Roti van on Brixton Station Road 'given 21 days to go' - petition started
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Starry Wisdom
out of curiosity (and i haven't looked) wouldn't there be something on the lambeth licensing committee website when there are moves towards or a revocation of a licence?
Manter
Lunch Mob
Good point, I didn't look. Will look now
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I don't know but I consider you an expert on such things (when Lang Rabbie isn't around). As it is, Manter's off for a look
Manter
Lunch Mob
God I hate their website.
Can't find anything, though there is a bunch of other weird and wonderful stuff. As far as I can figure out, if it is enforcement they don't put it up there, it is only decisions they document.
Happy to be wrong as long as I never have to trawl that bloody site again
Can't find anything, though there is a bunch of other weird and wonderful stuff. As far as I can figure out, if it is enforcement they don't put it up there, it is only decisions they document.
Happy to be wrong as long as I never have to trawl that bloody site again
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Manter
Lunch Mob
Not what she was saying yesterday- I think as someone said earlier, she is great at making food and not so great at other stuffJust got back from there, signed the petition and asked how it was going. The lady said the reason her licence is being revoked is cuz she doesn't have a UK passportanyone hear similar?
TruXta
tired
Maybe, it was a little bit rambling the conversation we had. Didn't quite get the sense that she's fully on top of that particular issue, but could obviously just be me not hearing/paying attention/misunderstanding.
Manter
Lunch Mob
No, she isn't v clear, the Northerner was a bit confused on Saturday.
TruXta
tired
Granted she has to cook for you whilst explaining her predicament. Apparently she also has no leccy but is hooked to one of the shops and has to pay 120 quid a month for the privilege - all her cooking is gas, so this is just for lighting.
BoxRoom
nicely inconspicuous
Just got back from there, signed the petition and asked how it was going. The lady said the reason her licence is being revoked is cuz she doesn't have a UK passport
I popped over this morning (first time there, really enjoyed the food! Bloody lovely) and she was saying pretty much the same thing. I couldn't quite hear everything she was saying but got the bit about not having a UK passport.
Realistically, if the Council wanted to get rid of her it has a list as long as you like of the regulations she's the wrong side of, and if there's additional problems from the UKBAstards I don't rate her chances however big the petition. 
She is also being badly stitched up by the person supplying her with electricity (even though it does run her microwave as well as the anglepoise).
Her rotis are great.
She needs someone to help her deal with the authorities and probably someone to back her financially to put her the right side of all the regulations like food hygiene and market pitch size (she almost certainly needs a new smaller caravan). Otherwise she will always run the risk that they can close her down when they feel like it. Now that the weekend markets organised by the Federation are getting more popular, the Council can let the pitches that she spills out on to (and on Sundays, when she doesn't trade, hers). When it was mostly empty they weren't that bothered which is why it was mostly empty.
Social-media-savvy MsCupcake used Gofundme to get herself an icecream freezer. Surely some of these nuBrixton types could co-ordinate a crowdfunding exercise to get the Guyanese lady a compliant roti van?
She is also being badly stitched up by the person supplying her with electricity (even though it does run her microwave as well as the anglepoise).
Her rotis are great.
She needs someone to help her deal with the authorities and probably someone to back her financially to put her the right side of all the regulations like food hygiene and market pitch size (she almost certainly needs a new smaller caravan). Otherwise she will always run the risk that they can close her down when they feel like it. Now that the weekend markets organised by the Federation are getting more popular, the Council can let the pitches that she spills out on to (and on Sundays, when she doesn't trade, hers). When it was mostly empty they weren't that bothered which is why it was mostly empty.
Social-media-savvy MsCupcake used Gofundme to get herself an icecream freezer. Surely some of these nuBrixton types could co-ordinate a crowdfunding exercise to get the Guyanese lady a compliant roti van?
Manter
Lunch Mob
Who was it tat said they knew her? As we need more info... I think @brixtonbuzz was investigating. And yes, then I think some top ideas thereRealistically, if the Council wanted to get rid of her it has a list as long as you like of the regulations she's the wrong side of, and if there's additional problems from the UKBAstards I don't rate her chances however big the petition.
She is also being badly stitched up by the person supplying her with electricity (even though it does run her microwave as well as the anglepoise).
Her rotis are great.
She needs someone to help her deal with the authorities and probably someone to back her financially to put her the right side of all the regulations like food hygiene and market pitch size (she almost certainly needs a new smaller caravan). Otherwise she will always run the risk that they can close her down when they feel like it. Now that the weekend markets organised by the Federation are getting more popular, the Council can let the pitches that she spills out on to (and on Sundays, when she doesn't trade, hers). When it was mostly empty they weren't that bothered which is why it was mostly empty.
Social-media-savvy MsCupcake used Gofundme to get herself an icecream freezer. Surely some of these nuBrixton types could co-ordinate a crowdfunding exercise to get the Guyanese lady a compliant roti van?
Massive
New Member
From what I understand, and from what other traders say, She needs a lot of help with finances and all the other things that go along with being a trader on the street. Like some of you already mentioned here, the best way to help her would be for someone to find out exactly why her licence was revoked and then help her appeal, pay her rent, fill out her forms etc. I generally find it difficult to understand her, so if anyone has anymore concrete information about what she wants and needs please do share it.
As far as i can tell everything about her being pushed out unfairly is speculation at this stage right? I'm not even sure the council will be managing those pitches if she goes so i'm not sure that's an incentive and I'd be quite surprised if this did have anything to do with her chairs. Whatever the reasons, we want her to stay and hopefully a real campaign can get going once we know more.
As far as i can tell everything about her being pushed out unfairly is speculation at this stage right? I'm not even sure the council will be managing those pitches if she goes so i'm not sure that's an incentive and I'd be quite surprised if this did have anything to do with her chairs. Whatever the reasons, we want her to stay and hopefully a real campaign can get going once we know more.
Evening. Been a while since I popped up on here. I was asked by a number of people if I could help with the campaign. I certainly agree that, with certain new and overly exclusive and moneyed businesses popping up in Market Row and the BV, the very last thing we need is for a food operation that is a part of what Brixton is really all about, being run out of town on a technicality.
However - having investigated - Lambeth aren't the problem here. It turns out that she isn't a UK resident and does not have the right to work here. In those circumstances the council can not legally give her a license to trade. Her application for full status is in with the Home Office and Lambeth describe themselves as 'sympathetic to her position' but this really is one for the Home Office. In short that's where the campaign should be focussed.
However - having investigated - Lambeth aren't the problem here. It turns out that she isn't a UK resident and does not have the right to work here. In those circumstances the council can not legally give her a license to trade. Her application for full status is in with the Home Office and Lambeth describe themselves as 'sympathetic to her position' but this really is one for the Home Office. In short that's where the campaign should be focussed.
TruXta
tired
Cheers for that, Jay. Really sad to think we might lose her and the van, especially now that I've just had the pleasure of sampling her cooking.
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
And none of you lot are prepared to step in and marry her? Fair weather roti fans.
TruXta
tired
Already taken, squire. Otherwise I'd step up.
editor
hiraethified
Thanks for the update.
Things have changed a lot since you last posted here - maybe you'd like to hang around and join in with some of the gentrification debates, as it's something that's altering the very essence of Brixton and causing real concern amongst some residents?=...
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
It's nuts that the answer to her application for UK citizenship is to close down her business and probably force her onto benefits
Thanks, but I won't. I've lived in Brixton long enough - over 21 years - to know the circularity of those arguments, and the entrenched views on all sides. I'll leave you all to it.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Would be good to have him posting, although given that he was recently deemed responsible for all Brixton's recent problems I can see why he might decline.
It's nuts that the answer to her application for UK citizenship is to close down her business and probably force her onto benefits
if she hasn't a visa to work there is a fair chance she is 'no recourse to public funds' so will get very little state support.
Yeah, the traffic on Brixton Hill tonight was my fault. And that unemptied bin outside the Ritzy. And the squirrels. it's all me, me, me... I have a lair designed by Ken Adams and a white cat that I stroke at night, plus all my mates in Notting Hill on speed deal.
(NB. I don't know anyone in Notting Hill.)
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Do us a favour then and write an article about how Brixton Village is past it and the new best hipster foodie places are in east London or something
editor
hiraethified
Well, seeing as my blog is apparently also directly responsible for every single speed hipster bike riding into town, it would be good to have someone to share the blame with.
editor
hiraethified
That's a shame because I think that now - more than ever, really - there really is an important discussion to be had.
did you tag the bogs in The Albert?
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