Clapham, Stockwell and Kennington news, rumour and general chat

[Gramsci]

took a risk putting a museum and tourist attraction slap bang on the river opposite St Pauls/The City and between two major train stations? it wasn't exactly a backwater.

When I was first in London it was decaying warehouses and the empty power station. Mainly offices nearby.

South side of river was different from the City the other side. Which goes back years

Warehouse were so cheap back then that artists like Derek Jarman used them.

It was not until Tate came that it all changed.

Personally Id say it was an achievement to turn old power station into public museum. Much better than what has happened in Battersea. It works well as a gallery space.

My issue is the developers piggy back on public not for profit investment in an area.

People end up being pushed out.

 

[pbsmooth]

sure but I'd buy that more readily if we were talking Battersea or even Clapham, which I agree weren't the same back in 2000, but not so much the precise Tate Modern site.

agree with you it's a great space.

 

[CH1]

Article in Guardian about state school closures.

Disappearing schools, families forced out – and we call this progress? | Aditya Chakrabortty

In inner London, a city without children is not some kind of dystopia but the new reality as communities are hollowed out, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

See it around the Tate Modern. Once that went up developers fell over themselves to build flats. I like the Tate Modern but I am increasingly disliking the area around it.
The Tate took a risk to set up the Tate Modern. Once it succeeded the developer moved in to cash out on it. Developers are a form of parasite.

Re the Tate's litigious neighbours in their new flats - who is paying the legal costs of the gallery, and who will pay for it to screen the viewing platform to avoid the overlooking caused by the design of the adjacent flats built because of attractions of being next to the Tate Modern?

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

People end up being poshed out.

FTFY

 

[xsunnysuex]

Woman stabbed to death in Stockwell Park Walk this afternoon.

Woman stabbed to death in street in Brixton

The victim, thought to be in her thirties, was pronounced dead at the scene

www.standard.co.uk

 

[CH1]

Woman stabbed to death in Stockwell Park Walk this afternoon.

Woman stabbed to death in street in Brixton

The victim, thought to be in her thirties, was pronounced dead at the scene

www.standard.co.uk

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after fatal stabbing in Brixton

A 31-year-old woman died after suffering fatal stab wounds in Stockwell Park Walk, SW9.

news.met.police.uk

 

[xsunnysuex]

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after fatal stabbing in Brixton

A 31-year-old woman died after suffering fatal stab wounds in Stockwell Park Walk, SW9.

news.met.police.uk

Poor girl.

 

[Tricky Skills]

Confirmation of what we were expecting.

St Martin in the Field School for Girls

Not Stockwell, but follows on from the Archbishop posts.

 

[cuppa tee]

nice to see this guy becoming known for his musicianship, nice dude and uplifting to converse with....

 

[Tricky Skills]

Flutie, as the kids from the nearby Plantanos College call him. But yeah, he plays a recorder.

 

[cuppa tee]

Flutie, as the kids from the nearby Plantanos College call him. But yeah, he plays a recorder.

...on the street at least, but multi instrumentalist, and a good singer too.
first encountered him by oval where he was tidying up trash left by others.

 

[BusLanes]

Just saw one of the local Clapham councillors tweet this story out.

Two men stabbed in homophobic attack in Clapham High Street

Police said the incident will "shock" members of the LGTB+ community, and an "urgent investigation" to locate the person responsible is under way.

news.sky.com

 

[lang rabbie]

Liam Jarnecki, one of the councillors for Vauxhall ward, has died.​

Lambeth: Council pays tribute to Councillor Liam Jarnecki​

 

[BusLanes]

Oh dear. Awful way to go.

Can't say that I remember ever meeting him though, but then that's true for me for most councillors so no slight on him intended

 

[lang rabbie]

I'm hearing that someone has already called the by-election in Stockwell ward and it will be on 5th October?

For vacancies caused by death of a councillor, the convention used to be that parties held off calling a by-election until after the funeral!

Notice of casual vacancy Vauxhall ward

A local government councillor for Vauxhall ward in the London Borough of Lambeth

www.lambeth.gov.uk

 

[BusLanes]

Guess Labour wants to get it done quickly

 

[BusLanes]

Looking at Twitter it doesn't look like much has happened with the by-election as yet, well aside from it being called presumably by people acting on instructions from Labour at the town hall.

No sign of nominees on the Labour or Green accounts, or Tories. LDs have tweeted about nominating someone today

 

[Tricky Skills]

The Green selection process takes place tonight. One candidate...

 

[BusLanes]

The Green selection process takes place tonight. One candidate...

I've got a strong feeling about the winner

 

[BusLanes]

The Green selection process takes place tonight. One candidate...

Was it Pete Elliott?

 

[Tricky Skills]

Nope. Jacqueline Bond.

 

[BusLanes]

Nope. Jacqueline Bond.

Oh I remember her from 2019. Seemed quite pleasant?

 

[RoyReed]

Beautiful sunset over Clapham this evening.

 

[Mr paulee]

Two Brewers: Teen arrested over alleged homophobic attack

Detectives investigating an alleged homophobic attack in south London arrest a teenager on suspicion of GBH.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[BusLanes]

9 injured in a traffic accident/acid attack just off the Common.

Nine injured after 'corrosive substance' thrown in Clapham, south London

The Metropolitan Police is trying to track down a man seen fleeing the scene, with a police helicopter involved in the search.

news.sky.com

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

Do Police not bother giving descriptions of dangerous criminals at large anymore? This guy beats up a mother and 2 kids in the middle of a street, chucks a load of acid around, evades and injures Police and runs off into the night- it might be worth letting people know what this nutter looks like so they can avoid him and alert those looking for him.

 

[BusLanes]

This is their current statement. Doesn't really describe him either

UPDATE: Call 999 if you see Abdul Shokoor Ezedi - wanted in connection with corrosive substance attack in Clapham

Officers from across the Met are working with partner agencies and forces to locate and arrest him.

news.met.police.uk

 

[wtfftw]

My immediate assumption was that he knows the victims.

from above:

"It was reported that a man had thrown a child to the ground and that a substance - which we now know to be alkaline - had been thrown. The man attempted to make off in a car but collided with a stationary vehicle, and then made off on foot, in the direction of Clapham Common.

"We believe the man and woman are known to each other. Our investigation is in its early stages and we are working to establish why this awful incident has happened.

 

[Winot]

Do Police not bother giving descriptions of dangerous criminals at large anymore? This guy beats up a mother and 2 kids in the middle of a street, chucks a load of acid around, evades and injures Police and runs off into the night- it might be worth letting people know what this nutter looks like so they can avoid him and alert those looking for him.

Particularly as it's probably* the father so they'll have a photo.

(*may not be, innocent until proven guilty etc)

 

[PlasT]

“I also urge local people and drivers to check their doorbell and dash cameras for any footage that might have captured a man fleeing the area”

But we won’t tell you what he looks like!