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

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You think too much.

No, it's just that I was standing opposite it yesterday at bus stop and having a good look and didn't notice any open windows

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

This has made my day.

There's a minority of nimby cunt (x1) in Josephine Avenue that *hates* squatting and *hates* the George IV conversion.

He's going to be popping rivets.

I read recently that a job centre in Brixton has been squatted by prostitutes.

 

[leanderman]

I read recently that a job centre in Brixton has been squatted by prostitutes.

On Josephine Avenue? They don't look like prostitutes

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

On Josephine Avenue? They don't look like prostitutes

It didn't say where, but I figured that's where they were talking about. Was a favourite prostitute hang-out until they blocked the road off to kerb crawlers

 

[RaverDrew]

So Brixton Blog is advertising squat parties now!! They've come a long way....

It's ALL false information, there are NO plans whatsoever to have a party in George IV, some people are VERY angry and upset with Brixton Blog and would like to know where they got their information from ? That's all I am saying for now.

 

[leanderman]

It didn't say where, but I figured that's where they were talking about. Was a favourite prostitute hang-out until they blocked the road off to kerb crawlers

not seen any prostitutes there for ages

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

not seen any prostitutes there for ages

I did say "until they blocked the road off to kerb crawlers"

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Hilarious. Just found it on Digital Spy. I actually read it in The Mirror though.

Prostitutes in South London have been using a former Jobcentre with clients.

The empty building in Brixton has become a popular spot for the women to offer their services to customers, The Sun reports.

A local resident said: "It's disgusting. This area used to be quite nice, but the tone is being lowered."

Police said they were aware of concerns about the empty Jobcentre, which closed down this summer.

So what other Job Centres in Brixton have recently closed down as Josephine Avenue one's been shut longer than that hasn't it?

 

[colacubes]

It's ALL false information, there are NO plans whatsoever to have a party in George IV, some people are VERY angry and upset with Brixton Blog and would like to know where they got their information from ? That's all I am saying for now.

Really? I did think it was a bit weird that a squat party was being so blatantly put out there...

 

[RaverDrew]

Really? I did think it was a bit weird that a squat party was being so blatantly put out there...

I notice they've edited their article since I posted

 

[colacubes]

I notice they've edited their article since I posted

So they have

 

[editor]

It's ALL false information, there are NO plans whatsoever to have a party in George IV, some people are VERY angry and upset with Brixton Blog and would like to know where they got their information from ? That's all I am saying for now.

Ouch!

 

[twistedAM]

It's ALL false information, there are NO plans whatsoever to have a party in George IV, some people are VERY angry and upset with Brixton Blog and would like to know where they got their information from ? That's all I am saying for now.

Yeah I was surprised. I was told from a good source that the squatters were really nice and doing it as a political protest against Tescrap.

 

[leanderman]

Hilarious. Just found it on Digital Spy. I actually read it in The Mirror though.



So what other Job Centres in Brixton have recently closed down as Josephine Avenue one's been shut longer than that hasn't it?

yes. about six years. so must be another job centre in brixton. or probably not brixton because brixton is a journalistic term of convenience for the location of anything undesirable in central south london

 

[RaverDrew]

Yeah I was surprised. I was told from a good source that the squatters were really nice and doing it as a political protest against Tescrap.

I received a pretty angry phone call from someone about it after sharing Brixton Blog's article on facebook, they had NO idea, which makes me wonder where Brixton Blog got their information from, and what their intentions were

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I received a pretty angry phone call from someone about it after sharing Brixton Blog's article on facebook, they had NO idea, which makes me wonder where Brixton Blog got their information from, and what their intentions were

Why should you get an angry phone call, you didn't write the article

 

[twistedAM]

Why should you get an angry phone call, you didn't write the article

He posted it on facebook and obv the person had his phone number. That's how the internet and telecommunications mesh.

 

[quimcunx]

Ah, I saw the party being advertised on facebook, not by raverdrew, earlier this evening and thought, 'and you're advertising the squatting and party on facebook'

 

[Brixton Hatter]

FOUR new planning applications from Tesco have been put in. The deadline for comments is 7 November! ​

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WTF? ​

 

[quimcunx]

There is sample objection letter on the facebook page.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

FOUR new planning applications from Tesco have been put in. The deadline for comments is 7 November! ​

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WTF? ​

Do things normally happen so fast that the public barely have any time to object?

 

[boohoo]

http://www.brixtonblog.com/why-we-need-to-save-the-george-iv-pub/8247 - new article in Brixton blog

 

[quimcunx]

If the time for objection has passed why are they sending people to planning objections today?

 

[boohoo]

Deadline extended to 30th November!

 

[quimcunx]

Link? It didn't look like it when I looked on lambeth planning. Admittedly I spent about 8 seconds looking.

 

[Onket]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgeivbrixtonuk

John Brixton doesn't have anything available to you.

 

[editor]

There was a sizeable fire in the pub this morning. I was forwarded this:

I'm living at George IV and so have been in semi-contact with the squatters downstairs. Generally speaking they've kept themselves to themselves and not been any trouble (excepting a huge fuck-off party last Saturday that kept going until 10am!), but this morning I woke up to find the corridors filling with smoke coming from the bar below.

I'm not 100% sure what started it, but the squatters have been lighting fires in the disused fireplace in the bar and running power from adjoining buildings using dodgy connections so it could have been anything.

Anyway, the fire brigade and ambulances turned up around 9am and we were evacuated for an hour or so. It caused a bit of commotion on Brixton Hill, so if anyone was wondering what it all was - there it is. The building and everyone inside is fine and it doesn't look like there's a lot of damage.

It's a tricky situation at the moment - George IV is an amazing space and Tesco can fuck straight off as far as I'm concerned. But at the same time there've been times over the last month where it hasn't felt like a safe place to live, and I don't want to get burned alive in my own building by negligent occupants.

 

[RaverDrew]

http://www.brixtonblog.com/tv-explodes-at-brixton-george-iv-music-bar-squat/8329

It was an exploding TV

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

A candle

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

There was a sizeable fire in the pub this morning. I was forwarded this:

I'm not 100% sure what started it, but the squatters have been lighting fires in the disused fireplace in the bar and running power from adjoining buildings using dodgy connections so it could have been anything.

Isn't there only one adjoining building (ATS?)