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Anyone know what this building is?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2750096927_64040c5669.jpg?v=0
I saw it from the top deck of the 45 as it went past Brixton Police Station. It's in the back garden of the houses on the opposite side of the road. I just can't work out what on earth it is :confused:
Doesn't really matter tbh, I'm just being nosey :o
Minnie_the_Minx
10-08-2008, 19:58
Anyone know what this building is?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2750096927_64040c5669.jpg?v=0
I saw it from the top deck of the 45 as it went past Brixton Police Station. It's in the back garden of the houses on the opposite side of the road. I just can't work out what on earth it is :confused:
Doesn't really matter tbh, I'm just being nosey :o
It's where they used to hold Registry Office ceremonies
Mrs Magpie
10-08-2008, 19:59
Yeah, I had wedding No. 2 there.
It's where they used to hold Registry Office ceremonies
Ohhhh!
Thanks Minnie :)
Not the most romantic of structures...
Minnie_the_Minx
10-08-2008, 20:01
Yeah, I had wedding No. 2 there.
Don't mean to be rude but... poor you :D
My friend got married there as well. The place was horrible :(
Yeah, I had wedding No. 2 there.
Don't mean to be rude but... poor you :D
My friend got married there as well. The place was horrible :(
I hope the roof was in better nick then?
Minnie_the_Minx
10-08-2008, 20:03
I hope the roof was in better nick then?
I can't remember, I'm only 5ft 1. :o
I remember the carpets being in desperate need of a good clean though.
Grubby is an understatement and look how bleak it is if you want to take pictures outside :(
Minnie_the_Minx
10-08-2008, 20:04
Anyway, I don't want to offend Mrs Magpie so I'm shutting up :o
I can't remember, I'm only 5ft 1. :o
I remember the carpets being in desperate need of a good clean though.
Grubby is an understatement and look how bleak it is if you want to take pictures outside :(
It is grim :eek:
And I like concrete :o
Hope the new register office is an improvement. Don't see how it can be much worse though...
Mrs Magpie
10-08-2008, 20:07
I did get married a long time ago. It was clean, light and airy then....
I did get married a long time ago. It was clean, light and airy then....
Yes, I was thinking it probably hadn't aged well. Glad to hear it was looking better for your nuptials Mrs M :)
Mrs Magpie
10-08-2008, 20:12
Also, the outside wasn't being used as a car park and it was full of flowering plants and shrubs.
Minnie_the_Minx
10-08-2008, 20:14
Yes, I was thinking it probably hadn't aged well. Glad to hear it was looking better for your nuptials Mrs M :)
yeah, but she did say it was a long time ago ;)
yeah, but she did say it was a long time ago ;)
Are you trying to pick a fight with Mrs M or what??? ;)
Minnie_the_Minx
10-08-2008, 20:16
Are you trying to pick a fight with Mrs M or what??? ;)
I was merely repeating what she told you :o:p
If you want to send me PMs asking how many centuries ago that was, it's not up to me to divulge your thoughts
Mrs Magpie
10-08-2008, 20:17
Nah, Minnie_the_Minx is :cool:
Also, the outside wasn't being used as a car park and it was full of flowering plants and shrubs.
Any pics Mrs M?
I was merely repeating what she told you :o:p
If you want to send me PMs asking how many centuries ago that was, it's not up to me to divulge your thoughts
:mad: You're such a stirrer!
Minnie_the_Minx
10-08-2008, 20:21
Any pics Mrs M?
:mad: You're such a stirrer!
I know, I think it's against the rules to divulge PMs, so ask Mrs M to bar me :o
Mrs Magpie
10-08-2008, 20:28
Any pics Mrs M?Somewhere...probably mouldering away in a dust covered box in the attic under my crinolines.
I know, I think it's against the rules to divulge PMs, so ask Mrs M to bar me :o
Shut it you grass :mad:
Somewhere...probably mouldering away in a dust covered box in the attic under my crinolines.
Would be interesting to see what it looked like when it was cared for.
lang rabbie
10-08-2008, 20:41
I heard a rumour that someone stole all the copper/lead from the roof under the sight of the whole of Lambeth Police's borough command whose offices overlook the garden from the offices above Brixton Police station. :eek:
But this could just be a new urban myth in the making and the tarps might just be to cover up leaks due to the joints never having been renewed in 30 years. :D
Minnie_the_Minx
10-08-2008, 20:57
Shut it you grass :mad:
Would be interesting to see what it looked like when it was cared for.
the crinoline or the registry office? :confused:
Shut it you grass :mad:
Would be interesting to see what it looked like when it was cared for.
I was bridesmaid (ummmmm!) and remember it clearly.
I wouldn't say it was light and airy exactly, but it wasn't too bad. It had smoked glass windows though, which I disapproved of even as a small child </snob>.
I don't know when they expanded the car park next to it, and hadn't actually realised they had, but there were definitely some nice gardeny bits.
I heard a rumour that someone stole all the copper/lead from the roof under the sight of the whole of Lambeth Police's borough command whose offices overlook the garden from the offices above Brixton Police station. :eek:
But this could just be a new urban myth in the making and the tarps might just be to cover up leaks due to the joints never having been renewed in 30 years. :D
Never spoil a good story with the truth :D
the crinoline or the registry office? :confused:
Stop it! :mad:
I was bridesmaid (ummmmm!) and remember it clearly.
Pics!
Pics!
I don't fucking think so matey.
I don't fucking think so matey.
Mrs M?
I'm sure that if you don't have a scanner then maybe one of your kind tech-y Brixton neighbours will be happy to scan. :D
Mrs M?
I'm sure that if you don't have a scanner then maybe one of your kind tech-y Brixton neighbours will be happy to scan. :D
:mad:
We've already been there and she's still paying for it.
:mad:
Minnie_the_Minx
11-08-2008, 10:59
I don't fucking think so matey.
I don't know why he'd want photos of crinoline anyway. He's a bit of a strange one :hmm:
I don't know why he'd want photos of crinoline anyway. He's a bit of a strange one :hmm:
I is a girl!
Minnie_the_Minx
11-08-2008, 11:21
I is a girl!
oh yes, well if you will have a name like Brix, how am I supposed to know :p
Mrs Magpie
11-08-2008, 11:51
Enid says if I dare put any bridesmaid pics of her online she'll not be answerable for her actions :eek:
Enid says if I dare put any bridesmaid pics of her online she'll not be answerable for her actions :eek:
Oh g'wan!
Minnie_the_Minx
11-08-2008, 11:59
Go on. You can blot out her face a bit ;)
Mrs Magpie
11-08-2008, 12:32
She's more likely to blot my face out. Permanently, like.
Minnie_the_Minx
11-08-2008, 12:36
She's more likely to blot my face out. Permanently, like.
That's matricide :eek: or just your face?
Mrs Magpie
11-08-2008, 12:42
I have no wish to find out....
Minnie_the_Minx
11-08-2008, 12:49
I have no wish to find out....
maybe if you controlled your daughter, she wouldn't have this violent streak in her :mad:
I think it's completely unreasonable of Enid to spoil our innocent fun in this way :mad:
Mrs Magpie
11-08-2008, 12:51
She's moving house and is very stressed. Also how many people do you know who'd be prepared to have pictures of themselves in bridesmaid dresses online?
Minnie_the_Minx
11-08-2008, 12:52
She's moving house and is very stressed. Also how many people do you know who'd be prepared to have pictures of themselves in bridesmaid dresses online?
Was the dress that bad? :eek:
Mrs Magpie
11-08-2008, 12:55
No, but bridesmaids dresses are never a good look really....
example (but not Enid, obviously).
www.arelectrologist.com/bridesmaid.jpg
Minnie_the_Minx
11-08-2008, 12:57
No, but bridesmaids dresses are never a good look really....
example (but not Enid, obviously).
www.arelectrologist.com/bridesmaid.jpg (http://www.arelectrologist.com/bridesmaid.jpg)
I know, and I would refuse to be a bridesmaid if I had to wear a dress :mad:
My sister knew that so told me I could wear a suit when I was her best man :D
She's moving house and is very stressed. Also how many people do you know who'd be prepared to have pictures of themselves in bridesmaid dresses online?
Glad to hear she's getting out of that house. That's good news :)
Mrs Magpie
11-08-2008, 13:06
It is. I'm mightily relieved.
Mrs Magpie
11-08-2008, 13:08
Anyway, I'm off now...my washing machine has just arrived and I have to plumb it in and sort out the mounting piles of grubby clothing.....
Minnie_the_Minx
11-08-2008, 13:22
I hope you're not doing Enid's? :hmm:
Mrs Magpie
11-08-2008, 14:51
No, she does her own. Death Metal Magpie has just thrown loads of clothing down the stairs that he picked up off his floor. He did however help me plumb it in and manhandle the machine across the floor. I had to do the unpacking though because he has a polystyrene phobia (fiendishly honed by Enid :rolleyes: ).
Minnie_the_Minx
11-08-2008, 14:54
No, she does her own. Death Metal Magpie has just thrown loads of clothing down the stairs that he picked up off his floor. He did however help me plumb it in and manhandle the machine across the floor. I had to do the unpacking though because he has a polystyrene phobia (fiendishly honed by Enid :rolleyes: ).
How old is Death Metal Magpie then? Does he know how to open door of washing machine? :hmm:
Mrs Magpie
11-08-2008, 15:07
He's 18 and he's a stranger to the ways of washing clothes, let alone putting them away :(
Mind you, I'm still getting to grips with the programmes on this new machine.
She's moving house and is very stressed. Also how many people do you know who'd be prepared to have pictures of themselves in bridesmaid dresses online?
I've never worn a bridesmaid's dress, but if I had, I wouldn't mind :p
Minnie_the_Minx
11-08-2008, 19:45
He's 18 and he's a stranger to the ways of washing clothes, let alone putting them away :(
Mind you, I'm still getting to grips with the programmes on this new machine.
Not to worry, my b/f's a grown man and he just leaves them on floor of kitchen as he doesn't know the difference between the washer and tumbler :rolleyes::D
Mrs Magpie
11-08-2008, 19:51
My boy leaves clothes everywhere. When he got in from work today he stripped off as he always does, (he's spent 18 years flinging off his clothes, I have series of photos of him as a toddler starting fully clothed and ending up naked, even in bitter weather). His trainers were in the hall, his work shirt on the living room floor, along with his jeans. His socks and hoodie were on the kitchen floor and shortly afterwards he flung loads of clothes down the stairs for washing.
She's moving house and is very stressed. Also how many people do you know who'd be prepared to have pictures of themselves in bridesmaid dresses online?
Moving house has nothing to do with it! :D
Anyway they weren't big hilarious fluffy numbers - all the bridesmaids were little girls so we got matching cotton sun dresses. Nothing to see there.
maybe if you controlled your daughter, she wouldn't have this violent streak in her :mad:
:D
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