Real England

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13892061_10153799665427671_7690205321998497400_n.jpg?oh=9d7af5326f413075044ceb85b443f074&oe=585A1796

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1586601/female-judge-stuns-courtroom-by-telling-racist-thug-youre-a-bit-of-a-c-yourself/

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Co8S4hOWYAAAkQ1.jpg:large

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-37094526

This is grim and very sad, that it happened on Riddings Rd is no surprise though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUNx27CV3SU

The Tricorn Club, Portsmouth

http://michaelcooper.org.uk/C/tricorn.htm

the famous "purple aki" (idk about this nickname) is in the news again:

Akinwale Arobieke, 52, approached well-built men in Manchester city centre, Trafford and Bolton and touched their arms or shoulders, prosecutors allege... He was jailed in 2003 for 15 charges of sexual harassment and on his release he was given a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO). It bans him from certain activities, including feeling a person's muscles or getting them to carry out 'squats' in public

― ogmor, Thursday, August 1, 2013 1:07 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

“Mr Arobieke has had, and continues to have, an interest in bodybuilding.

“His interest extends beyond that which is legitimate and manifests itself in a way that we say is criminal.”

― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Thursday, August 1, 2013 1:27 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

iirc he went to prison for manslaughter after someone ran away from him onto a trainline & was electrocuted

― ogmor, Thursday, August 1, 2013 2:08 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thats definitely crossing the line into transgressive bodybuilding

― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Thursday, August 1, 2013 2:09 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

theres something very northern or provincial about him, he seems to have a criminal and folkloric reputation over a large metropolitan area

yet i just cant imagine there being a lol purple aki equivalent in north london, he would simply be demonized but without any of the meta stuff

― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Thursday, August 1, 2013 2:14 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and an east london equivalent would probably have been killed by now

― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Thursday, August 1, 2013 2:15 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he is a living bit of folklore; i first heard about him in a pub & the way the story was told I didn't really expect it to be real, felt v strange to see it confirmed. photoshopping him into pics has become a bit of a meme in certain corners of the Northern Internet (tm)

― ogmor, Thursday, August 1, 2013 2:37 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

BBC3 have recently made a documentary about this guy: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0472z6v/the-man-who-squeezes-muscles-searching-for-purple-aki

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3794934/Beautician-helped-mugging-victim-speaks-terrible-ordeal.html

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/13778453.Blackburn_man_caught_pleasuring_himself_for_40_minutes_in_pub_beer_garden_after_snorting_five_lines_of_cocaine/

https://twitter.com/SouthernRailUK/status/782827298642857984

:)

what is the realest London i can find during 6 days in November?

http://facesnightclub.co.uk/

Assuming you don't actually want grim suburban white flight / slum clearance realness, in which case idk Erith? - the walk from Stamford Hill in a straight line to the City is a reasonable microcosm of the capital imo, particularly if you stop in to talk to the Trinidadian pensioners in Stoke Newington Wetherspoons. Having left relatively recently, not much makes me more nostalgic. Everyone will have a different answer though.

what is the realest London i can find during 6 days in November?

― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 October 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

A pint and game pie at the Royal Oak.

(let us know the days?)

I also recommend the Stamford hill>stoke newington>dalston>Shoreditch walk. It has a pretty decent slice of London cultures, between the Jewish, carribean, Turkish, Vietnamese and of course all us white hipster folk.

Also if you do journey this way, say hi.

Having just luckily and wisely dodged staying in Shepherds Bush for a 6 day stay, it seems to perverse to think about seeking real London. Be careful of what you wish for.

Shepherds Bush has never been the same since they closed down the Jamaican snooker club under the railway bridge where you could buy weed.

Instead, you could pay a visit to Maryon Park in Charlton - it's where they filmed Blow-Up, and you won't be far from famous soccerball stadium The Valley.

half the adverts made in london are filmed in beck road e8, where my sister lives: also throbbing gristle AND you've got foetus on yr breath were once based there (in different houses obviously)

plus it is right by london fields of martin amis fame, near where 23 skidoo had a studio if memory serves

the eel and mash shops have all moved further east sadly, as have the rag trade sweatshops (think they mostly moved to south east asia)

if you want a glimpse of the real london of the future head to any of the new developments along the river e.g. imperial wharf/chelsea harbour, battersea reach, 'riverlight' at nine elms, st george's wharf at vauxhall, pretty much anywhere east of tower bridge, and marvel at the huge and shiny apartment buildings, the well sculpted parks, the lack of amenities beyond a handful of chain restaurants, the absence of any life culture ambience vibrance or character. on the other hand, don't.

and also the way they block out pleasant river vistas and open spaces of light for everyone else!

plus it is right by london fields of martin amis fame

point of order, dear old Parting Anus did not actually set any of the eponymous book in the area of Hackney or London Fields itself, the action taking place entirely in Notting Hill and environs.

Basically a 'flick through the A-Z looking for a title' job.

lol i would not want to be mistaken for someone who has actually read a book by that fool

(tho in fact i did read "other people" the very first week i moved to london, in 1983: it is garbage)

good point, devastating self-own by me there

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1891558/woman-who-had-public-sex-with-a-model-dinosaur-at-childrens-playground-is-identified-by-cops/

Deep cleaned with "strong disinfectant".

did she fuck its head off?? confused

That's how they became extinct.

Disinfectant was too strong?

i assune 'game pie' is poultry and not to do with fitba

new developments... the absence of any life culture ambience vibrance or character

remember, i live in New York.

http://i.imgur.com/5iUpJ9I.png

http://i.imgur.com/gTOv7MT.jpg

https://twitter.com/DistantSoundz/status/783782550317703168

9pm GMT...so 10pm?

^^ real dn

did this (from August) ever get posted here? seems like its natural home:

https://twitter.com/danhancox/status/784780942682558464

oh ffs why did i have to read that?

at least this little nugget made me giggle!

"After all, the Attlee government executed people – even innocent people like Timothy Evans. If such judicial killing was good enough for Clem then it is about time we returned to the Spirit of 45 and got the gallows going."

is Meagher real? i can't even understand the tone there

the author of this bit was (nominative determinism ahoy!) someone called Dean Quick !

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/hull-is-the-least-prosperous-in-uk-but-on-the-verge-of-resurrection/story-29802905-detail/story.html

WOOOOO WE'RE NUMBER 1!

these unexpected boosts are always a treat, especially when you are already thinking "it couldn't get much better than this" !

what is the realest London i can find during 6 days in November?

― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 October 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

A pint and game pie at the Royal Oak.

(let us know the days?)

i arrive 24th, leave 30th

i appoint Andrew F as FAP majordomo

real or not, FAP alternatives to the Lexington (Tue 29) are Princess Louise, Royal Oak, and...?

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/14906850.XTC_frontman_recovering_after_varnish_accident/?ref=fbshr

Swindon Advertiser headline or Half Man Half Biscuit song?

almost makes me proud to be english

http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/former-spurs-star-david-bentley-spotted-in-gloucester-pub-and-kebab-shop/story-29891443-detail/story.html

xp
His sense of pain was working overtime!

'Tis the season

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/21/bakewell-winter-wonderland-labelled-disgusting-mud-bath