{"id":11298,"date":"2013-03-22T11:50:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T11:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=11298"},"modified":"2013-03-22T11:53:34","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T11:53:34","slug":"broken-tesco-windows-another-ruddy-sainsburys-and-the-loughborough-junction-action-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/broken-tesco-windows-another-ruddy-sainsburys-and-the-loughborough-junction-action-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken Tesco windows, another ruddy Sainsburys and the Loughborough Junction Action Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Famously described as “in motion<\/a>” \u00a0by some over-privileged\u00a0halfwit, Loughborough\u00a0Junction remains a world away from the hoity-toity South Hampstead outpost of Brixton Village<\/a>, just a mile up Coldharbour Lane.<\/p>\n

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The place has been hit hard in the last couple of decades, losing almost all of its pubs<\/a> (only the nearby Hero of\u00a0Switzerland\u00a0and the Cambria remain).<\/p>\n

At least some good cafes have emerged to fill the void, including the Beanery<\/a>\u00a0by the station, and SIA Community Arts Cafe (feature coming soon!).<\/p>\n

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Railway arches,\u00a0Loughborough Junction.<\/p>\n

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Replacing at least two of the pubs are supermarkets, with the once-famous Junction (Warrior) now a Tescos.<\/p>\n

There’s been a determined campaign of resistance from some locals, with freshly broken windows now becoming a regular feature of the Tescos frontage.<\/p>\n

The long-standing\u00a0independent\u00a0shop opposite has already been forced into an expensive refurbishment to try and compete. I hope it works out for them.<\/p>\n

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Back in the 1960s, a railway station getting a paint job was often an indicator of its\u00a0impending closure.<\/p>\n

This trend now seems to be echoed with pubs: whenever you see the attractive original\u00a0fa\u00e7ade\u00a0being\u00a0carefully\u00a0exposed, it’s almost certainly a sign that it’s never coming back as a pub.<\/p>\n

Above is The Crown\/Mucky Duck<\/a>, now revealing its attractive tiled pub signage. It’s doomed to be a Sainsbury’s (see\u00a0application\u00a0below).<\/p>\n

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Closed for at least a decade, the Futon Workshop in\u00a0Loughborough Junction was once a busy shop. I think I bought a futon from these guys once.<\/p>\n

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As if to to rub it in the faces of locals struggling with the relentless recession, the scumbag government is introducing benefit cuts.<\/p>\n

Note the distinctive green glass of the Skanska housing development<\/a> in the background.<\/p>\n

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Closed Victorian shop by\u00a0Loughborough Junction.<\/p>\n

Renewal and the\u00a0the Loughborough Junction Action Group (LJAG)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The good news is that determined locals are getting involved and have formed an action group to get\u00a0Loughborough Junction back, err, in motion<\/em>. They’re very\u00a0much\u00a0worth supporting.<\/p>\n

Made up of an\u00a0independent group of people who live or work in the area, the LJAG is tasked with “regenerating and improving the area and the lives of the people who live there”.<\/p>\n

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Here’s how they describe their activities on their website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We are embedded in our diverse and vibrant neighbourhood and hold festivals, street parties and monthly gatherings, literary and film events and organise arts activities in local schools.<\/p>\n

Our members work with many local organisations, such as tenants\u2019 and residents\u2019 associations, community initiatives such as Building Communities in Coldharbour and the Big Local, which are working on projects designed to empower local people, improve community cohesion and enhance neighbourhood facilities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They’re busy this weekend too, and on\u00a0Saturday 23rd March volunteers will be tidying up the space at Bill Board Corner on the corner of Coldharbour Lane and Loughborough Road,\u00a0\u00a0from 11am to 2pm.<\/p>\n

We also have some lovely plants to plant in the tree pits in Station Avenue.\u00a0Please come and help us and make Station Avenue a place of beauty.<\/p>\n

For more information please give Anthea a ring on 07799 621 582 or 020\u00a07733 1774.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Get involved<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Famously described as “in motion” \u00a0by some over-privileged\u00a0halfwit, Loughborough\u00a0Junction remains a world away from the hoity-toity South Hampstead outpost of Brixton Village, just a mile up Coldharbour Lane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,194,17,193],"tags":[1191,449,220],"class_list":["post-11298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brixton","category-london-features","category-photos","category-places","tag-brixton","tag-coldharbour-lane","tag-loughborough-junction"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/loughborough-junction-mar-2013-11.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-2We","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11298"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11541,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11298\/revisions\/11541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}