Weren't Dunns and cooliers a bit further towards Atlantic rd? The bit i am thinking of has been demolished, it was a shop that jutted out into the pavement right under the bridge and was a Ravel in about 1986 04 7, I think. Maybe even earlier. Does Ravel even exist these days?
The Brixton Citizenship Test
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Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Dunns jutted out. It got burned in one of the riots. Not sure about Ravel. There used to be a Dolcis in Brixton though
Onket
Je suis [CONTENT REMOVED]
That's the only relevant question.
Live, work or play.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Nah, not true. Hatboy was/is a total face among the Brixton marginals! Every dosser, junkie, dipso and half-twatted gutter-puker benefitted from Hatboy's friendship and compassionate middle-class chit-chat!!!
Or so he reckoned.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Vibrant-Hubb
Active Member
Nah, not true. Hatboy was/is a total face among the Brixton marginals! Every dosser, junkie, dipso and half-twatted gutter-puker benefitted from Hatboy's friendship and compassionate middle-class chit-chat!!!
Or so he reckoned.
Rubbish. I know who that is and I remember him as genuinely kind. And "middle class" is a bit off too. More like charming. You clearly didn't know him.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Everyone will be abandoning Brixton and moving to Tulse Hill. It has a better class of people
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
That was a (paraphrased, condensed) self-description, from a thread on Brixton's "marginals" (his word, not mine) by the man himself.
Also, I made no judgement about Mr. B's kindness and charm. From what I remember he was a nice bloke, apart from his occasional descent into playing "more Brixton than thou".
Now, you were saying...?
Balham
If it ain't in London then, well, it just ain't.
Wonder if oneq aulifies if ones Grandparents lived there. I do remember and have been on the 2B (Grandparents taking us to the zoo). Went to see Mr Pastry at the Empress Theatre in 1964, Puss in Boots. Remember Orange Coaches and the George Canning. Grandfather was secretary of the Effra Conservative Club and we got vegetables from Molly's on Tulse Hill. Parents got married in Corpus Christi on Brixton Hill. Loads of happy childhood memories of Brixton.
Brixton Citizenship Test:
Is squatting
a) a rational response to the housing crisis and the only moral answer to empty stock
b) a criminal act to be dealt with by eviction and swift development by Barratt
c) I remember the day the 121 centre was raided, they did it on the solar eclipse and loads of residents were at Lands End....
Is squatting
a) a rational response to the housing crisis and the only moral answer to empty stock
b) a criminal act to be dealt with by eviction and swift development by Barratt
c) I remember the day the 121 centre was raided, they did it on the solar eclipse and loads of residents were at Lands End....
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
This is all very handy - I need to set ten Brixton questions for a quiz night next week!
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I am indeed correct that Jimmy has gone.
He has been replaced by the Queen and...
William and Kate
Casaubon
Well-Known Member
Dunns Gentlemans' Outfitters was burned in the '85 riots. I still wear a hat from there.
Does anyone know if they still exist? They had branches all over London (and elsewhere?) and were good for chaps' items like belts, wallets, hats.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Wot about: "have you eva been in an inter-racial relationship"-seeing the high level of afro-carribean residents in brixie?
Yes: my partner past/present is/was afro-carib [you are a brixton citizen congrats]
No: never been attracted [citizenship under review]
Yes: my partner past/present is/was afro-carib [you are a brixton citizen congrats]
No: never been attracted [citizenship under review]
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Racist
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Now now, thriller isn't a racist.
Just a wanker.
Just a wanker.
Remus Harbank
Cake and whipped cream…
Can you afford £400k for a 2 bedroom flat? Where can you get your free copy of City AM? Besides Starbucks and Costas, where is the other big UK coffeechain located? How many housing offices have closed down in the last year? Tristram and Jocasta have just rented a flat where? The O2 Academy plays great shows – who sponsored it before? Why have many people who have lived in Brixton for years turned into inverted snobs? Why do most people in Brixton go to Sainsbury's and not that lovely Portuguese delicatessen under the arches? The crackwhores who formerly set up business in Josephine Avenue can now be found in which adjacent street, after the resident's association decided enough is enough and they planted flowerpots at the end of their street? Poor people cannot afford to live in Brixton anymore – where have they moved to?
No, was already in a longterm relationship by the time I moved here, sweetie.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I've been with a Welshman and an Irishman and before that a Scotsman, so I'm working my around the British Isles before I start on Brixton
snowy_again
Slush
Can you distinguish the flower stall twin brothers?
fractionMan
Custom Title
If I live in brixton one night a week does that make me 1/7 brixton?
angusmcfangus
I see no ship's, only...
Spent a night with Des in the coach-house.
Do I qualify?..
Do I qualify?..
Sh! They're really triplets, but they never allow all three of themselves to be seen at the same time, so that they can confuse more people.
