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editor
21-03-2007, 17:48
Looks interesting!
NEW SQUAT CENTRE IN SOUTH LONDON!

After long silence and dormant winters some of South London's dodgiest
characters have squatted a space to use for a new centre...
the old Good Food Cafe at 192 Warham Street, Camberwell, SE5, has been
seized and turned into a communal space for use as a cafe, bar,
meeting space, and much more...

Left empty since last year, with no electric and water pouring from
ripped out pipes, damp and dark, the place has been partly done up,
painted, plumbed, electrified, and opened last week. A large ish
collective of people living fairly locally, some of whom are long time
Sarf Lunnon troublemakers and some more recent arrivals... we have
lots of energy.

As yet we have no name... we'll agree one soon. or not! The alleged
owners of the building and neighbouring ones want to knock them down
and build more overpirced flats, useless to us as we can't afford
them. So we've transformed it ourselves.

Free space is fragile and hard to find/hold in London... Help us keep
this one, the developers ahve been sniffing round, so people to be
there in the day and help secure it/do it up would be welcome.

But the building is also available for other subversives, local or
otherwise to use. So drop in, get involved, come down to check the
place out.

For more info ring the Squat Centre on: 07982 469755

EVENTS COMING UP

Film showing: 'The London Nobody Knows". Weds 21 March 7pm - free. A
1960s look at London's oddnesses.
Film nights will be held on Wednesday nights every week thereafter.

Cafe night, Friday 23rd, 7.30pm. Donation for home cooked food. Or
come and hang out, meet folks, suss out the building. Cafes will
follow every Friday...

Sunday 25th: We will probably be having a breakfast cafe followed by a
painting session on unpainted bits of the space. Call the squat line
to check if its on...

The place is there for people to use, so these events will hopefully
be followed by more, and yours...

On behalf of the Collective

Gypsy Charles Lee
(*apols for cut and paste but there's no website as yet)

aurora green
21-03-2007, 18:40
Woohoo!

This is really exciting!!!

zenie
21-03-2007, 18:47
w00t round the corner too :cool:

It's good that some use has been made of it :)

<edit> why is this in Brixton? :confused:

corporate whore
21-03-2007, 19:09
web site a go-go

http://www.56a.org.uk/warham.html

guinnessdrinker
21-03-2007, 19:10
<edit> why is this in Brixton? :confused:

because the editor has colonialist and imperialist aims on Camberwell! but we should reclaim it for this side of the border.

bluestreak
21-03-2007, 19:11
cool... if anyone here has anything to do with them drop me a PM, i'd like to get involved.

aurora green
08-04-2007, 15:43
I just went down to the seed swap (http://www.56a.org.uk/warhamseed.html) despite not having a balcony or anyway of even attaching a window box to my thin concrete window ledge, I still left with some seeds after a nice chat with the resident anarchist gardener there...:cool: :D
Lettuces are Go!!!

I was really impressed with the work that has gone on at the centre, the place has been transformed.
There's a really friendly vibe. I was made to feel very welcome.

There's an excellent exhibition of Guy Smallmans' photographs, (off-line poet and veteran political photographer) and a really sorted space, plenty of seats and tables and I was even offered proper breakfast, whilst I was there.

I think they do that every Sunday, plus regular film nights at the weekend.
Also they've been given 6 months by the owner, which is very cool.

Nixon
08-04-2007, 19:01
woo! will have to get down there soon :) it's good the place is just around the corner!

Hocus Eye.
08-04-2007, 19:15
I looked at the website the descriptions of what is happening and the link to their statement. I love the whole attitude of it. 'What is the point of a soup bowl without soup'.

Dreamers they say but also practical doers. Good luck to all involved.

yokerist
08-04-2007, 19:29
Very interesting Night there this wednesday (which yoker shall be attending!) 2 movies about Brixton Riots & Guest Speakers from back in the day:
Im feeling Their slogan!!

"We Fix We Build Occupied against Speculation and gentrification"

:cool:

fuzzy felt
09-04-2007, 00:15
anyone have any idea what the 'opening hours' are?

aurora green
28-04-2007, 09:25
I just read the centre's in court on Mayday. :( :mad:

Tonight they're havin a disco (http://www.56a.org.uk/warhamcal.html) :cool: , I'm going to try and pop down to...

citydreams
28-04-2007, 09:49
anyone have any idea what the 'opening hours' are?

they're open when they are, apparently
http://www.56a.org.uk/warham.html

Onket
03-05-2007, 18:23
This place was mentioned on an email I got from the people who were at that nice venue in Pimlico- I hope they are involved cos there was some decent parties there.

secretlondon
05-05-2007, 04:02
Coffee afternoon tomorrow. As a local I got a leaflet through my letterbox - I approve!

William of Walworth
06-05-2007, 12:31
Keep meaning to check all this out, it's very local indeed to me.,

Coffee this afternoon not all that appealing when the pub is open instead :o :p but the 'Cafe and Bar' this coming Friday (11th), 8 pm to 1 am, looks worth checking out.

Nothing planned for Friday so far, so along I go I hope ...

Maybe that film night on Wednesday too ... not sure yet ....

William of Walworth
06-05-2007, 12:34
I just read the centre's in court on Mayday. :( :mad:



Any news of this?

Luther Blissett
06-05-2007, 12:43
Any news of this?

www.wombles.org.uk

William of Walworth
06-05-2007, 21:00
Cool! :cool: They got a reprieve :)

EffraReD
07-05-2007, 02:05
Congrats to CSC, now all they need is better music at their 'disco' :p