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I spent a pints worth in the Pineapple recently, it was incredibly loud and full of very very shouty people in large groups all braying at the tops of their voices. I suppose that's a consequence of being popular and fashionable. If that's your k…
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Do they have good cider?
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Ho ho ho
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@holborn fox ,]]]@krappyrubsnif i hope you have approached them regarding your monthly residency? I am thinking of a Christmas Special ????????????????????
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I may be there with my tricorn hat on
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@all8, multiple people. Lots acting individually but together. My neighbour drew up a petition among friends. I put a message and pictures on Finsbury Park Facebook Group (lots of engagement), Wray Crescent WhatsApp Group, Twitter and Instagram. …
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Deflated
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More good news: I've seen a letter from an Islington planning enforcement officer stating that planning permission will NOT be given, and if the owners ignore the council's decision then enforcement WILL be taken. So the tyre shop is hopefully a n…
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Here is the latest from Islington Councillor Flora Williamson (on X): "There is still an open investigation. Until the premises opens for business there isn’t technically a breach, but it becoming a tyre shop is a change of use which does require p…
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Word on the street is the council wants the money, so it'll cave.
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I'm really looking forward to this (and imaginative use of apostrophe).
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Islington Council has just posted the following on Twitter: Thank you for your post. As @Flo_williamson has mentioned, we haven't given planning permission for this and our planning team is investigating. Looks like Sam the tyre man is an illegal.
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It's absolute shit. Brick and Olive were there first and are a thriving concern and local hub. Can you imagine the noise? This will destroy their business.
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I was going to do a joke about Finsbury Park and Wireless, but then I decided ... it's no joke.
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@Ali thanks for coming and for your kind words, and @HolbornFox splendid to make your acquaintance. Hats off, sir! Do you think it was about 30 people? Just the right crowd for a rookie attempt at stand-up. Justice, Truth and Friendship! I h…
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I remember Peter but I don't remember his shop at all. Michael at the Chemist originally worked at Sparks, tiny shop, great little place, the electrician's in the building behind it, Sandilands, had been there for 100 years and installed most of th…
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Yes I remember the shop, Stroud Green Food Store, suffered a mysterious night time burglary when all the valuables (drink, fags, high value goods) were nicked, and went out of business and closed down two days later. I don't know why they didn't ju…
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@kreuzkav Am I getting confused between Chapter One and Sugar Lounge? Weren't they the same place? Checkski (Michael) probably won't see this, he's getting older and I doubt if he goes online any more. He went to live as a brother in Charterhous…
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Yes, that was Andreas Stroud Green/Finsbury Park is so well connected. I'm on a train atm heading for the Kent coast to continue an ultra long distance walk that has so far clocked up about 300 miles via Winchester, Canterbury and Dover - now head…
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@kreuzkav If you were a neighbour of Denise and Andreas (with the big black dog) you should know that Andreas has just died. He was ill for a long time. Interested to hear about your meditation and mindfulness and retreats to deal with issues. E…
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@kreuzkav I had no idea you had left. I always suspected I knew who you were from the clues in your frequent rants - in SGR opposite that Turkish wine bar Chapter One - basement flat down the steps, but never had the nerve to ask. Now I realise …
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Brainwave! I am rebranding the Mayor of Stroud Green next week as a "best Stroud Green joke" competition. A few jokes to open and then a Toast, possibly one burst of the Stroud Green Song, and the floor is open. For me dinner shortly after somewh…
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@Ali Sunday 23rdJuly, 7pm. No specific agenda, but toast at 8pm.
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@HolbornFox Guitar always works, a local musician advised me accordion would also work well. I'll find the videos again and post a link. The tunes are dead simple, once people have got it they can just belt it out - drinking songs after all. I …
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@HolbornFox Thank you. No plans atm for any singing (there are two songs) as I couldn't find a musician - unless one comes along. I'll ask around again. Know anyone? The second, newly-discovered song has never been sung since the 1780s I'd gue…
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@Scruffy You are absolutely right. It's a niche interest. It was a lockdown project that became a quest, a kind of detective story or a treasure hunt. It was successful beyond my wildest dreams, turned up a rich seam of never-before-seen mater…
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And also, they should definitely permanently reroute the W7 and pedestrianise that stretch of Crouch Hill.
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They have installed a terrific Vertical Garden and are painting over the indecipherable mural with something easier on the eye - projected reopening apparently still a couple of weeks.
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>>>> "I really enjoyed your blog post on the Mayor of Stroud Green by the way, krappyrubsnif." Thank you kindly, RobS. Indeed, the almost complete lack of interest in the story of the Mayor this year is one of the things that got me th…
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The area was called The Triangle years ago because it is a triangular wedge of Haringey that sticks out into Hackney and Islington - hence a forgotten no-mans-land. There was even a regular community freesheet newspaper called The Triangle, run by …