leanderman
Street Party: July 2
And some people don't even make it back. The exit numbers are smaller than entries, I think.
Brixton news, rumour and general chat - September 2014
- Thread starter editor
- Start date
- Status
And some people don't even make it back. The exit numbers are smaller than entries, I think.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Party people getting the night bus home? Or luring people back on the night bus for parties who get the tube in the morning?
Rushy
basically a scrotum
That was me on Sunday. 2 minutes late. £30 cab ride.
billythefish
toad licker
I go with the bus theory - they added dozens of bus routes during Ken's incumbency as mayor, many converging on Brixton. I see hoards of people crossing the road from buses to get to the tube station in the morning. It's not far off a scene I would expect to see in Tokyo.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Most of them too lazy to spend 10 minutes walking down Brixton Hill instead of getting the bus.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
I'd speed up London buses - and improve the capital's health - by barring all but the infirm from using them for three or fewer stops.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Rise in young sharers in Brixton as you have noted previously. More likely to use the tube. Tubing it is a young person's game.
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
I've noticed if I leave the house after 7am my bus journey takes 5mins more. Travelling after 7.30 takes 15-20 mins more.
Bus before 7am is usually nice and quite.
Bus before 7am is usually nice and quite.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
There's a wealth factor too. The tube is more than twice the price of the bus.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
When you travel at the late end of the rush hour, leaving a bit earlier rarely yields an equal pay off in arrival time at work.
shakespearegirl I used to get that but find it has improved. I may have just started leaving later, mind.
shakespearegirl I used to get that but find it has improved. I may have just started leaving later, mind.
SpamMisery
Pretty comfortable here right under your skin
Bus wankers!
I cycle because of the bus journey taking longer
I cycle because of the bus journey taking longer
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
Well I can report there was no crowding or delays on the very early shift this morning. Brixton hill to waterloo 20 mins
you'd get my vote. The only problem is that the buses trend to stop even if nobody is getting on our off.
I used to get a train to Elephant and take the bus to Monument with a zone 2-3. Then I realised that the pedestrians going down Borough High Street were the same people right to Borough market so I started to walk it instead.
The tube is definitely quicker, more e expensive and full of younger, better dressed people. Socially engineered first class commuting.
Last edited:
boohoo
No.
and us with small child or buggy!
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Encouraging people with buggies onto buses keeps the pavements safer.
editor
hiraethified
boohoo
No.
I forgot you were a buggy hater!
clandestino
no llevar papel
Surely this would slow down London buses, as they'd be constantly stopping for a few minutes to let people on and off the bus, after their maximum three stops.
editor
hiraethified
This has saddened me greatly.
Goodbye Reggae Night at the Stockwell Queen’s Head
Goodbye Reggae Night at the Stockwell Queen’s Head
aussw9
Well-Known Member
Top Venue, havent been to a Wednesday evening althought its h-ard to really blame that one on Gentrification
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Minimum three stops.
editor
hiraethified
I haven't blamed it on gentrification, although it was one of the last places left that had any of the old Brixton character and mix. You can blame gentrification on the lack of an alternative venue though - the Grosvenor would have been a pretty good option, but that's been killed dead by pub destroyers Golfrate.
snowy_again
Slush
Aren't you conflating two issues - the night has grown to be too big and popular for that pub, exacerbated by the smoking ban.
Any sensible promoter would be looking to take on such a night with a proven regular audience.
Any sensible promoter would be looking to take on such a night with a proven regular audience.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Hang on a minute, did you not say this in the Grosvenor thread?
''I'm writing a longer piece about this for Brixton Buzz, but it's worth noting that it's not Golfrate to blame for the forthcoming changes at the Grosvenor but the gentrification of the area.
There's a big upmarket housing development being built right opposite the venue (and another proposed at the back), and the current landlord is convinced that there is no way his new, well heeled neighbours are going to put up with the noise, so he's getting out before the complaints and hassle start.''
editor
hiraethified
At what venue would you suggest? Have you been to the reggae night?
editor
hiraethified
That was written before Golfrate announced that they intended to convert the upstairs of the Grosvenor into flats. That effectively killed off any remaining hope of the place retaining any of its character. And now that they've announced they want to turn it into retail unit, that's killed off any hope of it being any kind of pub at all (even though the Lambeth planning decision gave a brief glimmer of hope in that area).
- Status
