Brixton's Christmas Lights

[Minnie_the_Minx]

or whatever they're called nowadays.

Don't you think they're much nicer this year? Acre Lane looks lovely. Maybe it's the fact that most of the bulbs are working or something. :confused:

The tree outside the Ritzy is much nicer as well as the lights seem to cover the whole tree instead of looking like they've just been chucked up, and the tree opposite with the blue lights is nice.

What's with the sudden colour change though outside the Fridge. Instead of purple lights, they're red. Do you think they were meant to be pink? :D

[ianw]

i'm glad to see that the dancing chilis are back. definitely my favourites. although i pointed them out to a friend last week and he said they were christmas stockings and not chilis.

so chilis or stockings? what do you reckon?

i say chilis!

[Blagsta]

Yes I can see them from my office window. They're definitely chillis.

[Minnie_the_Minx]

i'm glad to see that the dancing chilis are back. definitely my favourites. although i pointed them out to a friend last week and he said they were christmas stockings and not chilis.

so chilis or stockings? what do you reckon?

i say chilis!


Dozy bastard. Since when did Christmas stockings have green bits on the top :rolleyes: :D

Everyone knows they're chillis :D

[Minnie_the_Minx]

i'm glad to see that the dancing chilis are back. definitely my favourites. although i pointed them out to a friend last week and he said they were christmas stockings and not chilis.

so chilis or stockings? what do you reckon?

i say chilis!


PS: I think they were leftovers from some Latin festival or something. Was mentioned earlier in the year or last year

[wiskey]

any parrots?

[Minnie_the_Minx]

any parrots? :confused:


No, only chillis and snowflakes (I think :confused: ) :D

[ianw]

PS: I think they were leftovers from some Latin festival or something. Was mentioned earlier in the year or last year


Yeah, that's what I told him.
Hurrah for dancing chilis!

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yeah, that's what I told him.
Hurrah for dancing chilis!



Shame there's not more non-Christmassy lights to reflect Brixton. Syringes maybe :D I'm sure there were some that looked light syringes one year :confused:


*grabs coat*

[lang rabbie]

Just received from FoBP mailing list

HERNE HILL CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH ON
FRIDAY 9TH DECEMBER 6PM
AT HERNE HILL GATE BROCKWELL PARK.

MULLED WINE BY PULLENS AND MINCE PIES BY KINDRED BAKERS
(NOT GUARANTEED IF YOUR LATE).

CELEBRITY SWITCH ON- WELL WHO KNOWS? HERNE HILL IS FULL OF CELEBS.

[rennie]

booo i wanna go to that. too bad i'll be at work.

[happyshopper]

As I said last year:

I've always liked the winter festival lights in Brixton. Some of my favourites have gone but the slow turnover of snowmen/parrots/stars etc. has marked the passage of the years. One of the few excitements of an approaching winter was to wonder if the old friends will return to their accustomed lampposts.

This year's blue triangles mark a substantial break with tradition but maybe they are there to challenge traditional concepts of what constitute festive colours - alternatively they were a job lot from somewhere, like one suspects was the case for each preceding generation of lights.

Any more complaints and wingeing and I might have to mobilise a defend Brixton illuminations campaign.

[wiskey]

:confused:


No, only chillis and snowflakes (I think :confused: ) :D

oh well. no change there then.