Coldharbour Lane, Brixton - news and updates

[Rushy]

if the new recycling wheelie bins were to be placed right next to wherever the rubbish bins for a given area/ estate are right now, surely it's not that much of a quantum leap? If there are already two or three bins at a particular spot, adding another will not be a fundamental aesthetic change.

That's not true. Putting a new recycling bin next to every household bin on Tunstall Road (no front gardens) doubled the number of bins on an already crowded pavement. And for whatever reason, they do not stay close to the wall they are set against but stay all over the pavement.

Plus, whereas there is room for one small bin between each front door and the adjacent bedroom windows, with the additional bins there is actually no room for them against the wall, so if they are not dancing around the street they sit against people's windows.

It's also worth keeping in mind that recycling bins are meant to act as a replacement not a complement to pre-existing waste bins.

That's simply not true. Recycling is currently expected to reduce the amount of landfill. Not eliminate it. Consequently we all still have a regular waste collection and everyone still requires a regular bin for that purpose.

 

[CH1]

I have taken the liberty of using editor's pic to report the crashed car to our councillors via Twitter.

 

[editor]

I have taken the liberty of using editor's pic to report the crashed car to our councillors via Twitter.

Although I'd like it to stay a bit longer now that it's turned into a tribute to the three kids who died.

Tributes to three graffiti artists killed by a train appear in Coldharbour Lane, Brixton

 

[CH1]

I doubt they will be moving on this all that quickly. But they ought to know.

 

[editor]

BTW there's RIP graffiti on the car now. Does anyone know if that refers to the occupants at the time of the crash - or is this now a second shrine to the three graffiti artists killed on the railway line? There were floral tributes at LJ station on Tuesday (don't know if they're still there).

See above.

 

[teuchter]

I'm all for graffitists moving on to tagging privately owned cars instead of publicly owned trains - I hope this is the start of a new trend.

 

[Rushy]

I'm not sure that an obstruction which forces pedestrians into the path of oncoming traffic is a particularly fitting memorial to the unfortunate three lads.

 

[editor]

I doubt they will be moving on this all that quickly. But they ought to know.

The car has been shifted forward now so people can pass the car on the inside. It's still weird that it's been left here for so long.

 

[editor]

Anyone know what's happening to George's? Great to see the sign showing again.



I see there's an application to extend the first floor:
17/04496/FUL | Erection of a single storey rear extension; creation of a self-contained residential studio unit to the rear of the ground floor and; alterations to shopfront | 340 Coldharbour Lane London SW9 8QH

 

[discobastard]

There are any awful large number of wheelie bins on our stretch of CHL. I don't understand why. The blocks of flats further up have less even though more people live in that bit as its higher density.

The wheelie bin cut the pavement to half its size where we are.

I preferred the orange recycling bags.

On a more positive note I have found lots of useful stuff on our street thrown away. A toaster, rather nice glass shelves, an IKEA office chair I'm sitting in now, a bed with good mattress and more.

I know that the recycling bins are an obstruction but the foxes used to tear the bags open and we had food cartons and nappies all over the pavements regularly. And nobody would clear their mess up.

Having said that now the foxes get into the food bins. But it’s nowhere near as filthy as it was with the bags.

 

[editor]

The crashed car has finally been moved.

 

[Gramsci]

Anyone know what's happening to George's? Great to see the sign showing again.

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I see there's an application to extend the first floor:
17/04496/FUL | Erection of a single storey rear extension; creation of a self-contained residential studio unit to the rear of the ground floor and; alterations to shopfront | 340 Coldharbour Lane London SW9 8QH

I photographed this. You got here before me.

I miss George. And his clientele.

 

[hungry_squirrel]

Nasty crash on coldharbour, car got sideswiped and flipped, saw the little fucker who caused it jumping out of the car and running whilst 2 people were stuck in the other car. Almost hit me on my bike, too...

 

[teuchter]

Nasty crash on coldharbour, car got sideswiped and flipped, saw the little fucker who caused it jumping out of the car and running whilst 2 people were stuck in the other car. Almost hit me on my bike, too...

Caused by speeding again?

 

[hungry_squirrel]

Caused by speeding again?

Yup, flying around the corner on a red. Skinny little young black guy legging it from the car as soon as he could get himself out of the airbags etc...

 

[bimble]

All traffic stopped road closed and you can hear people’s footsteps .

 

[editor]

Nasty crash on coldharbour, car got sideswiped and flipped, saw the little fucker who caused it jumping out of the car and running whilst 2 people were stuck in the other car. Almost hit me on my bike, too...

I heard the guy in the car was being chased by people on motorbikes. My neighbour says they caught the guy in the car and that loads of people ran to help when the crash happened.

 

[hungry_squirrel]

I heard the guy in the car was being chased by people on motorbikes. My neighbour says they caught the guy in the car and that loads of people ran to help when the crash happened.

I didn't see any motorbikes, but there were loads of people helping. A little disconcerting given the petrol spilling out, tbh...

 

[CH1]

Brixton Blog published these, attributed to Cllr Jane Prichard.

 

[Gramsci]

Road closed due to accident. Not sure what happened. Lot of the junction was taped off. My photos.

 

[Gramsci]

I cant work out how this could have happened.

 

[hungry_squirrel]

I cant work out how this could have happened.

Silver car was flying down the road from up past the soup kitchen, went through red lights and smacked into the side of the other car. I was waiting at the lights on my bike and it happened right in front of me.

 

[editor]

Another dramatic car crash on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton

 

[CH1]

Anyone know what's happening to George's? Great to see the sign showing again.
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I see there's an application to extend the first floor:
17/04496/FUL | Erection of a single storey rear extension; creation of a self-contained residential studio unit to the rear of the ground floor and; alterations to shopfront | 340 Coldharbour Lane London SW9 8QH

I asked one of the Electricity Board people working on it today. He said it's going to be a nail bar. If that's true it might be congruent with the building owner's apparent business interests.

 

[editor]

I asked one of the Electricity Board people working on it today. He said it's going to be a nail bar. If that's true it might be congruent with the building owner's apparent business interests.

I thought the Great Nail Bar Invasion was a thing of the past. Oh well. At least it's not another hipster bar or small plates restaurant.

 

[editor]

The bridge took another hit:

Coldharbour Lane bridge in Brixton gets hit again, June 2018

 

[CH1]

The new Bahn Bahn place where William Hills used to be almost on the corner of Gresham Road (326 Coldharbour Lane) is doing a soft launch with 50% discount - started today and also I think Saturday and Sunday. No idea if it's any good - though being brand new the decor is clean and smart.

If editor leans out of the bath he can probably furnish a photo.

 

[editor]

The new Bahn Bahn place where William Hills used to be almost on the corner of Gresham Road (326 Coldharbour Lane) is doing a soft launch with 50% discount - started today and also I think Saturday and Sunday. No idea if it's any good - though being brand new the decor is clean and smart.

If editor leans out of the bath he can probably furnish a photo.

I walked past. It was VERY nu-Brixton. I didn't take a picture as I found it too depressing.

 

[ricbake]

It's run by a Vietnamese family who have been operating their one other restaurant in Peckham Rye for quite a while - It's good -
Hello

Fay Maschler reviews Bánh Bánh: Bringing Saigon splendour to Peckham

 

[editor]

I guess the pressure must slowly be rising on some of the other businesses on this now rapidly-gentrifying stretch.