Cocktails at Cafe Cairo 4th December. Come along!

[boohoo]

Thanks to those who came along - I had some lovely chats and cocktails. And big thanks to SarfLondoner for his dj skills.

I think friendofdorothy wins best hat and 5t3IIa wins best hat story!

 

[5t3IIa]

Tricky Skills

Lovely to meet you! And also I enjoyed telling you a load of lies, apparently

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/emails/tube/planned-weekend-closures-07dec-a4.pdf

 

[SarfLondoner]

It was good to meet you all again! I enjoyed that,Thanks.

 

[Sirena]

The venue is really super cool...

 

[SarfLondoner]

Also, Nice to finally have a chin wag with CH1 and billythefish, who where last man standing when i left.

 

[Tricky Skills]

Tricky Skills

Lovely to meet you! And also I enjoyed telling you a load of lies, apparently

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/emails/tube/planned-weekend-closures-07dec-a4.pdf

Oh God - I lied all bloody night. My name is really Gracie, I only joined urban last week and ABSOLUTELY NO WAY am I seeing a Style Council tribute band this weekend.

Got that?

 

[leanderman]

Also, Nice to finally have a chin wag with CH1 and billythefish, who where last man standing when i left.

Glad to see you lured billythefish, otherwise he and his mates would have won our quiz night!

 

[5t3IIa]

Oh God - I lied all bloody night. My name is really Gracie, I only joined urban last week and ABSOLUTELY NO WAY am I seeing a Style Council tribute band this weekend.

Got that?

got it! *tapsnose*

 

[SarfLondoner]

Oh God - I lied all bloody night. My name is really Gracie,

(quote)
Ah that explains the eye liner then,

 

[SarfLondoner]

Glad to see you lured billythefish, otherwise he and his mates would have won our quiz night!

I love a quiz,Give me a shout next time if there is a place left.

 

[5t3IIa]

I love a quiz,Give me a shout next time if there is a place left.

Pub quiz??!

 

[SarfLondoner]

Pub quiz??!

Yes, Apparently there's one at the Elm part tavern.

 

[leanderman]

Yes, Apparently there's one at the Elm park tavern.

Filled it last night. 80 residents - and £422 to help pay for our next street party

 

[SarfLondoner]

Filled it last night. 80 residents - and £422 to help pay for our next street party

Plus one happy pub landlord!

 

[leanderman]

Plus one happy pub landlord!

Yep. He was the biggest winner.

 

[SarfLondoner]

Yep. He was the biggest winner.

For sure and it can be a big help during the lull approaching Christmas. Btw, good work on your behalf.

 

[friendofdorothy]

I hope to be there by 6.45pm, 7pm at the latest.

Thanks to you boohoo and @billythe fish for being the welcome committee. Thanks for the guided tour of the place - its like a tardis in there. Love the venue, and the customers, was really friendly.

It's a tiresome poke at 'nu-Brixton' types who apparently ALL wear Nathan Barley hats.

Nathan Barley? who he?

 

[Gramsci]

sorry I missed this. Did not get back in time to go.

 

[editor]

I just posted up a short review of the bar here: http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/12/...ree-we-love-this-alternative-sw9-cafebarclub/

 

[boohoo]

I just posted up a short review of the bar here: http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/12/...ree-we-love-this-alternative-sw9-cafebarclub/

Good review - you haven't mentioned it's in Stockwell - it's not Clapham or Brixton but Stockwell!!! Very clearly Stockwell near the old village green which is older than Brixton.

 

[editor]

Good review - you haven't mentioned it's in Stockwell - it's not Clapham or Brixton but Stockwell!!! Very clearly Stockwell near the old village green which is older than Brixton.

Actually, I listed the address as being in Stockwell, although it sits in a bit of a no-man's land. It's much closer to Clapham North tube than Stockwell and the postcode changes to SW4 just up the road!

 

[boohoo]

Actually, I listed the address as being in Stockwell, although it sits in a bit of a no-man's land. It's much closer to Clapham North tube than Stockwell and the postcode changes to SW4 just up the road!

Still it is by the oldest bit of Stockwell before the tube arrived. It is on the site of the Duke of Bedford's land where the Stockwell Stallion was bred. In 1876 it was Stockwell Ward. It is Stockwell. An estate agent might rebrand it as Brixton or Clapham to sell it but it is Stockwell. Landor Road was called Stockwell Private Road.

 

[Rushy]

I lived around there for two years and no one called it Stockwell that I recall. Always Clapham North.

 

[SarfLondoner]

I lived around there for two years and no one called it Stockwell that I recall. Always Clapham North.

Ten years ago certain estate agents where claiming Baytree road was Clapham North. They are doing the same now with the new builds in Stockwell. Years back i used to hear people mention Cafe Cairo as being in Clapham, Nowadays it's mostly referred to as being in Brixton, I don't know why this has changed but maybe people see the address on their phones or flyers and see the sw9 postcode and Automatically think of Brixton.

 

[Onket]

I lived around there for two years and no one called it Stockwell that I recall. Always Clapham North.

When I lived next to Kennington Park lots of people said I lived 'in Oval' and they weren't right either.

 

[Rushy]

When I lived next to Kennington Park lots of people said I lived 'in Oval' and they weren't right either.

I can understand why people may have felt inclined to disassociate themselves from the area at that time.

 

[boohoo]

I lived around there for two years and no one called it Stockwell that I recall. Always Clapham North.

I grew up around there and my mate lived close to Cafe cairo and she would have said she was from Stockwell - this was the early 80s. I also lived near there a few years ago and it was still Stockwell.

 

[Rushy]

I grew up around there and my mate lived close to Cafe cairo and she would have said she was from Stockwell - this was the early 80s. I also lived near there a few years ago and it was still Stockwell.

I'm talking 96-97. People were generally righterer around those times.

 

[boohoo]

I'm talking 96-97. People were generally righterer around those times.

piss off! You new incomers rebranding the area for your own end!!

 

[Rushy]

piss off! You new incomers rebranding the area for your own end!!

Any rebranding must have been complete pre-my arrival. No way I would have bought in Stockwell.