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

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.

Northerner and I have signed.
 
I've signed the physical one. Should I do both?


I've never actually had a roti. :oops: I should do something about that.
 
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.
signed
 
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.
^^This.
 
Aye, will be along tomorrow for certain and will also sign the paper one.
So if anyone sees a grown man wandering around looking lost and confused like a giant naive idiot then buy him a drink because it will probably be me and I like drink :)
 
Aye, will be along tomorrow for certain and will also sign the paper one.
So if anyone sees a grown man wandering around looking lost and confused like a giant naive idiot then buy him a drink because it will probably be me and I like drink :)
this is Brixton... you're not narrowing it down much
 
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.

Quite. There are all sorts of reasons food establishments are closed down. Some facts would be good.
 
As much because when we get emotionally fraught news we don't always take things in as well as we could. Like with medical things. I've gone back and read letters about instructions on hospital visits and it's been quite different to how I was remembering it, with important bits missing etc.
 
Like a lot of you, I know M------- at the Roti stall quite well. She really needs help, as what she is capable of - making delicious food that is cheap enough for everyone and very nourishing - she does very well. But she is not capable of negotiating the official/admin side of her situation.
 
yes do! They are lovely. I suspect seriously unhealthy, but bloody gorgeous

I don't know about unhealthy. The most unhealthy thing I can think of in most of them is the flour used to make the roti, and the meat fat if you have a meat filling. High calorie, maybe, but it's supposed to sustain you through the rest of the working day!
 
She does the finest Veggie Roti in the known world.
I'm a regular at the van, last time I was there (a couple of weeks back) she was telling me she was looking to sell the van. I was worried she was leaving / packing it in, but she said she had a place near the rec she was going to move to / cook from.
So I think we need more info before we campaign - as last time I chatted to her she was looking to get rid of the van.
 
Some Perspective:

Massive freshly made roti stuffed with 4 different veg curry concontions = £3.50
'jerk' 'flavoured' 'scotch' egg in Wishbone = £4.00
 
Oh good, and mismatching chairs is a reason for revoking a licence? :hmm:

On a technical note. That bit of Brixton Station road is a stallholders market. Seems to me that the caravan she uses is never moved out the way in the evening. Unlike the other market stallholders. Also she is putting out tables and chairs.

Has anyone seen her license? And what it says re tables and chairs & leaving the caravan there 24/7?

Im not having a go but I would like to know more about the actual situation.

I seem to remember someone telling me ages ago that the caravan was not supposed to stay there all the time 24/7. Normally in a street market u set up food van/ stall and tow it away in evening.
 
On a technical note. That bit of Brixton Station road is a stallholders market. Seems to me that the caravan she uses is never moved out the way in the evening. Unlike the other market stallholders. Also she is putting out tables and chairs.

Has anyone seen her license? And what it says re tables and chairs & leaving the caravan there 24/7?

Im not having a go but I would like to know more about the actual situation.

I seem to remember someone telling me ages ago that the caravan was not supposed to stay there all the time 24/7.

That's why there was a question mark at the end of my sentence, as I'm not at all convinced that having tatty chairs is the reason for revoking her licence. I figured there must be something else and was hoping for further info
 
For reference, here's a pic of it in May 2010 when it was up for sale.

brixtonphotos-may-2010-08.jpg
 
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