response to this petition:
Sign the Petition
Award-Community Garden need to Fight against Lambeth Council that want to take it back.
www.change.org
DietCokeGirl
Fishing in the rivers of life
Just saw this from earlier today:
Anyone know if they're still there?
Anyone know if they're still there?
jimbarkanoodle
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Saw on Facebook some photos of the eviction taking place yesterday.
Three members of Stockwell Six cleared after nearly 50 years
"Three innocent black men who were jailed nearly 50 years ago over a corrupt police officer’s claims they tried to rob him have had their convictions overturned by the court of appeal.
Courtney Harriot, Paul Green and Cleveland Davidson, all aged between 17 and 20 at the time, were arrested on the tube in London while travelling from Stockwell station in February 1972.
The trio, now in their late 60s, and three friends – who became known as the Stockwell Six – were put on trial at the Old Bailey, largely on the word of British Transport Police (BTP) officer DS Derek Ridgewell, whom the force now recognises as discredited."
"Three innocent black men who were jailed nearly 50 years ago over a corrupt police officer’s claims they tried to rob him have had their convictions overturned by the court of appeal.
Courtney Harriot, Paul Green and Cleveland Davidson, all aged between 17 and 20 at the time, were arrested on the tube in London while travelling from Stockwell station in February 1972.
The trio, now in their late 60s, and three friends – who became known as the Stockwell Six – were put on trial at the Old Bailey, largely on the word of British Transport Police (BTP) officer DS Derek Ridgewell, whom the force now recognises as discredited."
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jimbarkanoodle
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My mate used to live very close to that parade and that Londis seemed to be the only thing left. It must be bleak having no local shop.
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Free concerts in the Clapham Common bandstand Free concerts showcasing the diversity of local music-makers at Clapham Bandstand, July – Aug 2021
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cuppa tee
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One mans Clapham dream becomes a nightmare.....
www.mylondon.news
......Brixton peeps stop your sniggering cos it’s coming this way fast.
'After 9 months living in one of London's most desirable areas I quit'
On the surface Clapham has everything, great bars, lovely pubs and a huge array of restaurants but sometimes the shoe just doesn't fit
......Brixton peeps stop your sniggering cos it’s coming this way fast.
jimbarkanoodle
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Strange article. I got the impression he was trying to say that all these nice pubs, places to eat and parks were full of white, comfortably well off middle class types who in the week like to talk about their fabulous jobs and at the weekends like going for bottomless brunch and watching rugby, but just didn't have the bollocks to do so. Surely he had the sense to walk a mile up the road to Brixton where he may have had better luck finding the 'all walks of life' and 'oomph' that Clapham lacks?
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
Yes, I can see what the writer of that article meant, but he's a bit behind the times as Clapham (and Wandsworth) has been like that for at least 10, if not 20 years.
David Clapson
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I got talking to Chris Huhne and his daughter at a coffee shop in Herne Hill the other day. Wiki says he lives in Clapham.
GarveyLives
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Some of these issues were previously alluded to some years ago:
Riot Recovery: Why Clapham Junction Remains Divided Three Years On
Additionally, it was also previously pointed out that some of the area's current residents appear not to consider Africans to be human beings.
cuppa tee
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...al the above quotes are true but what I find interesting is that the guy has the funds and credentials to live in clapham and loves the estate agent advertorial lifestyle but can’t connect because he feels too old.....
maybe he was seeking an escape from all the young people......
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