Brixton chitter-chatter & news Mar 2012

It was but have a lot more external meetings etc these days so easier and less washing per week

It's good that a brand new thread starts off nicely washed

wtf

The lido pool is due to begin filling on the 18th and to open to the public four weeks on Sunday (1st April). Men are currently painting the walls and floor, allegedly with water resistent paint this year

On previous form, we can probably expect a hose pipe ban to begin on the 17th.

Went past those new flats in Coldharbour Lane (where the old car park was) today. Go past regularly, but each time, I just hate them more and more and more.

Noticed the names on two of the buildings. Embassy and Printworks Apartments I think they were. Absolutely horrible, and the yellow entrances - bleurgh!

Surprised Editor's not been up there snapping yet

Made a point to look at the new Costa in Brixton as well. It is indeed a strange frontage

It really does look like hoardings - I'm hoping they just haven't finished the windows yet & wanted to open early.
Nero, Starbucks and Costa all on Brixton High Street... and still room for San Marco & all the coffee places in Brixton Market.

There are no windows - and can't be - because the front is one big railway arch!

Anyone know what was occurring at the academy last night? i live kinda next to it - got home at about 11 to hundreds of hammered teens outside my door.... the bass was still hammering away till 6am... i felt very very old

The internet mentions something called 'UKF Bass Culture Live'.

bloody helicopters going round and round and round for ages on Brixton Hill, driving poor hungover Jan mad.

Wah gwan?

How come Homelook had windows then?

Everywhere I've been in Brixton and Lough Jn I've seen coppers pulling people over, plain clothes too... Any idea why?

A girl raped, a boy stabbed. Something to do with that maybe?

Possibly, New Park rd and Kings avenue too...

Helicopter was overhead a while ago. Maybe the police know the gangs involved and maybe they're from those areas?

That Evergreen trust have reopened their 2nd hand furniture place behind the old tyre place/car wash/car lot etc on the Hill. Haven't had a look yet.

Have you turned American?

No. I typed tyre and it highlighted it so I changed it in a moment of confusion.

I've changed it back now.

What highlighted it?

spell check, minnie. You've heard of spell check haven't you? Who or what's spellcheck I don't know. Google Chrome I suspect. I didn't ask for it it's just there.

It doesn't like 'minnie' either. I can see it's point.

Reading you two talking to each other is like an episode of Roger and Val Have Just Got In. Not that I watch Roger and Val Have Just Got In

I don't watch that. And more to the point minnie probably doesn't either in which case you have opened yourself to a world of pain while you try to explain it to her.

I love her really.

Minnie definitely doesn't watch it. Apart from anything else, it's BBC2 for goodness sake.

Why don't you turn spellcheck off?

and why don't you add Minnie to its dictionary?

Never heard of it. What is it?

There's plenty of programmes I watch on BBC

Is that the time? I really must dash .... >

It doesn't bother me that much. I don't know where it is.

I don't want to after all you're not a proper word.

I've just looked it up

I saw that