Clapham, Stockwell and Kennington news, rumour and general chat
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cuppa tee
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I guess that might push the average age up a tad, even after the departure of tha lass Hancock copped off with....
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cuppa tee
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A big day for Kennington as the Northern Line extension opens to passengers....
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Northern line extension: House prices to rocket in areas around Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station — The Standard
Today’s opening of the Northern Line extension is the first major expansion of the Tube since the Jubilee line launch in the late Nineties.
Gramsci
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This shows all that is wrong with how the present economic system works.A big day for Kennington as the Northern Line extension opens to passengers....
Northern line extension: House prices to rocket in areas around Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station — The Standard
Today’s opening of the Northern Line extension is the first major expansion of the Tube since the Jubilee line launch in the late Nineties.
Its not about building an inclusive community. The main people to benefit from this state investment are landlords and those who buy and sell property as an investment.
That is the parasite class. Feeding off the workers.
cuppa tee
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...in my defence I will say that the ES property puff piece was added facetiously, although I have met people in Kennington who are rubbing their sweaty palms together at the prospect of a combined Vauxhall/elephant/nine elms equity boost.
cool. Anyone seen the stations?A big day for Kennington as the Northern Line extension opens to passengers....
Northern line extension: House prices to rocket in areas around Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station — The Standard
Today’s opening of the Northern Line extension is the first major expansion of the Tube since the Jubilee line launch in the late Nineties.
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Yes, just this morning. Well, Battersea at least.
Big, new and shiny, like the Jubilee line stations.
Loads of people wandering around for a look, like myself.
Kennington hasn't really had much done as yet so far as signage. I saw one sign inside the station proper that said Platform 2 was the one to use. The rest haven't been altered.
cuppa tee
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according to the rumour mill a new station is planned for Kennington where the former telephone exchange now stands....
have they got the safety doors like jubilee extension?
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jimbarkanoodle
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I wonder how much use these stations will get, Nine Elms in particular. I have a mate who is housed in one of the new builds in Nine Elms (through one of the 'poor doors' at the back), and walking around the place is still a ghost town, despite thousands of flats apparently surrounding his. The only notable presence is the smattering of social tenants in his block and the permanent sentry of Police with machine guns outside the U.S embassy.
Interesting also how these new stations were plonked in Zone 1, when im sure others nearby were in Zone 2 before they existed. This should help in the glossy brochures promising 'Zone 1 living' for a 1 bed flat on sale at £750,000. The whole Nine Elms development in an absolute disgrace when this city has an increasingly desperate housing crisis, yet these gleaming apartments only for the rich that are barely lived in were given the nod over housing our own people in need.
Interesting also how these new stations were plonked in Zone 1, when im sure others nearby were in Zone 2 before they existed. This should help in the glossy brochures promising 'Zone 1 living' for a 1 bed flat on sale at £750,000. The whole Nine Elms development in an absolute disgrace when this city has an increasingly desperate housing crisis, yet these gleaming apartments only for the rich that are barely lived in were given the nod over housing our own people in need.
I went past Nine Elms station this morning. It's a bit of an odd one. The main entrance is on Wandsworth Road and it's quite disconnected from the new Nine Elms developments that are beyond the railway viaduct. Lots of people who live within a ten-minute walk will also be in range of Vauxhall and Stockwell - which will have a more frequent service to arguably more useful destinations.
And the zoning is definitely illogical. Both the new stations are fully in Zone 1, while being further south and further west than Vauxhall, on the Z1/Z2 boundary.
David Clapson
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'Enthusiasts' came from far and wide to be on the first train. There was a 'party atmosphere'.
www.standard.co.uk
If it was that important, Fraser, you'd better put it on your CV. You already have? Of course you have.
Northern Line extension opening: 150 people queue for Battersea Tube
Tube trains began serving Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms on Monday morning
www.standard.co.uk
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New Northern Line stations spark criticism for ‘revolting’ change to tube map
‘The most elegant map in the world bent out of shape,’ tweets London playwright
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The grand opening party
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Street Party at Battersea Power Station
Join us at Battersea Power Station as we throw a street party festival to celebrate the opening of our very own tube station.
cuppa tee
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The grand opening party
Street Party at Battersea Power Station
Join us at Battersea Power Station as we throw a street party festival to celebrate the opening of our very own tube station.
they said they wanted it be ’festival’ living
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New Northern Line stations spark criticism for ‘revolting’ change to tube map
‘The most elegant map in the world bent out of shape,’ tweets London playwright
Fuck, what a bunch of sad, sad, sad cunts. If I were in charge of new Underground lines, I would approve one that took the shape of a cock, just to see those people's heads explode
snowy_again
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There’s a new Co-op opening up under the executive rabbit hutches on Stockwell Road
cuppa tee
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Fuck, what a bunch of sad, sad, sad cunts. If I were in charge of new Underground lines, I would approve one that took the shape of a cock, just to see those people's heads explode
the distortion of the tube map is not just a graphic design atrocity but a deliberate attempt to fuck with established psychogeography......
Where did I find the rudest jogger ever? In a new development for the super-rich | Zoe Williams
Battersea power station has become a plastic playground, and it has all kinds of ways – architectural and personal – to make someone feel small, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
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Solidarity against neoliberalism!
That’s bad news for whoever was selling them
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It's not good for the trees and the forests they came from what a waste
cuppa tee
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not sure what the mark up is on a tree but Kennington Park Cafe has done ok this year
judging by the number of empty pizza boxes and coffee cups during the semi lockdown period and beyond
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They look far better growing in a field with their friends and helping the environment to boot that sitting in a living room for a few days, slowly dying.
Yes, I agree....sorry
David Clapson
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You can rent living ones. After Christmas they get replanted. Next Christmas you rent the same one again. It's a thing.
My neighbour used to do this. They replanted it in their garden to reuse the following year
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