Brixton footbridge
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What!? Sounds amazing. Someone unearth a picture! I'd love to see it. I've never heard of this. I'll ask my dad. He's lived in brixton since before the tube station so he should remember it.
clandestino
no llevar papel
I'll ask my parents - we lived in Brixton in the late sixties, so they should remember it.
Minnie_the_Minx
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Never heard of it, but I've discovered a pavement picture and we used to have a much wider pavement outside of Iceland 
http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=landmark&id=2589
http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=landmark&id=2589
Crispy
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Yep, the houses/flats above iceland used to be the back of the pavement line.
Minnie_the_Minx
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No, I suspect it was extended outwards long before Iceland, although thinking about it, I'm sure Murrays Meat Market was further back off the street, but I could be wrong.
What was there before Murray's Meat Market? I seem to remember a furniture shop somewhere along that stretch
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
editor
hiraethified
Um, you could have discovered that by checking through the Brixton section on this site!
"c. 1900 The building line along Brixton Road was pegged back, originally providing large gardens in front of the houses. By 1900, much of this space has been turned into a pavement and was used by market traders."
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/central.html
editor
hiraethified
Erm, I vaguely remember Mc Donalds being a furniture shop.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Um, you could have discovered that by checking through the Brixton section on this site!
"c. 1900 The building line along Brixton Road was pegged back, originally providing large gardens in front of the houses. By 1900, much of this space has been turned into a pavement and was used by market traders."
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/central.html
oh, my humblest
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
No, the other side of the road. Maybe it was Robills that was a furniture shop before it was Robills? But what was before Murray's Meat Market?
Having had my knuckles wrapped, I came across this from our lovely adorable, local historian - the Editor *cough cough*
which would make me think I may have been correct about Murray's being further back off the pavement
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
The bridge was pretty much on top of the pedestrian crossing which was always there (and which most people opted for). I think it survived until the mid 70s. It was a girder monstrosity with big planks laid across for the steps and bridge span - they flexed a fair bit when a bus went underneath.
To give a more accurate placing - it ran between Tunstall Road and the tube with the stairs at right angles on the south side.
I've also looked in vain for a pic so thought I would try the good folk here...
To give a more accurate placing - it ran between Tunstall Road and the tube with the stairs at right angles on the south side.
I've also looked in vain for a pic so thought I would try the good folk here...
Minnie_the_Minx
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Asked someone tonight. Apparently the footbridge was there but past Morleys. Person couldn't remember why it was there but thought it may have been put there to ease congestion when the tube station was going to come into operation. It was not successful however and apparently only had room for single files of people going each way and ended up being pulled down.
Reckons it was the late 60s or early 70s
Reckons it was the late 60s or early 70s
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
I've definitely seen a photograph of the footbridge. I may be hallucinating but I think the picture (from the former GLC Highways department photo library?) may once have been on the grandly named European Visual Archive (EVA) website.
However, this photo archive site - a joint project between London Metropolitan Archives and Antwerp city archives funded by Euro-cash - now appears to have vanished from the web.
However, this photo archive site - a joint project between London Metropolitan Archives and Antwerp city archives funded by Euro-cash - now appears to have vanished from the web.
i remember the bridge distinctly - me and my siblings used to love using it and my mum would walk over the crossing underneath and meet us on the other side. i remember it as being really big, not ricketty or single file.. but i was little and everything looks massive then. it went from near the corner exit of morleys to the tube.
Minnie_the_Minx
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So what was the point of having it and why didn't your mum use it? Did they pull it down because nobody used it (except children)
So what was the point of having it and why didn't your mum use it? Did they pull it down because nobody used it (except children)
no idea what the 'point' of it was but i guess there was one at some stage. my mum didn't use it cos she was an adult, probably had loads of shopping and couldn't be fucked.
poster342002
PROPER leftwing socialist
I remember it being there until the early 1980s - after which it just disappeared at some point. Definately remember it, though.
poster342002
PROPER leftwing socialist
Nope - Murrays Meat Market was exactly where Iceland is now. Not sure when it changed over, though. Some point during the early-mid 1990s, I think.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
poster342002
PROPER leftwing socialist
Maybe it just seemed there was more space as it was open
Yes, I think the counter was set some way back into the structure itself. The actual perimiter of the building (I:E; the point where the shutters would be pulled down of an evening) is unchanged, I think.
poster342002
PROPER leftwing socialist
Must admit I can't really remember when I last saw it or used it.
