Lambeth Country Show 2008

[MadWorld74]

The young lady who saw it all who works in Cafe Prov in Herne Hill. For the love of sweet Jesus just ask her!

[Huggers]

I was on 37 bus saturday 7pmish or bit later when at Herne Hill it got totally stuck and then diverted in mayhem of police vans, cars and sirens and fast moving big 'groups' of young men. I'd assumed it was a firework up a sheep's bum incident but now it all mkes sense.

[*Bob*]

Apparently it was more like 200 men - all with swords - and my friend's window cleaner's son's dog got run over by a tank (en route for Cafe Prov) outside the Lido. He is very upset.

[VeryBerryCherry]

shoshntosh Wrote:

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> i'm not against d'erb at all (am an occassional

> fan) but wonder whether anyone else is concerned

> about a possible connection

> between d'erb (and its less savoury cousins) and

> all that gang violence/crime in general?....

Was Keef the leader of the gang causing the disturbance then? >:D<

[*Bob*]

My God! The story in full.

[Keef]

shoshntosh Wrote:

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> i'm not against d'erb at all (am an occassional fan) but wonder whether anyone else is concerned about a possible connection between d'erb (and its less savoury cousins) and all that gang violence/crime in general?

I just don't see how anyone can be bothered with violence after a smoke. I can barely be arsed to stand up!

[Brendan]

Yeah I?ve never got that either.

?Wanna fight??

?No thanks I think I?ll just sit here and eat these marshmallows thanks. Has anyone seen my fags? Ooh look a butterfly. Where? No not heard of it mate. Thank god for these shades. Funny things faces don?t you think? Have you ever listened to the way Hendrix uses a wah pedal? No I mean really listened. Hey do you think we can get some more marshmallows??

[david_carnell]

"Who took my marshmallows?"

"Where have my marshmallows gone?!"

"Did you hear that?"

[*Bob*]

I can't believe you're all being so soft on drugs.

It's all these so-called 'weed' smokers, cracked out of their head on bad ecstacy what's causing all the trouble. Carrying a bong should lead to an automatic five year prison sentence. I'm with Cameron on this.

[Brendan]

?Dude I think that guy said he?s from Cameroon.?

?Maybe he has some marshmallows.?

[jocelyn]

I was in Sainsbury's in Herne Hill abotu 7pm on Sat when this kicked off. Loads of police and noise pretty terrifying as half an hour before I had been cooing over an Amy Winehouse vegetable statue at the fair!

[mockney piers]

ha ha, "conspicuously flash clothes". What the hell?

I remember my mate getting stopped at gun point by armed police, the full hands on head, lie down, guns pointed at him sort.

His crime, he'd dampened a passer by with one of these while doing a 'drive-by' at his mate at 2 miles an hour.

I dread to think how that story grew in the retelling by witnesses.

"..he'd just mowed down an old lady and some schoolchildren crossing the road with his AK47. I think he was on crack you know, if you'd seen his eyes..."

[MadWorld74]

what is your problem *bob*?

[mamafeelgood]

surely lambeth country fair (also a regular fave with us at feelgood towers) gives away in the title that all wildlife shall be on show...just trying to make light here. before the PC brigade hit i'm having a laugh.

a friend who is not used to these parts of the world and has heard of the perils of south london of course had to be stuck on the 37 caught in the middle of the riot. what i love is that she describes how all the people on the bus were screaming at the driver to "f**king get up on the pavement and drive away, FAST".

[*Bob*]

It's all kicking off now.. South London Press have got hold of the big story.

[dc]

"Ferret racing" - now there's a spectacle not to be missed.

[*Bob*]

B..B.. But dc, I don't understand...?

Surely the story of the three gangs armed to the teeth, all with knives having a full on brawl outside Cafe Prov and getting broken-up by riot police would have been of more interest to the South London Press than the ferret racing?

[*Bob*]

Or.. you know.. at least worthy of a mention?

[citizenED]

At least our short stroll around the Fair confirmed *Bob*'s suggestion elsewhere that the English are an ugly bunch.

[HonaloochieB]

citizenED Wrote:

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> At least our short stroll around the Fair

> confirmed *Bob*'s suggestion elsewhere that the

> English are an ugly bunch.

So I was there after all. I was wondering.

[MadWorld74]

jocelyn Wrote:

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> I was in Sainsbury's in Herne Hill abotu 7pm on

> Sat when this kicked off. Loads of police and

> noise pretty terrifying as half an hour before I

> had been cooing over an Amy Winehouse vegetable

> statue at the fair!

Jocelyn, it seems that certain other forumities disbelieve us about the goings on on Half Moon Lane last Saturday night.

Next time you feel like coming onto the forum to tell others about an experience you witnessed or indeed had, best to keep it to yourself. For Gosh and bother, they would rather hear about the more genteel, more 'worthy' happenings in the leafy borough that is our East Dulwich

[*Bob*]

IT GETS WORSE

This from the urban75 forum:

There was some trouble on saturday as well, in herne hill , police chasing about 60 youths down half moon lane, shops steamed and raided, pretty terrifying by all accounts. we have graffiti daubed around the area and sainsbury had a door kicked in and glass smashed. knives were found in the half moon pub apparrently.

Will someone please call the South London Press IMMEDIATELY - they have missed a trick here, surely..?