George IV/Music Bar at 144 Brixton Hill closing as another Tesco comes to Brixton

[lefteri]

the supermarket's quite good, for its size - the post office never has a queue if you go just before 5

 

[Onket]

The queue is only ever 3 people, maximum anyway.

 

[quimcunx]

I like Nisa and use it a fair bit. I'm experimenting with posh coffees just now and so far one I get in there is nicer than any I've bought in M&S or Sainsburys.

I haven't been to the George VI in its various reincarnations that often but I have been there a few times over the years. I don't spend much time in pubs generally though. If a Tesco opens it will be my nearest shop but I'd still choose Nisa or the shop up from me over it for most of my local shopping.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

i got a letter from the government the other day, opened it, read it, it said that chuka is holding a "people's question time on proposed tesco expresse". friday 14th september, 6pm, corpus christi church hall, 11 trent road sw2 5bj.

a rep from tesco will allegedly be there, as will cllr nosegbe. i will probably pop along myself, see what sort of whitewash they come up with.

Nice

I doubt Tesco will bother to turn up though - they didn't turn up to the public meeting about the Brixton Road Tesco. And you can be sure Chuka will hedge his bets too...as soon as the coalition gets voted out, Chuka will be business secretary and Tesco will be one of the first through the doors of his office for a cosy chat...

 

[slcr]

I like Nisa and use it a fair bit. I'm experimenting with posh coffees just now and so far one I get in there is nicer than any I've bought in M&S or Sainsburys.

Fellow coffee fan - which coffee is that?

 

[quimcunx]

Not really. New to it. It's a union one. But I seem to chop and change a bit.

 

[nagapie]

Nisa stock a few of the Union ones and they're good. Nisa's a really good local shop.

 

[bluestreak]

yep, and they've been kind enough to give me tic a couple of times when my card has maxed out. thems good people whose livelihoods need defending.

 

[duncanlaw]

There is a meeting today, Saturday 8th to coordinate a campaign. Join us at 11am at the White Horse, enter through side door in alley. Preferably text me first so we know to expect you and that you're not a Tesco stooge. 07958 635181.

Bring ideas, contacts, images, slogans, willingness to do some legwork canvassing local businesses and residents, bloodymindedness, money and whatever else you think might be useful.

This could be won. Stop Tescos carpet bombing our local independent economy.

 

[shifting gears]

There is a meeting today, Saturday 8th to coordinate a campaign. Join us at 11am at the White Horse, enter through side door in alley. Preferably text me first so we know to expect you and that you're not a Tesco stooge. 07958 635181.

Bring ideas, contacts, images, slogans, willingness to do some legwork canvassing local businesses and residents, bloodymindedness, money and whatever else you think might be useful.

This could be won. Stop Tescos carpet bombing our local independent economy.

Good luck with this - cant make it due to work but hope it goes well.

For what it's worth I saw 3 men, this morning (Friday morning), in deep conversation outside the bar, in the 'barbecue' area. They had a definite 'building contractor' vibe about them, for my money.

 

[el-ahrairah]

hi Duncan, i only just saw your post. any chance of a brief as to how it went down?

There is a meeting today, Saturday 8th to coordinate a campaign. Join us at 11am at the White Horse, enter through side door in alley. Preferably text me first so we know to expect you and that you're not a Tesco stooge. 07958 635181.

Bring ideas, contacts, images, slogans, willingness to do some legwork canvassing local businesses and residents, bloodymindedness, money and whatever else you think might be useful.

This could be won. Stop Tescos carpet bombing our local independent economy.

 

[madolesance]

Work seems to have already began. Their not hanging about.

 

[brucenbart]

Work seems to have already began. Their not hanging about.

There were a couple of guys with high viz vests going in at 7.30 this am. Its a real pity that this lovely building is going to be a friggin Tescos. Its a shame that its last two pub/club incarnations have been shite, with the building and location surely it could have a future as something other a convenience store? I will not be shopping there

 

[editor]

The biggest shame really is that the previous owners weren't savvy enough to put on events that would make the place a viable music venue/club/whatever.

We trekked up there once for a four band bill on a night that was supposedly going on till 2am and all the bands had finished by 1020pm!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

There's men in hard hats on the roof of the George IV

 

[el-ahrairah]

fucksake

 

[editor]

Oh, and a big part of the pub's demise also has to be blamed on the insane prices that pubs are forced to charge for beer while punters can just pop down to their local supermarket and buy a barrel of lager for next to nothing.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The George IV was about the most expensive pub in Brixton for half a pint of shit Fosters

 

[han]

So, it's already started then. :-(

Use the only thing these corporations care about, your money, and spend it elsewhere. No amount of chains in Brixton has stopped me from buying all my fruit and veg from the grocer's on New Pk Rd, also fruit, veg, tins of beans etc etc from Noor, where I can buy almost everything else I need. The only thing I use supermarkets for is wine and meat.

 

[el-ahrairah]

are there flats above it? they keep building these new supermarkets in occupied buildings, presumably to prevent people like us burning them out.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

The George IV was about the most expensive pub in Brixton for half a pint of shit Fosters

Where would you go for half a pint of non-shit Fosters?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Where would you go for half a pint of non-shit Fosters?

Well I just say "shit" as most people consider it shit. It's what I drink myself

It was £2 there though, compared to £1.70 or £1.80 everywhere else up this end of the Hill

 

[twistedAM]

Drove past there tonight and there were several freight containers in the front yard (the type they use on ships, lorries that can also double up as storage/work cabins).

 

[kittyP]

There's men in hard hats on the roof of the George IV

I thought this when I went past today. Looks like building work is going on.....?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yep, they were there yesterday except there was only two of them. There's now three. I took a picture earlier

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[twistedAM]

Shit. There were a couple of things in that front yard I wanted to recycle.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Shit. There were a couple of things in that front yard I wanted to recycle.

Like what? The tables were already gone

 

[twistedAM]

Like what? The tables were already gone

MYOB
In the meantime though I need to speak to one of the girls that lives there so might ave some gossip for you.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

MYOB
In the meantime though I need to speak to one of the girls that lives there so might ave some gossip for you.

Some nice heat lamps for the Windy?

 

[bluestreak]

well, at the pointless shouting match on friday at least we can successfully argue that they had no intention of consultation and that the whole thing was an exercise in fobbing off.