Brixton news, rumour and general chat - June 2016

[twistedAM]

I was wondering about your possible guests - and I see Comfort Inn on South Lambeth Road does parking - but they charge. No idea about the room rate comparison.

Comfort Inn London offers public parking on-site for GBP 22.00 per day (a reservation is required). Comfort Inn London is located outside of the London Congestion charge zone.

Thanks. The reason i need parking is that it'd be a band with a van load of equipment. The Clapham Hotel and Lodge are usually quite good for that anyway but Premiers are nicer and apparently do a decent breakfast.

 

[Gramsci]

Josephine Avenue street party. Didn’t know about it but was with friend who is near there. Good atmosphere and low key. Blessed with good weather.

And these expresso martinis were free So had a couple of them. Quite a kick

 

[editor]

The Brixton Gin Festival 2016 is happening on 16th July and has 2.4k people interested on FB even though there seems to be no info about where it is or how much it costs (least I can't see any) .

Brixton Gin Festival 2016

 

[Tricky Skills]

The Brixton Gin Festival 2016 is happening on 16th July and has 2.4k people interested on FB even though there seems to be no info about where it is or how much it costs (least I can't see any) .

Brixton Gin Festival 2016

Same weekend as the Country Show.

Interesting...

 

[editor]

Some pics from Friday's Offline at the Albert

Friday 3rd June 2016, Brixton party night at the Offline Club, Prince Albert, 418 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London SW9, with DJs playing ska, d'n'b, electro, indie, punk, rock'n'roll, big band, rockabilly and skiffle

 

[CH1]

Same weekend as the Country Show.
Interesting...

Can't see lilly law approving of that.

 

[editor]

This is happening tonight at 6.30pm Brixton Fund – shortlist for round 2, and how to get involved | The Brixton Pound

 

[CH1]

Before applying for that funding - time to slip in some regeneration for fans of estate demolition and upgrading?

The letter relates to an exhibition today, Tuesday 7th June

Dear Resident,
RE: Pre-cabinet information and Building Homes for Lambeth: Design Principles Exhibition

Please accept our apologies, due to unforeseen funeral event at the Fenwick Hall, tomorrow's exhibition will need to finish at 7pm instead of scheduled 8pm. If you are planning to attend tomorrow, please do so between 4pm to 7pm.

We will be closing the exhibition at 7pm, however, a member of the team will be available until 8pm to see anyone who may have difficulty attending at the revised time.

Best Regards


Bashir Miah
Housing Project Officer

W:Fenwick
E:[email protected]
P:0207 926 3607

 

[ViolentPanda]

Before applying for that funding - time to slip in some regeneration for fans of estate demolition and upgrading?

The letter relates to an exhibition today, Tuesday 7th June

Dear Resident,
RE: Pre-cabinet information and Building Homes for Lambeth: Design Principles Exhibition

Please accept our apologies, due to unforeseen funeral event at the Fenwick Hall, tomorrow's exhibition will need to finish at 7pm instead of scheduled 8pm. If you are planning to attend tomorrow, please do so between 4pm to 7pm.

We will be closing the exhibition at 7pm, however, a member of the team will be available until 8pm to see anyone who may have difficulty attending at the revised time.

Best Regards


Bashir Miah
Housing Project Officer

W:Fenwick
E:[email protected]
P:0207 926 3607

That pretty much says everything that needs to be said about Lambeth's commitment to meaningful consultation of residents.

 

[CH1]

That pretty much says everything that needs to be said about Lambeth's commitment to meaningful consultation of residents.

You will think me a right prat - but I didn't take that letter with me walk around the Fenwick Estate as I might I could not see any exhibition, or remember the precise address.

There were 4 estate noticeboards - photos of the cleaners and the coucillors, but nothing at all about this consultation meeting.

So I had a wasted trip & can't give a report.

I know some local people are unhappy about the proposals for the estate . The council website link I posted above says that terraced houses 7-51 odd in Willington Road are to be retained now.

This seems to be a response to residents concerns expressed thus:

Currently the Fenwick Estate is planned for demolition, subject to cabinet approval. this has been going on since November 2015 and we have finally been formally consulted.
Initial proposals see two storey family houses in Willington Road, and to the back of our houses in Tasman Road being demolished to make way for 6 storey flats. This would place 6 storey blocks within 18m of our 2 storey homes.
Through a barrage of emails, magically they are suggested now lower flats at 4 storey with roof terraces!!!
We aren’t sure on what to do, and who can help. We are not opposed to the redevelopment of Fenwick, and fully support decent quality housing for all. What we are concerned about is
Demolition of 25 year old family homes (they have families in, but the council say 2bed houses aren’t family homes!)
Providing 4 to 6 storey blocks of flats overlooking existing 2 storey houses and gardens
We haven’t even begun to discuss other areas of the masterplan sketch proposals yet, such as creating tunnelling and canyon effect to Landor Road, towering over Fenwick Place historic buildings and the like!!!

It seems strange that the life of a council house in Lambeth could reasonably have been thought to be 30 years.

Maybe when this goes to cabinet we will have full drawings etc, but at thew moment I can't trace them.

I think Fenwick Estate was number 4 on the list for regeneration - Cressingham Gardens being number 1.

So the dead hand of Lambeth Regeneration is still advancing over the borough. Looks like by the time of the next council election it will all be done and dusted.

 

[Greebo]

You will think me a right prat - but I didn't take that letter with me walk around the Fenwick Estate as I might I could not see any exhibition, or remember the precise address.

There were 4 estate noticeboards - photos of the cleaners and the coucillors, but nothing at all about this consultation meeting.

So I had a wasted trip & can't give a report. <snip>

That pretty much reflects how consultation (sic) meetings and exhibitions are posted on Cressingham Gardens too; if you're lucky, there will be a flyer through every estate door a few days in advance, but don't rely on it.

 

[editor]

So the mysterious Gin Festival turns out to be a pricey jaunt at JAMM (£10 'early bird' up to £17 entry).

Come down to Brixton Jamm for Brixton Gin Fest and taste the widest variety of all things Gin!

The 3 sittings are as follows
16/07/16 @ 12:00 – 17:00
16/07/16 @ 18:00 – 23:00
17/07/16 @ 14:00 - 20:00

We will be serving up tonnes of different types of Gin, Gin-inspired cocktails,
Gin Goodies and the very best in terrace parties at Brixton Jamm next month,
tickets sell out seriously quickly for this event so get there quick!
Whats on offer at the Gin Fest?

- 50 + types of Gin to be tasted
- A huge selection of Gin Cocktails served to perfection
- Street food vendors serving a variety of worldly cuisines
- Trade stands selling Gin, Gin goodies and more Gin
- Terrace Party all day
- Live DJs all day and night

Thank heavens they've got 'live DJs'. Dead ones really aren't that good.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

So the mysterious Gin Festival turns out to be a pricey jaunt at JAMM (£10 'early bird' up to £17 entry).

Thank heavens they've got 'live DJs'. Dead ones really aren't that good.

I prefer Jimmy Savile dead.

 

[snowy_again]

Which does sort of resemble bits of brixton post Country Show.

 

[trabuquera]

So the mysterious Gin Festival turns out to be a pricey jaunt at JAMM (£10 'early bird' up to £17 entry). .

Not Hogarthian AT ALL then. bring back the days of "drunk for a penny, dead drunk for tuppence"!

 

[organicpanda]

Which does sort of resemble bits of brixton post Country Show.

pic commissioned by London beer companies

 

[CH1]

So the mysterious Gin Festival turns out to be a pricey jaunt at JAMM (£10 'early bird' up to £17 entry).
Thank heavens they've got 'live DJs'. Dead ones really aren't that good.

Looks like Jamm are getting the backwash from Pop Brixton.

Just like Foxtons puts all the house prices and rents up, Pop Brixton is putting up the entertainment prices.

Social cleansing by any other name?

 

[trabuquera]

Prepare for lots of loonspuds on the loose next weekend:
DAVID ICKE LIVE AT THE 02 BRIXTON ACADEMY, LONDON (Saturday 18th June) - Stalls - United Kindgom

£55 a pop to combat our lizard overlords

 

[editor]

Looks like Jamm are getting the backwash from Pop Brixton.

Maybe, but Jamm is a very, very different proposition to Pop Brixton. They were offered millions to flog off their large site for luxury housing but have refused all offers and instead invested a huge sum into improving the venue.

 

[CH1]

Prepare for lots of loonspuds on the loose next weekend:
DAVID ICKE LIVE AT THE 02 BRIXTON ACADEMY, LONDON (Saturday 18th June) - Stalls - United Kindgom
£55 a pop to combat our lizard overlords

I'll have to break my rule and go to the Beehive that day. There is usually an assortment of interesting paranoid literature on offer after a David Icke lecture.

Andrew Neil cut him off sharpish two weeks ago when he started on the shape shifting lizards in the royal family on "This Week"

 

[teuchter]

Looks like Jamm are getting the backwash from Pop Brixton.

Just like Foxtons puts all the house prices and rents up, Pop Brixton is putting up the entertainment prices.

Social cleansing by any other name?

While rents and house prices have undoubtedly gone up, I can't say I've noticed any particular change in prices for club nights and so on. What's changed locally is more that so many venues have disappeared.

 

[CH1]

While rents and house prices have undoubtedly gone up, I can't say I've noticed any particular change in prices for club nights and so on. What's changed locally is more that so many venues have disappeared.

What about this?
Entry to Brixton Beach Boulevard starts at £5, rising to £250 for ‘The Motel,’ a privately hired room which hosts a maximum of 15 people with a minimum spend requirement of £500.

 

[T & P]

What about this?
Entry to Brixton Beach Boulevard starts at £5, rising to £250 for ‘The Motel,’ a privately hired room which hosts a maximum of 15 people with a minimum spend requirement of £500.

That would have almost certainly happened regardless of the existence of Pop. The ongoing changes Brixton has experienced have been going on for a good number of years (as extensively documented and lamented in this forum), and it has been a progressing, cumulative process. To blame Pop Brixton for a venue elsewhere holding a pricey event seems a quite a bit of a stretch tbh.

 

[ViolentPanda]

You will think me a right prat - but I didn't take that letter with me walk around the Fenwick Estate as I might I could not see any exhibition, or remember the precise address.

There were 4 estate noticeboards - photos of the cleaners and the coucillors, but nothing at all about this consultation meeting.

So I had a wasted trip & can't give a report.

I know some local people are unhappy about the proposals for the estate . The council website link I posted above says that terraced houses 7-51 odd in Willington Road are to be retained now.

This seems to be a response to residents concerns expressed thus:

Currently the Fenwick Estate is planned for demolition, subject to cabinet approval. this has been going on since November 2015 and we have finally been formally consulted.
Initial proposals see two storey family houses in Willington Road, and to the back of our houses in Tasman Road being demolished to make way for 6 storey flats. This would place 6 storey blocks within 18m of our 2 storey homes.
Through a barrage of emails, magically they are suggested now lower flats at 4 storey with roof terraces!!!
We aren’t sure on what to do, and who can help. We are not opposed to the redevelopment of Fenwick, and fully support decent quality housing for all. What we are concerned about is
Demolition of 25 year old family homes (they have families in, but the council say 2bed houses aren’t family homes!)
Providing 4 to 6 storey blocks of flats overlooking existing 2 storey houses and gardens
We haven’t even begun to discuss other areas of the masterplan sketch proposals yet, such as creating tunnelling and canyon effect to Landor Road, towering over Fenwick Place historic buildings and the like!!!

It seems strange that the life of a council house in Lambeth could reasonably have been thought to be 30 years.

Maybe when this goes to cabinet we will have full drawings etc, but at thew moment I can't trace them.

I think Fenwick Estate was number 4 on the list for regeneration - Cressingham Gardens being number 1.

So the dead hand of Lambeth Regeneration is still advancing over the borough. Looks like by the time of the next council election it will all be done and dusted.

Fenwick first found out about the public notice about demolition (published in "Lambeth Weekender" or whatever it's called) in November because I contacted a housing activist who lived there, to pass comment on it. "What fucking public notice?" was his reply. It hadn't been posted locally, or in the library or anywhere.

 

[teuchter]

What about this?
Entry to Brixton Beach Boulevard starts at £5, rising to £250 for ‘The Motel,’ a privately hired room which hosts a maximum of 15 people with a minimum spend requirement of £500.

What are you comparing with what?

 

[CH1]

What are you comparing with what?

You were asking about expensive nights out I believe.

 

[teuchter]

You were asking about expensive nights out I believe.

I wouldn't class £5 as expensive. 10 or 15 years ago there were plenty of £5 nights out, mixed with some more expensive ones in the £15-20 range. I don't think that's changed all that much.

The £250 option is for a special hired room not a normal night out. I expect that that 10 years ago, if say, you wanted to book out a room at the dogstar or somewhere like that for private use, they would have asked for something like that.

Even so, split between 15 people £250 works out at £17 each.

I'm going on what I see around, advertised generally. Not especially scientific.

 

[editor]

You were asking about expensive nights out I believe.

The 'old school' venues like Dogstar, Hoot, Jamm etc have pretty much kept their prices in line with what they've always been, and at least you're getting to see bands or listen to DJs through a big sound system till the early hours. A fiver to get in to the Beach Boulevard with its pricey drinks and early closing time hardly seems comparable value. Unless you're awestruck by standing on a bit of sand, of course.

 

[editor]

Nice midnight vibes near the station last night.

Midnight busker: local musician Ese performs in central Brixton for late night crowd

 

[Casaubon]

The last event at the Windmill was very busy and under-catered, I think, a victim of its own success, so it'll probably be a good idea to take your own refreshments.


Edit: Should I have started a thread for this in ‘Brixton Noticeboard’?