Coldharbour Lane, Brixton - news and updates
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organicpanda
cat herder extraodinaire
six this morning the bass finally stopped rattling my bedroom window
urbanspaceman
Well-Known Member
Well, perhaps this will deter incomer gentrifiers.
organicpanda
cat herder extraodinaire
doubt it, they're already surrounding us, although as I'm a second wave gentrifier (mid '80's) maybe you mean me
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
They have their own spot a bit further down the road.
Outside Brixton Village. Load music in outside bar of courtyard of Brixton Village. Not sure how this got a license as its just below flats.
Ends at more reasonable time than up the road.
Noise problems are noise problems whether its for the newer better off demographic or those here for years.
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hiraethified
I'm not sure how they got permission to build a huge great bar in the courtyard of Brixton Village either.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
My slow declutter is yielding fruit.
This 2003 SLP clip concerns a young female refugee who fell from the top floor of 294 Coldharbour Lane in night clothes - and we never heard the outcome.
I did ask at the Police Consultative group - "We've have to get back to you"
At the time 294 Coldharbour Lane was run by a Lebanese businessman based in Marble Arch. He packed in the refugees - in 2001-2003 - having converted the house illegally.
He sold the house shortly after the incident to a Ghanaian businessman whom was running a chain of buy-to-lets in Lewisham and Islington.
Things got worse (for me) as the new guy was running a sort of bail hostel - and I got burgled.
This owner faced a lot of hassled from Lambeth Planning having to make multiple planning applications for what was going on - all refused.
His trump card was however a contract with Lambeth Housing to let all the rooms to them for homeless people to live in. No enforcement ever done.
This owner seemed to have liquidity problems and in 2016 sold the house to the current owner (a Sutton resident I believe) with Lambeth tenants in place.
I did find a cuttting from 2012 where Mayor Boris promised a crack-down on "beds in sheds" - but this certainly didn't percolate through to Lambeth Council.
Back to 2003 - we never did find out what happened to the young woman who fell from the top floor onto the pavement at 11.40 pm on 21st January 2003.
Rather worse than falling down the stairs...
This 2003 SLP clip concerns a young female refugee who fell from the top floor of 294 Coldharbour Lane in night clothes - and we never heard the outcome.
I did ask at the Police Consultative group - "We've have to get back to you"
At the time 294 Coldharbour Lane was run by a Lebanese businessman based in Marble Arch. He packed in the refugees - in 2001-2003 - having converted the house illegally.
He sold the house shortly after the incident to a Ghanaian businessman whom was running a chain of buy-to-lets in Lewisham and Islington.
Things got worse (for me) as the new guy was running a sort of bail hostel - and I got burgled.
This owner faced a lot of hassled from Lambeth Planning having to make multiple planning applications for what was going on - all refused.
His trump card was however a contract with Lambeth Housing to let all the rooms to them for homeless people to live in. No enforcement ever done.
This owner seemed to have liquidity problems and in 2016 sold the house to the current owner (a Sutton resident I believe) with Lambeth tenants in place.
I did find a cuttting from 2012 where Mayor Boris promised a crack-down on "beds in sheds" - but this certainly didn't percolate through to Lambeth Council.
Back to 2003 - we never did find out what happened to the young woman who fell from the top floor onto the pavement at 11.40 pm on 21st January 2003.
Rather worse than falling down the stairs...
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hiraethified
They're digging up the street again
Yet more congestion on Coldharbour Lane due to gas works, Fri 21st July 2023
Brixton’s Coldharbour Lane is once again encountering huge traffic congestion due to gas works. The stretch of road between Atlantic Road seems particularly prone to being dug up for repairs …
www.brixtonbuzz.com
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hiraethified
Anyone remember this nonsense?
Evening Standard, 30/01/2003 Page: 16 Nearly 15,000 stabbings, robberies, muggings and even murders ... most linked to 300 yards where £1m of crack cocaine is dealt each month. Is this the most dangerous street in Britain? INVESTIGATION: The Standard spends 24 hours in the London borough where the police fight their biggest battle against crime
en.wikipedia.org
2003 most dangerous street claim
In a 2003 article in the London Evening Standard, David Cohen described Coldharbour Lane as the most dangerous street in the most dangerous borough in London. The headline asked whether the street is 'the most dangerous in Britain'.Evening Standard, 30/01/2003 Page: 16 Nearly 15,000 stabbings, robberies, muggings and even murders ... most linked to 300 yards where £1m of crack cocaine is dealt each month. Is this the most dangerous street in Britain? INVESTIGATION: The Standard spends 24 hours in the London borough where the police fight their biggest battle against crime
Coldharbour Lane - Wikipedia
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I think you should publish that article if possible as a matter of record regarding media coverage of the area.Anyone remember this nonsense?
2003 most dangerous street claim
In a 2003 article in the London Evening Standard, David Cohen described Coldharbour Lane as the most dangerous street in the most dangerous borough in London. The headline asked whether the street is 'the most dangerous in Britain'.
Evening Standard, 30/01/2003 Page: 16 Nearly 15,000 stabbings, robberies, muggings and even murders ... most linked to 300 yards where £1m of crack cocaine is dealt each month. Is this the most dangerous street in Britain? INVESTIGATION: The Standard spends 24 hours in the London borough where the police fight their biggest battle against crime
Coldharbour Lane - Wikipedia
I was trying to trawl through the Urban posts of that time but couldn't find it. I must've read it myself - but 20 years ago!
I did find a flurry of excitement - a thread devoted to siege on Coldharbour Lane https://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/police-stand-off-on-coldharbour-lane.2884/
I remember a bit about it - directly opposite me. I see posters were more concerned with how many police vans & potential catering supplies were there.
This was before I joined U75 and as it happens the issue was one of a serious mental health problem for the young woman concerned - or so a neighbour told me.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I haven't checked up on the planning website - but there were three businessmen types doing an inspection inside and out today.
I guess they will be deciding whether to get back on the job - or to sell up.
Selling up doesn't look too attractive a proposition in a falling market. Would be interesting to see what then property would fetch now at auction.
organicpanda
cat herder extraodinaire
it is
Was that the one which said the minicab office had bullet holes in the window? (Nobody asked them whether they were bullet holes. They weren't.)Anyone remember this nonsense?
2003 most dangerous street claim
In a 2003 article in the London Evening Standard, David Cohen described Coldharbour Lane as the most dangerous street in the most dangerous borough in London. The headline asked whether the street is 'the most dangerous in Britain'.
Evening Standard, 30/01/2003 Page: 16 Nearly 15,000 stabbings, robberies, muggings and even murders ... most linked to 300 yards where £1m of crack cocaine is dealt each month. Is this the most dangerous street in Britain? INVESTIGATION: The Standard spends 24 hours in the London borough where the police fight their biggest battle against crime
Coldharbour Lane - Wikipedia
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
re David Cohen - wasn't he the journalist who did loads of articles about Angell Town - one might almost say it was a campaign for improvements. Under the Lebedev regime - presumably seeking "positive image".
sealion
Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive
That's absolute bollox. I was working with an outreach team at the time and saw many reports from the met about the dealing that went on there. The strip from the dogstar up to Electric lane was said to be worth around a million per year to the gang that worked that patch. That figure was a feasible estimate given how well known and busy it was. Users from all over London came to Brixton to score. As you probably remember it was an open market that operated with impunity. The dealers kept very little on them and had runners near by that would top them up with small amounts at regular intervals. Rushcroft and few other roads nearby were used as stash houses. It made the old bills job very difficult because they knew they'd find very little when they did occasionly tug some of the dealers.
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hiraethified
It was particularly grim around the Barrier Block and Moorlands too.
10 held in raids on 'Murder Zone' gang
Police today smashed a notorious south London street gang called the Murder Zone Crew.
www.standard.co.uk
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
walking home down sommerleyton road in the evening was just like walking through a busy market but only drugs on sale though
sealion
Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive
Coming out of the 414 at 5am to be greeted by numerous beggars and dealers was a real eye opener and very sad to witness. How that stretch was alllowed to continue and function as it did was a disgrace. Railton and some of the surrounding roads weren't much better. There was crack dens on almost every road at one point. The council and old bill soon cleaned it up when they were ready.
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hiraethified
There's been what looks like a very serious incident outside the Barrier Block.
www.brixtonbuzz.com
Coldharbour Lane in Brixton closed after fatal stabbing of 22 year old man, Tues 3rd October 2023
The stretch of Coldharbour Lane in Brixton between Valentia Place and Gresham Road/Moorland Road is currently closed after a young man was stabbed to death in the street.
www.brixtonbuzz.com
One of the guests on Channel 4 News was just outside the closed off scene.
GarveyLives
Well-Known Member
This afternoon's Coldharbour Lane homocide is referenced at 8:35 onwards as part of a broader discussion that actually related to rising teenage murder convictions.
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hiraethified
There's still loads of people quietly hanging around the Barrier Block taking in today's awful events as the forensics team continue their work.
I don't know anything about police procedure, but I think the body is still in situ which adds a real extra level of sadness to the scene.
I don't know anything about police procedure, but I think the body is still in situ which adds a real extra level of sadness to the scene.
