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hiraethified
Wrong kind of sitters.
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Should Windrush Square be renamed Ritzy Square?
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Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
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Crispy
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Dear annoying twat with an anglegrinder a few doors up. it's 11.15 so please shut the fuck up
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
I could see him in the road opposite me so it wasn't in the square. Unless he was a diversion
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
A freedom of information request has revealed that the Ritzy pays £2,500 per year for the use of Windrush Square. This is managed by the Parks Department.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Our cider and burger bar is still a possibility then....!
Oh my god only one tree in Brixton....some one call the Green Party
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hiraethified
You don't think people should have free access to the one large tree in the centre of a public square?
Why ever not?
I didn't have much time and it is the only tree in the square.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Fuck off, you gibbering spunkmonkey.
Corax
Luke 5:16
I'm slightly surprised by this thread. They may not be truly 'independent', but that's because the studios have made that pretty much impossible with the way they offer their films (I used to be a cinema manager - I can explain if you like, but it's quite dull). And if it was my local cinema, I'd far rather have the Ritzy than yet another bloody Odeon.
We've got our own faux-independent cinema down here, also part of the City Screen group. If they needed to take over part of the marina with seating in order to continue showing the odd arthouse film and letting community groups (book clubs, green, palestinian solidarity and socialist groups) use their space for free, I'd be welcoming it.
Not saying reasonable objections shouldn't be raised - but the tone of the parts of the thread I've read surprised me by its hostility.
Isn't there a whopping great KFC opposite it? I'd find that far more objectionable.
We've got our own faux-independent cinema down here, also part of the City Screen group. If they needed to take over part of the marina with seating in order to continue showing the odd arthouse film and letting community groups (book clubs, green, palestinian solidarity and socialist groups) use their space for free, I'd be welcoming it.
Not saying reasonable objections shouldn't be raised - but the tone of the parts of the thread I've read surprised me by its hostility.
Isn't there a whopping great KFC opposite it? I'd find that far more objectionable.
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
i think you may have missed the point by quite some considerable distance. i'd advise re-reading the thread again, paying attention to the words that were actually written.
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HTH
'Rax I hate to do it, but for once I agree with el-ahrairah.Thanks for your reply. Go blow a goat.
It's less about whether the cinema is a chain or an independant, more about the way that it's encroached onto what has been widely regarded as public space (as far back as anyone can remember), and very popular public space at that. As for the customer service etc quality of the Ritzy, let's just say that AFAIK it leaves a lot to be desired.
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Luke 5:16
Look back over some of the posts, and you'll find a fair few that are disproportionately hostile, and some that used their non-independence as a justification for that.
I didn't make it through the entire thread to be honest with you - has anyone approached them, or their parent company, over their use of public space?
No, sorry, you've lost me there. ritzy wasn't great before, and AFAIK it was bought up about a year before work on the square was completed. Teh encroachment began last summer, and would have been just as bad and just as resented no matter who'd done it.
This is Lambeth. Normal channels seldom work.
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Luke 5:16
As I said before, most cinemas have been taken over and rebranded in Odeon's gloriously homogenous neon. It could be a hell of a lot worse is what I'm saying.
How does it being Lambeth impact on communications with City Screen btw? I'm suggesting talking to the company as a first step, not the council. The logical thing to do when you've got a problem with someone is to talk to them about it, no?
How does it being Lambeth impact on communications with City Screen btw? I'm suggesting talking to the company as a first step, not the council. The logical thing to do when you've got a problem with someone is to talk to them about it, no?
And it could be a lot better. If you were mugged, would you appreciate being told to be thankful that you hadn't been murdered?
It just does - I know, it's illogical, but once within Lambeth's borders few things seem to work in the way you'd like to take for granted.
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Luke 5:16
I'm still curious to know if anyone's tried.
It's likely to have more impact than simply posting about it on here isn't it?
Re: the first bit - Sure. So what is anyone doing to try and change it?
Just. Read. The. Entire. Thread. Sweetie.
Corax
Luke 5:16
Can't be arsed. Why can't you just tell me.
Because I'd get RSI typing the whole damn lot out.
Corax
Luke 5:16
Lazy bugger.
Lazy is it when I have this kerazy wish to be able to brush my own teeth or do up my own bra, sweetie?Lazy bugger.
BTW in the time you've been arguing with me, you could have read the thread instead.
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Luke 5:16
When I ask you to summarise for me, you should just buckle down and damn well summarise.
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