What's it like to live in Brixton / Brixton Borders

you get your bins emptied? luxury!

i see yer man from Bon Velo is setting up shop in #wn4l in the old tory charity shop on le high street.

why do tories need charity shops?

Huge amounts of tax to write off.

Has the cycle repair house on the way to Herne Hill changed hands? Passed through the other day and couldn't see it.

Bon Velo? Didn't they get gentrified and moved out to WN4Lyf?

Mash and son definatly closing. this is a sad thing even though im not living in the area, i find this very sad. RIP mash and son. The whole arches thing has been badly handled by the council / network rail.

Sam the wheels?

He was there when I moved out of the house opposite, three week ago.

They're still going and have just opened another branch in West Norwood.

does no one read anything i write on this pissing forum?

I was busenging in to work today, reading the forum, on this thread, saw GH's post about the Bon Velo / ChariTory hostile take over, as I was going past the shop.

/mindblow

Can someone confirm where Bon Velo has stores?

I thought I'd heard someone saying something about West Norwood. But that can't be right. Nobody rides bikes there.

322 wanker?

/charitory = ameaz.

196 bish

That fire on Brixton Hill caused a bit of a clusterfuck last night.

Having a barbecue next to a motorbike parked on a balcony - what could possibly go wrong...

christs' tits!

someone's insurance premiums are going up. what a fucking belmet.

Holy fuck...

Wow, hope nobody was hurt.

He told the Standard: “I was just watching Mission Impossible in my bed and heard this banging and crashing upstairs I remember thinking I don’t remember this bit of the film and it was definitely too loud.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/brixton-fire-huge-blaze-which-ripped-through-flats-caused-by-motorbike-exploding-on-balcony-a3339616.html

This could so easily have been a tragedy. It's probably testament to the design of the building as well as the Fire Brigade that everyone was able to get out safely.

The reports all say that there were no injuries.

But how do you get a motorbike onto a first floor balcony?

Bunny hop...

"Residents said the fire had started after a man took his motorbike up to his second floor flat because he feared it could be stolen."

Even more mad just noticed it was 2nd floor. No way you can bunnyhop that.

In the lift, obvs.

But he'd get piss all over the tyres... #beenthere

Been charged with arson I think. That surprised me but I suppose it makes sense, he didn't start the fire accidentally. Very serious charge.

That's... Odd. Do they have a charge for accidental arson, assuming he wasn't trying to burn the building down?