organicpanda
cat herder extraodinaire
so even more corporate businesses masquerading as individual businesses
Pop Brixton (formerly Grow Brixton) Pope's Road development
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ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
TBF, that appears to already be happening, given some of the corporate sector backers of some of the current crop.
isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
Sneery. Shall we post pictures of dreadlocked types and comment how unclean and minging they are?
boohoo
No.
That reminds me of when I was a bit of a crusty type back in the 1990s. I was walking through Brixton when I bumped into my old manger. The first thing he said to me was "you're filthy" . He was quite startled by it. Makes me laugh thinking about it.
those yellow dungerees are embracing a 90s vibe. A brave wearer.
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Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
You've aged well.
boohoo
No.
the problems of typing on a tablet trying to battle a small child who wants to watch Hey Duggee 
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hiraethified
Ah, a cheap attempt at utterly irrelevant personal abuse. It's already been explained several times what happens to people trying to disrupt the thread in such a fashion. Poster warned.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Yawn.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
That reminds me of when I was a bit of a crusty type back in the 1990s. I was walking through Brixton when I bumped into my old manger. The first thing he said to me was "you're filthy" . He was quite startled by it. Makes me laugh thinking about it.
those yellow dungerees are embracing a 90s vibe. A brave wearer.
The '90s vibe being Timmy fucking Mallet!
boohoo
No.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
I have the misfortune that my first G-dson was born in '86, so was just the right (wrong?) age to catch the dungareed one, and to insist on constant video replays of the latest episode.
It scarred me. Scarred me, I tell you!!!
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
Thats interesting as the "meanwhile" use of the site, as I understood it, was not supposed to compete with existing business in commercial units. Confirms what I posted that it was BV mark2.
I had another wander around today. Its now a food court where the growing section was going to be. Still prefer the cafes in Brixton Station road.
organicpanda
cat herder extraodinaire
Gosh you're brave there's no security there
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
Gosh you're brave there's no security there
To be fair as Pop had to get a license for the place having security is often condition of license. Pubs in area have had the same problem.
I have nothing much against security guards ( well most of the time). Its a crap job. Standing around the entrance of Pop probably on a zero hours contract on low pay.
organicpanda
cat herder extraodinaire
it wasn't a dig at Pop, more a comment on how there seems to be security everywhere these days Benthamite thinking gone mad
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hiraethified
I'm not sure why they have to be dressed in full-on matching security outfits (at least in the daytime). At Granville Market they usually have someone just wearing an orange bib and that seems to make it all feel more relaxed and less corporate (at least to me).
SpamMisery
Pretty comfortable here right under your skin
I didn't even notice security. There was a guy with a walkie-talkie standing at the entrance, but he had jeans and t-shirt on - he might have just been other staff
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hiraethified
There were two guys in full security outfits standing right by the door on Sunday afternoon. There's always been visible guards there every time I've gone past.
Maharani
Just like Heaven
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hiraethified
I guess we're different then. Relaxed, casual and unobtrusive security makes me feel quite differently about, for example, visiting a pub or not.
High profile, fully uniformed security sends out a message about a place.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
I took a look around the place on Sunday. Probably not the best time as I was there around midday and quite a few of the units weren't open. It's a lot smaller than I'd expected but there seems to be a lot of containers not yet occupied. The atmosphere would obviously be a lot different of an evening.
It's pretty rough and ready; beaten-up containers, bare plywood decking and furniture, and a plastic sheet thrown over the middle bit. Certainly not my idea of a "gentrification bomb" but I suppose it might be others. Most of the folk were under 30s and young couples with pushchairs.
There were uniformed security guards wandering around though, which didn't add much to the appeal of the place.
It'd be interesting to see how the rest of it develops.
It's pretty rough and ready; beaten-up containers, bare plywood decking and furniture, and a plastic sheet thrown over the middle bit. Certainly not my idea of a "gentrification bomb" but I suppose it might be others. Most of the folk were under 30s and young couples with pushchairs.
There were uniformed security guards wandering around though, which didn't add much to the appeal of the place.
It'd be interesting to see how the rest of it develops.
Peanut Monkey
Flea-Bit of CHL.
I heard the other day that the security there are particularly hot on people smoking in Pop and hustle them out sharpish. One of the guards told my friend this was because all the gas canisters that feed the shops are directly below the wooden slatted flooring and that it's a "terrible design".
SpamMisery
Pretty comfortable here right under your skin
If true, that's an accident waiting to happen surely?!
299 old timer
Well-Known Member
Don't worry, it must surely have been passed for fit and proper usage by Lambeth's Health & Safety inspectorate.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
As long as no one is smoking above them and dropping fag butts onto them.
I'm assuming it was always going to be a no smoking environment.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
They have a lease for a period of something like 2 yrs. Obviously that can be extended. Planning permission was for up to 5 years.
