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Up until yesterday the Crown & Spectre was still boarded up, but I am glad to report the boards had come off this morning and there was light and activity inside.
 
KatyF said:
editor Also The Sultan is opening from Saturday, they're going to be letting 14 people inside and a further 8 in the garden.

Pratt's and Payne are taking bookings and you're only allowed your table for 2 hours.
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That's great, thanks - I've updated the list.
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Pubs and bars reopening in Streatham in July 2020 – updates, listings and information

Following on from our popular listings of pubs and bars reopening in Brixton, Camberwell, and in Herne Hill, Tulse Hill and West Norwood, we’ve added the latest updates for Streatham’s booz…
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GarveyLives said:
Mark Brazant, who has paranoid schizophrenia, accepts he stabbed Josephine Conlon seven times a few days after being released from prison, but denies that he had intended to kill her or cause her serious harm:

Husband weeps as CCTV of wife's horror knife attack in street played in court
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Following the previously unreported failure of the jury to reach a verdict at his trial despite more than 40 hours of deliberations, Mark Brazant has this morning pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Josephine Conlon after the prosecution requested a retrial.

Brazant had previously admitted unlawful wounding, but denied attempted murder and an alternative charge of wounding with intent.

Brazant entered his new guilty plea via video link from Three Bridges medium secure hospital.

In typically convoluted language, his defence counsel said: “This is not a matter which has been unaffected by the inability because of the current pandemic to be heard again this year.

“Mr Brazant was told the matter could not be resolved until 2021 at trial and his pleas follow on from that.”

Brazant has a history of attacking lone women for no reason and has a conviction for carrying a blade.

On his release on licence from Thameside Prison on Christmas Eve to spend a year on post-sentence supervision, he reported to the probation service but records show he was asked to return the following week as Thameside had sent him to the wrong office.

Brazant was reported missing after he failed to turn up at a supported house run by Enriched Care Limited for people with mental health problems in which he was meant to stay.

He is due to be sentenced on 16 September 2020.
 
More on that programme of literature festival events (including some Black History Month events outside the main festival period that are being co-promoted with Lambeth Libraries.)

Many of the events that show a price for tickets to the socially- distanced physical events will also have a free online streaming.
[Think that some Eventbrite links for the free online stuff may only just be getting added to the festival website]

October 2020
Black Books for Kids
3 October @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Online Event United Kingdom
Free

Join librarian Zoey as she shares some of her favourite books for children and teens written by and about Black People, some of which she'll be giving away! Online event Instagram Live @lambeth_libraries These events are part of Lambeth Black History Month - details showing here from 14th September.
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Rosanna Amaka – The Book Of Echoes
6 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online Event United Kingdom
Free

1981: England looks forward to a new decade. But on the streets of Brixton, it's hard to hold onto your dreams, especially if you are a young black man. Racial tensions rumble, and now Michael Watson might land in jail for a crime he did not commit. Thousands of miles away, village girl Ngozi abandons her orange stall for the opportunity to work as a housemaid for a middle-class family. From dusty tracks to gritty pavements, Ngozi and Michael's journey…
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Jamaica, Britain and the Akan Maroon War
8 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online Event United Kingdom
Free

Who were the Akan Speaking Maroons of Jamaica? Why did Britain go to war with them? Who were the leaders? CLR James (African-Trinidadian historian, journalist and socialist) wrote: “I was tired of reading and hearing about Africans being persecuted and oppressed in Africa, in the middle passage, in the USA and all over the Caribbean. I made up my mind that I would write a book in which all people of African descent instead of constantly being the object of…
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Hood Feminism – Brixton Radical Reads book group special
9 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Online Event United Kingdom
Free

Join the reading group to discuss Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that White Feminists Forgot, by author Mikki Kendall. Mikki Kendall has established herself as an important voice in current feminist discourse, and Hood Feminism cements that place. With a compelling, forceful piece, Kendall has written the missive that feminists - especially white feminists - need to remember the racist history of who we are as a movement and to move forward with an intersectional and deliberately anti-racist focus…
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Frann Preston-Gannon Talk and Drawing Workshop
11 October @ 10:45 am - 11:30 am
Streatham Space Project, Unit 4, 170 Streatham Hill, The Theatre
London, SW2 4RU + Google Map
£10

Frann Preston-Gannon is an award-winning illustrator and author for young children. Her books include The Journey Home, Rang-Tan in My Bedroom and Dave's Cave, and her biggest project - I am the Seed That Grew The Tree, a huge illustrated book of poetry offering a seasonal poem for every day of the year. Her new book, A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Poems, is published in October. Join Frann at Streatham Space Project or online via Zoom as she talks about her…
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Talks and Q&A with Amanda Brookfield and Lev Parikian
11 October @ 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Streatham Space Project, Unit 4, 170 Streatham Hill, The Theatre
London, SW2 4RU + Google Map

Two very different local authors discuss their latest books and bring their experiences of how the world of publishing works and how it is evolving with the literature festival’s Hannah Taylor. Books will be available to buy on the day. Amanda Brookfield Amanda, who lives locally, is the bestselling author of 16 novels, including her first book for Boldwood, Good Girls. Her new novel, The Other Woman, published on October 13th, 2020, is a crackling story about love, marriage, lies and fate, showing how…
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Hamed Ariri – Hamza Jahanzeb Chair
11 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Streatham Space Project, Unit 4, 170 Streatham Hill, The Theatre
London, SW2 4RU + Google Map
£10

Hamed Amiri is the author of The Boy with Two Hearts: A Story of Hope (Icon books, 2020). Radio 4 Book of the Week in June 2020. He received the Inspiring the Next Generation Award from the University of South Wales in 2016 for services to education and young people. In this session, Hamza will interview Hamed about his ground-breaking book. When the Afghan Government ordered Hamed Ariri’s mother’s execution, he was ten years old. His older brother Hussein had, after two heart operations, been…
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LOUD BLACK GIRLS – Abiola Oni and Temi Mwale with Marcelle Mateki Akita (Chair)
11 October @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Streatham Space Project, Unit 4, 170 Streatham Hill, The Theatre
London, SW2 4RU + Google Map
£10

Talks and a panel discussion from two of the contributors to Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené anthology of essays by 20 black women authors, journalists, actors, activists, and artists, Loud Black Girls. “Now that we’ve learnt how to Slay in our Lanes, what’s next? …‘Being a loud black girl isn't about the volume of your voice; and using your voice doesn't always mean speaking the loudest or dominating the room. Most of the time it’s simply existing as your authentic…
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House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons with Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason
14 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online Event United Kingdom
Free

Join Kadie Kanneh-Mason to discuss what it takes to raise a musical family in a Britain divided by class and race. In her book House of Music, Kadie looks back to 1963 when her mother, the nineteen-year-old daughter of a Welsh family, defied everyone and sailed off to join her fiancé and his family in Sierra Leone. Through this personal journey and what follows, the book charts the story of immigration, determination and hard work of a remarkable family succeeding…
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Shame On Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging with author Tessa McWatt
19 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online Event United Kingdom
Free

‘What are you?’ Tessa McWatt knows first-hand that the answer to this question, often asked by white people, is always more complicated than it seems. Is the answer English, Scottish, British, Caribbean, Portuguese, Indian, Amerindian, French, African, Chinese, Canadian? Like most families, hers is steeped in myth and the anecdotes of grandparents and parents who view their histories through the lens of desire, aspiration, loss, and shame. In Shame On Me Tessa unspools all the interwoven strands of her inheritance,…
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The Autumn Glories present: Grabbing a bit of history as we go along the way
20 October @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online Event United Kingdom
Free

Lambeth Theatricals Drama Group the Autumn Glories are proud to present Grabbing a bit of history as we go along the way - an online oral history production with a live Q&A for Lambeth’s Black History Month celebrations. Join us as we share childhood memories, stories and poems, looking at the ups and downs of our own life histories. As a group of Lambeth women aged from 50 to 80+, we all know that life’s tales are full of humour…
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The First Woman with author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
26 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online Event United Kingdom
Free

The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi follows Kirabo on her journey to become a young woman and to find her place in the world, as her country is transformed by the dictatorship of Idi Amin. Jennifer has written a sweeping tale of longing and rebellion, at once epic and deeply personal, combining an intoxicating mix of ancient Ugandan folklore and contemporary feminism. Jennifer is a Ugandan novelist and short story writer acclaimed for her prize-winning first novel, Kintu, she…
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Family Tree Making Workshop
28 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online Event United Kingdom + Google Map
Free

Join Dr Audrey Allwood, author of Belonging in Brixton: An Ethnography of Migrant West Indian Elders in Brixton for a Family Tree Making Workshop. After researching her own ancestry Audrey constructed a family genealogy narrative, or a ‘book’ as her brother called it, containing her family tree. It is both interesting and valuable to know the influences that shaped our ways of being, leaving the story for present and future generations to know and add to. Here Audrey touches on…
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The Windrush Generation: 492 Korna Klub Interactive Performance
29 October @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online Event United Kingdom
Free

492 Korna Klub presents a live interactive performance and community debate about the Windrush Generation. We have been creatively working over the summer to explore all the issues around the Windrush Generation and their Kin. We are living in a Historic moment, join the 492 Korna Klub on the global stage for a virtual performance so that we can connect and join the dialogue about how we can move forwards in this hostile environment whilst celebrating and commemorating the Windrush…
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Kwame and the Lockdown
30 October @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online Event United Kingdom
Free

How can Black men survive COVID19 and remain proactive during these challenging and uncertain times? How do we ensure that Black men are not the first to die in this ongoing pandemic? What are the current obstacles Black men face in the time of lockdown? What can Black men do collectively to look after their Mental Health & Wellbeing and address our current reality? How can Black men support and guide the next generation so that we are better prepared…
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Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre want your input for a re-imagined future for the theatre


Update on this project;

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Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre want your input for a re-imagined future for the theatre

Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre have launched a viability study for a re-imagined future for the theatre, with a focus on community use. Their new survey is looking for community input into poten…
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Don’t know if anyone else has noticed (though it’d be difficult to miss it given its size), but am I the only one to find the mega-massive word ‘Power’, painted in white on the side of the building opposite Streatham Hill station, highly suspect?

I don’t think there’s anything else written underneath (not that you could see it as it’d be blocked by the building), so unless I’m missing something, I can’t see the point other than the nefarious one.
 
T & P said:
Don’t know if anyone else has noticed (though it’d be difficult to miss it given its size), but am I the only one to find the mega-massive word ‘Power’, painted in white on the side of the building opposite Streatham Hill station, highly suspect?

I don’t think there’s anything else written underneath (not that you could see it as it’d be blocked by the building), so unless I’m missing something, I can’t see the point other than the nefarious one.
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I am sure that I know what you are talking about and that it has been there for years. In my mind it's white (hence your discomfort) and square / block letters with a black outline. I have gone onto Google Maps and can't find it on streetview.

There's a notion that graffiti is a cool counter culture, especially when aligned to hip hop culture. But lots of cunts do it as well. I remember all the National Front logos when I was growing up. And of course, coming from Belfast, all the terrorist tags to mark out certain areas. It might just be that dedicated white supremacist wankers have decided to express themselves on a building in Streatham Hill.
 
T & P said:
Don’t know if anyone else has noticed (though it’d be difficult to miss it given its size), but am I the only one to find the mega-massive word ‘Power’, painted in white on the side of the building opposite Streatham Hill station, highly suspect?

I don’t think there’s anything else written underneath (not that you could see it as it’d be blocked by the building), so unless I’m missing something, I can’t see the point other than the nefarious one.
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Think it appeared in late summer 2019 when there was scaffolding on the single storey shop below (now yet another estate agents).
Looks to have been done with a fire extinguisher filled with paint?
There is a massively over-rated Mexican artist who used the paint filled extinguisher technique for a prominent commission this year and I did half wonder when I saw that, if the Streatham Hill mess might have been a (deniable) dry run?
 
T & P said:
Don’t know if anyone else has noticed (though it’d be difficult to miss it given its size), but am I the only one to find the mega-massive word ‘Power’, painted in white on the side of the building opposite Streatham Hill station, highly suspect?
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Just Googled "Power" + "Graffiti" +"Streatham It seems there might be another possible explanation

Anonymous commentator on Fix My Street said:
This is an informal commemoration of a man who used to do graffiti in the area but took his own life. Perhaps covering it with something similar to the Wild Things Mural or Murals in Brixton would hold more relevance and be appreciated by adults and children in the community? Any artists interested in taking on this project should perhaps contact Lambeth Council.
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I am trying to help signpost someone to food bank/mutual aid near Streatham Hill. Does anyone have any contact details that I could pass on to them?
 
nick said:
Tfl consultation on altering the A23 between Sternhold Avenue and Holmewood gardens was started today
Nice to see on the before and after images that they have managed to get leaves back on the trees
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Consultation results are in: https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/ro...ds/a23-streatham-hill-consultation-report.pdf
Construction to "potentially" start Spring 2022
The key updates to the design since consultation will include:

•The closure of Tierney Road at the junction of the A23 to prevent rat-runningtraffic subject to further local consultation
•Due to the proposed closure of Tierney Road Bus Stop T and TA will be brought back together meaning passengers will no longer need to cross Tierney Road when interchanging between these stops
•We are working on a change to the design for the junction of Ardwell Road to provide an additional red route loading bay for use by local businesses, this may result in access changes to Cricklade Road, subject to further local consultation
•We are working on an updated design for the Holmewood Road junction to improve the cyclist provision in this area. These changes could potentially involve access changes to Holmewood Road at the junction of the A23, subject to further local consultation
•We have identified areas which we think may be viable for further tree planting and other greening. More work to explore sustainable planting will be undertaken at the next stage of design•We will continue to engage with local businesses as detailed design develops to ensure adequate loading is provided where practicable
•We will arrange a separate meeting with representatives to discuss retaining loading access for the Streatham Theatre
•We will engage further with Arriva on the interaction between the scheme and buses accessing Brixton Bus Garage
•We are reviewing the extents of the scheme to try and improve east – west cycle permeability

Once we have made the above amendments to the design and subject to further funding, we will aim to progress the scheme to detailed design in Spring 2021 with construction potentially starting in early 2022.
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Crispy said:
Consultation results are in: https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/ro...ds/a23-streatham-hill-consultation-report.pdf
Construction to "potentially" start Spring 2022
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It looks good to me. I think capacity will be similar without the concrete median, but separate cycle paths will make things a lot easier for cyclists and motorists.
The road is like a motorway with pavements at present. Three lanes, concrete middle.
Hopefully they do something all the way up to Kwik Fit.
Also, Tierney is a rat run that I have often run, instead of waiting to turn left at the Crown and Sceptre. Makes sense to close it to motor traffic. Although, if you live there, would you have to take a left and round the island at Atkins Road / Clapham Park just to get to Brixton / Tulse Hill / Streatham?
 
Smick said:
It looks good to me. I think capacity will be similar without the concrete median, but separate cycle paths will make things a lot easier for cyclists and motorists.
The road is like a motorway with pavements at present. Three lanes, concrete middle.
Hopefully they do something all the way up to Kwik Fit.
Also, Tierney is a rat run that I have often run, instead of waiting to turn left at the Crown and Sceptre. Makes sense to close it to motor traffic. Although, if you live there, would you have to take a left and round the island at Atkins Road / Clapham Park just to get to Brixton / Tulse Hill / Streatham?
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Then they'll be like us on the other side of the High Road. I live on the Claremont Estate East and if I want to go east on the South Circular, or south to Brixton, I have to go down Telford Avenue and turn right off New Park Road or Kings Avenue. Since the LTN came in anyway...if it's clear you can very occasionally manage a 3 point turn at the top of Telford Avenue to take you back onto the High Road.

Still, lets those in the affluent ABCD road area have a quieter life and better air quality, so that's what matters, no?
 
Oh that's a shame about the Hideaway.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a local, good (but reasonably priced) painter?
 
Contain your disappointment, but I just received a letter that HSBC (103 streatham hil)l closes on 11 June.

Accounts being transferred to Balham.

Not good news for the staff involved and anyone unwilling or unable to shlep to Balham for counter services
 
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