Roti van on Brixton Station Road 'given 21 days to go' - petition started

[editor]

The blue roti van on station road has been given its marching orders. She has been told her chairs and bins are an offence and she gets in the way of the Sunday market. She's been given 21 days to go. She has a petition on the side that everyone was signing... So please do if you go past. And any other ideas? She's been there for five years, she is properly lovely and sells great food!

[posted from Brixton news thread]

 

[editor]

More about the van here:
http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/the-guyanese-roti-caravan-on-brixton-station-road.256590/

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Is anyone actually sure whether she has been operating legally all these years? I'm hoping she has just so they can't use that as a reason against her

 

[Manter]

Is anyone actually sure whether she has been operating legally all these years? I'm hoping she has just so they can't use that as a reason against her

She said they were revoking her licence, so it sounds like she has been

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

She said they were revoking her licence, so it sounds like she has been

Oh good, and mismatching chairs is a reason for revoking a licence?

 

[nagapie]

This is just disgusting, that's her livelihood.

Aside from that, everyone loves her food. Goes to show that the people who make these decisions don't live in Brixton or know anything about it.

Where's the link for the petition?

 

[stuff_it]

Oh good, and mismatching chairs is a reason for revoking a licence?

Gentrification.

Perhaps she should have put a fuckton of frosting on the rotis in a big swirl.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

This is really out of order...she's so much part of the market now even after only 5 years.

 

[stuff_it]

This is really out of order...she's so much part of the market now even after only 5 years.

From the sounds of it this could be the thin end of the wedge, a sort of 'first they came for the roti vans' type of thing.

I'd be really concerned about what else the council will decide isn't 'in keeping with the market' next.

 

[Biddlybee]

Fucksake 'an offence' 'she gets in the way' ?!

I'll pop down tomorrow and sign it.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Private Eye would like this for their Rotten Boroughs column

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Private Eye would like this for their Rotten Boroughs column

Would they? Features on corrupt councillors and sweetheart property deals appeal to the puritan in Hislop, but I don't think that the Eye cares much for rotis. Unless the van was listed in the Pevsner Guide to Lambeth, in which case they would scream blue murder.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

It would tie in with stuff they've already done about Lambeth iirc...a sort of adjunct to what's gone before.

 

[teenslain]

Outrageous... Best lamb roti in Lahndahn...
Will sign the petition on Monday...

'Brixton Village' and 'Lambeth Fucking Council' can >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I'm still blaming Jay Rayner for this mess...

 

[teenslain]

'We want our Brixton back!'
#etc #rafaout

 

[friedaweed]

This thread is making me hungry. Can someone sign this partition on behalf of your friends in the north

 

[Manter]

This is just disgusting, that's her livelihood.

Aside from that, everyone loves her food. Goes to show that the people who make these decisions don't live in Brixton or know anything about it.

Where's the link for the petition?

Isn't a link... It's a lined pad from a pound shop, bless her. The northerner tried to discuss something more formal but she got a bit flustered.... May nip down to chat to her tomorrow. Friend is drafting a letter to chukka ummana ?spelling for me... Will post it once written

 

[nagapie]

Outrageous... Best lamb roti in Lahndahn...
Will sign the petition on Monday...

'Brixton Village' and 'Lambeth Fucking Council' can >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I'm still blaming Jay Rayner for this mess...

Yes, people come from out of Brixton to buy her rotis. But I think you may have hit on something, does anyone think Jay Rayner could help?

 

[Manter]

Yes, people come from out of Brixton to buy her rotis. But I think you may have hit on something, does anyone think Jay Rayner could help?

Oooh, that's a thought.... Does anyone know him? Or where he lives?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

@jayrayner1

I hope he can give this some publicity, he's a long-term resident of the area and passionate about food
SAVE THE ROTI VAN!

 

[Mrs Magpie]

He's got a log-in here, too.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Oooh, that's a thought.... Does anyone know him? Or where he lives?

Good call, Manter.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

...and nagapie

 

[Brixton Blog]

Hiya, a petition has been set up for this online too now - http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/protect-the-guyanese-roti-van-on-brixton-station/ - and we've just put up a quick piece on the blog referencing urban75 too. http://www.brixtonblog.com/campaign-sign-the-petition-to-save-the-guyana/8608

What are the thoughts on what can be done? A community meeting on how we can help to protect traders is currently being organised at 3pm next Saturday (venue tbc) too - would be great if people could come.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Great, keep us posted with venue details, developments, please. Thanks

 

[Treacle Toes]

Hiya, a petition has been set up for this online too now - http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/protect-the-guyanese-roti-van-on-brixton-station/ - and we've just put up a quick piece on the blog referencing urban75 too. http://www.brixtonblog.com/campaign-sign-the-petition-to-save-the-guyana/8608

What are the thoughts on what can be done? A community meeting on how we can help to protect traders is currently being organised at 3pm next Saturday (venue tbc) too - would be great if people could come.

Think I've seen your tweets this morning. Keep them coming and I will share as widely as possible.

 

[quimcunx]

Hiya, a petition has been set up for this online too now - http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/protect-the-guyanese-roti-van-on-brixton-station/ - and we've just put up a quick piece on the blog referencing urban75 too. http://www.brixtonblog.com/campaign-sign-the-petition-to-save-the-guyana/8608

What are the thoughts on what can be done? A community meeting on how we can help to protect traders is currently being organised at 3pm next Saturday (venue tbc) too - would be great if people could come.

Can you do some double checking on the exact reasons for her being given notice? Maybe get a butchers at the letter or other correspondence. And compare to neighbouring traders. It would be a shame to get people campaigning on the wrong premise.

 

[Brixton Blog]

Yep - will get on this today/tomorrow x

 

[nagapie]

Yep - will get on this today/tomorrow x

Can you get Jay Rayner on board?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

There's already stuff being tweeted to him about this if you look at his twitter account (jayrayner1)