Lost pubs, cinemas, theatres and squats of Brixton
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innit
c'mon, little life giver
I can think of pubs now where heads would turn if a couple of women went in without a man in tow!
innit
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Minnie_the_Minx
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hiraethified
Here's another: The George, Railton Road. Harmony (ex Mingles) now stands on the site.
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/george-railton-road.html
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/george-railton-road.html
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Here's another: The George, Railton Road. Harmony (ex Mingles) now stands on the site.
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/george-railton-road.html
Funnily enough, I heard a story about that the other day. Apparently it was the last pub in Brixton to allow blacks to drink there. Don't know how true that is though
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hiraethified
And another one - the Windsor Castle which bit the dust during the 1981 riots.
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/windsor-castle.html
Considering how big a part pubs played in their local communities, it's strange how little there recorded information is available on the web (and I guess most of the people who used these pubs are unlikely to be busy archiving their photos and memories on websites).
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/windsor-castle.html
Considering how big a part pubs played in their local communities, it's strange how little there recorded information is available on the web (and I guess most of the people who used these pubs are unlikely to be busy archiving their photos and memories on websites).
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
And another one - the Windsor Castle which bit the dust during the 1981 riots.
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/windsor-castle.html
Considering how big a part pubs played in their local communities, it's strange how little there recorded information is available on the web (and I guess most of the people who used these pubs are unlikely to be busy archiving their photos and memories on websites).
Well photography cost a lot more in days of old so people tended to take pictures of holidays, families etc. not pubs
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hiraethified
I'm not so sure - pubs were a social hub with people celebrating births, birthdays, marriages - and having wakes - in pubs.Well photography cost a lot more in days of old so people tended to take pictures of holidays, families etc. not pubs
I've got quite a few photos taken in pubs from when I was a kid.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Very true, but then there's likely to be more pictures of people INSIDE pubs.
Anyway, what were you doing in pubs when you were a kid?
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hiraethified
I've been looking for photos of the inside of pubs too.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I came across pictures from insides of pubs before and couldn't remember who the people were or even what pub it was and chucked them
Yup - but the people who took them will be quite old now.
Age is by far the biggest influence on whether you use the internet. Among teenagers internet use is close to 100%, while it's only something like 30% for the over 65s....
boohoo
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I went to the lambeth archives to ask about murals and also asked what they had about squats in Brixton area and they had bugger all. In fact urban has more information about squats than the archives. Considering that alternative scene has been an essential part of Brixton for many years, it is sad that it is missing in the archives.
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hiraethified
That's what driven me to add a lot of the articles in the Brixton section. Cooltan/121 etc were a big part of Brixton's social history and there's very little out there.
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There's quite a nice end-of-terrace one on a building near where the Royal Oak used to be on Lyham Rd. You can see it from the windmill estate's car park.
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hiraethified
I've decided to get a bit more proactive and have now added a 'How To Save Your Local Pub' guide:
http://www.urban75.org/info/save-your-pub.html
Hopefully it'll be of use to some folks.
http://www.urban75.org/info/save-your-pub.html
Hopefully it'll be of use to some folks.
That's a great little guide.
Might be worth adding Memespring's planning applications tracker:
www.planningalerts.com
boohoo
No.
Whilst busy researching my walk I noticed there isn't any info in the Lost pb section on the now destroyed brewery Tap pub - Stockwell's only gay bar - name associated with Hamerton Brewery. Here's a photo from interet before it got demolished. Nice looking pub as well... currently an empty plot.
Another brewery in stockwell was the Waltham brewery - building demolished in the 1990s although was suggested that is should have been kept! The brewery is the building right at the very left of this picture of stockwell green when a green. Like the Hammerton brewery it too had wells in the back garden.
Another brewery in stockwell was the Waltham brewery - building demolished in the 1990s although was suggested that is should have been kept! The brewery is the building right at the very left of this picture of stockwell green when a green. Like the Hammerton brewery it too had wells in the back garden.
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hiraethified
I've added a short piece about the Lord Stanley. Still haven't managed to find any photos of the old building yet though.
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/lord-stanley-hinton-road-se24.html
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/lord-stanley-hinton-road-se24.html
Rich_G76
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great photo above, having moved in to the area i have been trying to find more info on the Hammerton brewery stockwell, did it stand opposite the hammerton hall, found this pic on here but cant work out where it stood.
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/hammerton-brewery.html
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/hammerton-brewery.html
boohoo
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It was next to Hammerton hall where all the new builds are. There use to be a pub called the Brewery Tap behind it which my dad has a drawing of on his wall. This area was the site of some of the wells.
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