The Brixton Society

Happy New Year

BillLinskey — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:54:28 +0000

Welcome back to our website. We have put all the key dates for the Society into the 2012 Calendar. A new venture for us this year is that we will be leading guided walks around the Brixton Market area in conjunction with the monthly Makers Market in Brixton Station Road starting at 2:30pm.

meeting 4

BillLinskey — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:37:03 +0000

The Society will be holding its next Committee meeting in the Vida Walsh Centre on Thursday 8 March 2012 starting at 7:00pm.

Friends of Tate Library Brixton

BillLinskey — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:55:09 +0000

The Friends of Tate Library Brixton will meet on 28 September at 6 pm at the library (this is after the library has closed but the manager has very kindly arranged for us to be let in – and out). We hope that the new head of Lambeth Library Service, Praveen Manghani, will be attending the meeting. We'll also be discussing plans for a poetry competition and the latest information on the Council's plans for the future of the library service. For more information on the Friends contact secretary@friendstatelibrarybrixton.org

Lambeth Weekender

BillLinskey — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:17:47 +0000

Lambeth Weekender is a new, free, fortnightly publication. Its current edition (9 September) includes articles on Brixton market and the Stockwell Festival. It also includes Lambeth's statutory notices: planning, licensing, etc. This is where you can discover if something is being planned that may affect you.

The publication is available free from various pick-up points in the borough or you can receive it electronically via this link: lambethweekender.co.uk

Elm Park Tavern

DavidWarner — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:51:48 +0000

The Elm Park Tavern recently applied to modify their existing dormer windows to increase the daylight available in the top floor living accommodation. The Brixton Society supported the application on the grounds that improvement to the living accommodation above the pub would help retain the pub as a viable local amenity, and the changes involved, at a high level, would not seriously affect the look of the streetscape. We requested that the council should make the permission conditional on the pub remaining in use for the benefit of the community.

In the event Lambeth Planning went further and granted permission provided that the living accommodation was only used as an ancillary part of the pub. This may not help the owners if they were seeking to generate additional income, or a capital gain for use in the business.

1A Brailsford Road

DavidWarner — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:05:58 +0000

The Brixton Society, in common with other local people and groups objected to a proposal to build a large block of private flats on this derelict industrial site overlooking Brockwell Park.

Our objection was based on the detriment to the appearance and amenity of Brockwell Park.

In the event the planning application has been withdrawn – although the applicant is entitled to re-submit another proposal covered by the same application fee.

We hope that if a new proposal IS made that the applicant will scale it down so that impact on Brockwell Park is minimised.

The Future of our Libraries

BillLinskey — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:41:24 +0000

The meeting of the Friends of Tate Library Brixton on Wednesday 27 July urged everyone with an interest in the future of Lambeth libraries to respond to the consultation being run by the council.

The consultation is open now until Friday 16 September 2011.

More information about the consultation can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/3kl67an

An on-line consultation form is available here: http://tinyurl.com/3mojr7v

Friends of Tate Library Brixton

BillLinskey — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:55:52 +0000

There will be a meeting of the Friends in the library starting at 6:00pm on Wednesday, 27 July 2011. Given that the Commission reviewing Lambeth's library service is due to report its initial findings to the Council's Cabinet on 25 July, this will be an important meeting of the Friends to discuss how we can organise ourselves to support the library in an uncertain future.

All Aboard for Stockwell!

DianaLinskey — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:56:07 +0000

The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a grant of £49,400 to the architectural education charity Our Hut to run a programme of events over the next 18 months focusing on the heritage of the Stockwell Bus Garage in South London. When it was built in 1952, the Grade II* listed concrete bus garage boasted the largest unsupported area under one roof in Europe. They want to hear from people who worked in the garage to collect oral memories of the garage and its workings. Can any of our members help?

The project includes proposals for Groups to tour the working garage as the public does not normally have access to it and there will also be bus tours enabling participants to experience the best of London's architectural heritage. A permanent archive of the oral histories will be held at the London Transport Museum. Finally a Friends of Stockwell Bus Garage will be set up as a legacy to the project. Volunteers will be recruited to work on the project. They will be trained to collect oral histories, develop a website, assist in workshops and lead and coordinate a bus tour. Recruitment dates for volunteers and people with memories of the bus garage will be advertised shortly; but in the meantime please contact Our Hut by email – ourhut@hotmail.com – or Suzanna Prizeman at Our Hut on 07748 885926 i .

Make It Grow It Sell It

BillLinskey — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 13:32:39 +0000

This special market will be in Brixton Station Road on Saturday, 10th September 2011 from 10:00am to 6:00pm. Organised by the Brixton Market Traders Federation it will showcase local makers, growers and artists.