Comments on: Every landslide begins with a single pebble http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble Camberwell and my life in it Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:46:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JA http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-33950 JA Mon, 14 May 2007 15:32:24 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-33950 Yes, I'm not surprised that Barbican flats sell at £1M+... From your car straight to the lift at the parking up to your flat... Yes, I’m not surprised that Barbican flats sell at £1M+…
From your car straight to the lift at the parking up to your flat…

]]> By: Mark http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-22174 Mark Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:40:16 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-22174 Pompidou Centre ought to be a bit ocf inspiration for what could happen in the middle of Camberwell if we set up a Development Trust to take on the regeneration of the town centre... What? eh? Pompidou Centre ought to be a bit ocf inspiration for what could happen in the middle of Camberwell if we set up a Development Trust to take on the regeneration of the town centre…

What? eh?

]]> By: Mel R http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21957 Mel R Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:15:07 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21957 GASP. I saw THE Alan Dale! I will say hello if I spot you again! GASP. I saw THE Alan Dale! I will say hello if I spot you again!

]]> By: jozza http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21869 jozza Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:27:09 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21869 'Ello. This is my first post - been lurking around camberwellonline for a while since moving to the area in October so i hope you dont mine my butting in. I've just bought a flat off the burgess park end of Camberwell Rd (very near Edwards in fact). Penthouse of a big ol' Council block (not destined for demolition i believe) and i was wondering if this technically counts as Camberwell or is it 'Walworth' or is 'Burgess Park' an area? Perhaps it's the first rumblings of a utopian Walworthian / Burgessque high-rise community a la Barbican (but not grumpy right-wing git style of course)? or does that already exist - any insider, local knowledge much appreciated... ‘Ello. This is my first post — been lurking around camberwellonline for a while since moving to the area in October so i hope you dont mine my butting in. I’ve just bought a flat off the burgess park end of Camberwell Rd (very near Edwards in fact). Penthouse of a big ol’ Council block (not destined for demolition i believe) and i was wondering if this technically counts as Camberwell or is it ‘Walworth’ or is ‘Burgess Park’ an area? Perhaps it’s the first rumblings of a utopian Walworthian / Burgessque high-rise community a la Barbican (but not grumpy right-wing git style of course)? or does that already exist — any insider, local knowledge much appreciated…

]]> By: Alan Dale http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21861 Alan Dale Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:46:01 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21861 All light gray and shades? Sounds like me. Stop me and say Hi next time! All light gray and shades? Sounds like me. Stop me and say Hi next time!

]]> By: dickdotcom http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21753 dickdotcom Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:18:24 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21753 I used to work in the Barbican as an usher ... fantastic job at £1.84 an hour ... I got sacked for falling asleep on a sofa while allegedly revising for my resit of "statistics for social scientists" (which I failed - but then again so did everyone else ... ) Co-incidentally I went back there to look at the Alvaar Aalto exhibition yesterday, and it hasn't changed a bit since I worked there except what little soul it once had has seeped away. It was as dead as a dodo - one of the exhibits in the exhibition referenced the Pompidou centre and I found myself musing on the contrast; The Pompidou centre is throbbing, eclectic and vibrant ... the Barbican centre, er, isn't ... I was quite excited as a v old friend of mine has finally found a boyfriend after years of being single and bending my ear about it. He lives in the Barbican so I thought I'd give her a ring and we could pop up and meet him ... the phone rang, was answered, and my friend asked her b/f if we could pop up and I heard this grumpy voice go: "we're eating our tea" Today she's emailed me and apologies and asked if we want to set a date to meet him, but points out that: "you might find his politics a bit astounding!!! I expect a rather interesting political debate - he's also very naughty and likes baiting left wingers with green political views..." So, at least one Barbican resident is a grumpy right-wing git ... I used to work in the Barbican as an usher … fantastic job at £1.84 an hour … I got sacked for falling asleep on a sofa while allegedly revising for my resit of “statistics for social scientists” (which I failed — but then again so did everyone else … )

Co-incidentally I went back there to look at the Alvaar Aalto exhibition yesterday, and it hasn’t changed a bit since I worked there except what little soul it once had has seeped away. It was as dead as a dodo — one of the exhibits in the exhibition referenced the Pompidou centre and I found myself musing on the contrast; The Pompidou centre is throbbing, eclectic and vibrant … the Barbican centre, er, isn’t …
I was quite excited as a v old friend of mine has finally found a boyfriend after years of being single and bending my ear about it. He lives in the Barbican so I thought I’d give her a ring and we could pop up and meet him … the phone rang, was answered, and my friend asked her b/f if we could pop up and I heard this grumpy voice go: “we’re eating our tea” Today she’s emailed me and apologies and asked if we want to set a date to meet him, but points out that:

“you might find his politics a bit astounding!!! I expect a rather interesting political debate — he’s also very naughty and likes baiting left wingers with green political views…”

So, at least one Barbican resident is a grumpy right-wing git …

]]> By: Steve K http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21710 Steve K Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:23:37 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21710 Went in Chop Chop takeway the other night - the food has gone down hill considerably since it changed owners... not recommended any more. Beef & Ginger tasted like it had Fairy liquid in it.... Went in Chop Chop takeway the other night — the food has gone down hill considerably since it changed owners… not recommended any more. Beef & Ginger tasted like it had Fairy liquid in it.…

]]> By: Mushtimushta http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21551 Mushtimushta Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:33:36 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21551 @Mumu - The Barbican is not just another housing estate, by the way - it was built by The Corporation of London for owner-occupation and some of the flats sell for in excess of £1.5m - they're huge, Frasier-like apartments. It's no accident that the development didn't go the same way as, say, the Heygate. The people who live there are there because they want to, can sell up and move when they don't, have fewer social problems (unless you count poodle poo, cocaine usage, perhaps the odd alcoholic!). I'm straying into the stereotype, aren't I? I'll just shut up. @Mumu — The Barbican is not just another housing estate, by the way — it was built by The Corporation of London for owner-occupation and some of the flats sell for in excess of £1.5m — they’re huge, Frasier-like apartments. It’s no accident that the development didn’t go the same way as, say, the Heygate. The people who live there are there because they want to, can sell up and move when they don’t, have fewer social problems (unless you count poodle poo, cocaine usage, perhaps the odd alcoholic!). I’m straying into the stereotype, aren’t I? I’ll just shut up.

]]> By: bukowski333 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21388 bukowski333 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:19:53 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21388 New flat is great, same road, twice the size, same rent and 3 floors higher. Yippee New flat is great, same road, twice the size, same rent and 3 floors higher. Yippee

]]> By: Mel R http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21356 Mel R Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:04:15 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/every-landslide-begins-with-a-single-pebble/#comment-21356 Aland Dale - were you wearing light grey trousers and jacket and dark glasses yesterday? This isn't a trick/joke question, I just read your description of yourself somewhere on here recently, and then saw someone yesterday that might have matched. Aland Dale — were you wearing light grey trousers and jacket and dark glasses yesterday?

This isn’t a trick/joke question, I just read your description of yourself somewhere on here recently, and then saw someone yesterday that might have matched.

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