ChrisSouth
Well-Known Member
I don't disagree with much that is being said about the architecture, but surely the sad end to a great pub was when it stood empty for four years? Tesco didn't end the great pub.
Tesco coming to Loughborough Junction?
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I don't disagree with much that is being said about the architecture, but surely the sad end to a great pub was when it stood empty for four years? Tesco didn't end the great pub.
editor
hiraethified
They provided the full stop on what the developers had started.
cuppa tee
Well-Known Member
Not directly but you could argue cheap supermarket booze was one more nail in the coffin of neighbourhood pubs
xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
Went passed this morning. Only opened today, and already two windows have been smashed. 
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
Good.
I too have always wondered about this. You can just see it as you walk down Milkwood road.
mizfick
New Member
On the subject of Tesco: a huge great big truck depositing goods was there yesterday, in the way, on an already hairy junction and people inevitably hopping across the road before the crossing. Pretty dangerous if you're cycling - I live in LJ and can see something grim unfolding unless people are CAREFUL..also noted white paint plus smashed window.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
You can go in and have a look if you nip through the gardens at the back of Oborne Close...
As for Tesco, yeah that corner is really dangerous. It was bad enough when the building work was being done - the road was really narrow but lorries and stuff still tried to overtake me on my bike round a blind corner
It's gonna be bad with lorries stopping outside there all the time.Good to see there's been a bit of direct action from LJ locals...
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
They were refused permission for a cash dispenser on account of this. Shame really - a free cash machine at LJ would have saved going to Brixton or Camberwell Green. Maybe the Sainsbury Local will have a cash machine.
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
ChrisSouth
Well-Known Member
In what way does a broken window add colour?
editor
hiraethified
Perhaps it reflects the feelings of some of the local community.
ChrisSouth
Well-Known Member
Perhaps it might. But you don't really say why a broken window adds colour.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
the paint chucked all over the front door certainly added some colour
editor
hiraethified
You are aware that the phrase "to add colour" doesn't always have to mean someone going around and literally "adding colour", yes?
ChrisSouth
Well-Known Member
However you choose to interpret it, you haven't explained how a broken window adds any colour, literal or not, to an area.
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hiraethified
In my opinion it adds some local colour (as in 'character', 'opinion', 'difference' etc) to the Tesco. I'm sorry that you fail to understand this concept or that you feel the need to go and on about it but I'm done talking about it now 'cos it's well boring.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Tesco - which represents the Rapacious Greed of capitalism - looks much better with Broken Windows. When Comrades from outside the area visit, they will see evidence of the Glorious Uprising of The People of Loughborough Junction against the Traitorous Grocer Scum, thereby rightly bestowing the area with the Revolutionary Character & Fervour it so richly deserves.
That good enough for you?
editor
hiraethified
You're so down with the kids.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
do they have toilets in there?
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
you could circle some 'A's. Red and black paint is available at Halfords on Effra Road.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
It's also available at the car mechanics' supply shop directly opposite the new Tesco.you could circle some 'A's. Red and black paint is available at Halfords on Effra Road.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Excellent - you're already one step ahead of me!
ChrisSouth
Well-Known Member
Tesco - which represents the Rapacious Greed of capitalism - looks much better with Broken Windows. When Comrades from outside the area visit, they will see evidence of the Glorious Uprising of The People of Loughborough Junction against the Traitorous Grocer Scum, thereby rightly bestowing the area with the Revolutionary Character & Fervour it so richly deserves.
That good enough for you?
Lovely. That's exactly what I wanted, a clear economic intepretation of it which liberates the downtrodden. Rather than some mimsy tiptoeing round the fact that it 'adds colour'.
davidaheath
Well-Known Member
I bought six bottles of Red Stripe from the newsagent opposite on the way home from work last night (£6.60, economics fans) and some dried pasta (penne, pasta fans) and then went home to seethe quietly in my living room (play Super Mario Bros. (The Lost Levels - Virtual Console edition, Mario fans)) in what has been my daily protest at this capitalist intrusion since its grand opening last week. I hadn't noticed the paint but the two broken windows are a fond reminder of the vociferous opposition from local businesses and residents. I haven't been in there, but to be honest the rest of the shops in the area seem as busy as they always were so it'd be interesting to know what effect it is having.
It is a topic I am simply frothing with anticipatory delight in discussing with the friendly man from the Dollar Chicken shop next time I am in there.
It is a topic I am simply frothing with anticipatory delight in discussing with the friendly man from the Dollar Chicken shop next time I am in there.
concerned1
behind the small print
Tesco Express held an official opening with a couple of customers and staff and had a cheque for a local charity for £500.
It does cover the pub area. Sainsbury's submitted an application to Lambeth to sell alcohol last year October. The flats above the Crown Pub have been modernised but the ground floor looks derelict so maybe they got refused by Lambeth Council.
It does cover the pub area. Sainsbury's submitted an application to Lambeth to sell alcohol last year October. The flats above the Crown Pub have been modernised but the ground floor looks derelict so maybe they got refused by Lambeth Council.
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