'Future Brixton' Pound Land
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Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I passed the shop on my bike this morning at 9am, just as they were opening - there was quite a queue and a fella in a red spangly waistcoat and bow tie, on a mike, doing a Redcoat/Phoenix Nights impression, as he declared Poundland to be open.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
I went for a look. The aisles are really small, and the shop was packed. Might get a bit quieter when the novelty has worn off. Could be handy for certain things. The bloke in the red spangly waistcoat and bow tie was LOUD. He was doing a competition where he was calling certain till numbers. The customer on that till at that time won a bottle of wine if they answered a general knowledge question correctly.
gaijingirl
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A red spangly guy?.......
*logs off*
*gets going*
*logs off*
*gets going*
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I'm glad sunnysue saw the red spangly guy too as I wasn't sure whether people would believe me!
ajdown
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It's certainly the kind of thing that recreational pharmaceuticals lead to...
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Have they got lots of tupperware? I need more tupperware and I can't be arsed to queue in Woolworths
ajdown
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These sort of places usually do, or at least a brand that looks similar even if it's not that name.
I'll have a good recce tomorrow and report back if nobody has before.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Not to worry, I'll have a look next time I'm down there if it's not too packed which will probably have to be tomorrow as I need to make and freeze lots of bog and chilli sauce
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gaijingirl
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Called by but it was rammed, so didn't bother going right in. Everything really is £1 and lots of it is actual proper stuff (iykwim!)... it was certainly very popular today. No Mr Red Spangly man though... what a let down. 
Gixxer1000
cant wheelie a shaftie :(
"Moses" - He was on CHL for years, nice guy.
zenie
>^^<
Didn't there use to be a Curry's years ago up that market road where Argos is by the BR station?
Maybe it was a Dixons....
In hendo's defence, he is very old, and the pound shop which has just closed down is very close to the new Poundland.
I knew what he meant, it's a stone's throw FFS
OMG
newbie
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Didn't there use to be a Curry's years ago up that market road where Argos is by the BR station?
yes, on the corner of Electric Ave & Electric Lane where a cheap clothes shop is now.
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Right in the middle of the store is a bunch of plastic tubs and things of various sizes.
Wasn't very impressed with the store in general, seemed badly laid out and crammed. Much prefer the one in Butterfly Walk, Camberwell.
Quite surprised by the presence of security guards/bouncers too. Three of them at least noticed.
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Noticed what?.
I noticed at least 3 of them.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Noticed what?
By the way Minnie-the-Minx, be aware that not all cheapie tupperware-type food boxes are actually food-safe. They can give off fumes and residues and what-not.
so which ones are safe?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Gixxer1000
cant wheelie a shaftie :(
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ajdown shoplifting in a pound shop?
If I was going to do something as stupid as shoplifting, I'd at least do it at an expensive store with quality stuff worth stealing - not a Poundland.
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Gixxer1000
cant wheelie a shaftie :(
top_biller
a big bowl of wrong
I don't see how the loss of an identikit fried chicken shop and the addition of an independent fishmongers can be detrimental to the local shopping options, especially when there's another fried chicken place still in business a few doors down and a trip into Brixton was required to buy fish prior to the new place opening. I've only been in there once so far and the guy was very pleasant, knew what he was talking about and gave me a great cut price deal on some scallops as he'd run out of what I was originally after. So all good if you ask me.
As for the florist, I'm assuming you mean the flower shop on Dulwich Road, not the lovely lady who sells flowers out of the old barbers (used to have her stall outside the Half Moon, then the timber yard). As far as I know, the Dulwich Road shop mainly focuses on weddings and the like. So a different target market. Again, not sure what's wrong with that, they're obviously not interfering with each other.
I'm not sure another bakery was really needed, what with Blackbird and the one on Half Moon Lane but better than the chicken shop it replaced. And a bit of healthy competition for Mimosa from the new deli won't be a bad thing as it's always been a bit pricey. Moses' move from CHL has already been explained.
If the new fishmongers had replaced a perfectly good old one and just upped the prices then that would be wrong but I think Herne Hill's got a great mix of shops. Some are more upmarket than others but at least they're all independently owned and seem to care about what they're selling. Calling these places "posh" is a bit lazy. Fish, bread, cheese, flowers and fried chicken are things that everyone enjoys from time to time, having a bit of choice is no bad thing.
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There seems to be a huge fear around here of things actually getting better, and an almost paranoia around what is termed 'gentrification'.
*shrugs*
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