I'm sure it is. You can see parts of it in some of the photos in this article:
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Here's how it looked in 1955, so the arches were in place then and seem to form part of the viaduct structure.I'm sure it is. You can see parts of it in some of the photos in this article:
Brixton history: Marks & Spencer, Francis & Son and the long-lost Bon Marché Arcade in Brixton Road
Although Reliance Arcade lives on, Brixton once boasted several other interesting arcades, including the stylish Morley’s Arcade, the relatively modern Station Arcade and the Edwardian Bon Ma…
A close look at the way the brick rings around the arches finish, in the refurbed M&S, compared with the old photo, confirms we're not looking at the same thing. The real viaduct is somewhere behind the fake brickwork. Apart from anything else, if they left the real brickwork exposed there'd be drips and leaks all over the place. And you can see they are new bricks.I'm sure it is. You can see parts of it in some of the photos in this article:
Brixton history: Marks & Spencer, Francis & Son and the long-lost Bon Marché Arcade in Brixton Road
Although Reliance Arcade lives on, Brixton once boasted several other interesting arcades, including the stylish Morley’s Arcade, the relatively modern Station Arcade and the Edwardian Bon Ma…
I agree. Definitely a new cosmetic skin with a service void behind. It’s nicely done regardless.
So you reckon they've built a series of new arched vaults with new or reclaimed London stocks as well as making a new facing. I don't think so. You can see there's the same four brick courses at the end of the vaulting in both photos. And the bricks look like they've been nicely cleaned and repointed.
The new arches look much narrower.
The bricks in the store are laid in stretcher bond and the arches spring from head height. The viaduct is laid in English bond and the arches spring from the ground. Also the arches of the viaduct are red brick, not yellow - as can be seen across the street on Atlantic Rd.
I'm loving the responses. At a guess, I'd say between the original arch and this are
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Is that facing wall of the "new" arches actually inside the 1930s M&S building, suggesting that the arches have been continued across the width of the former Bon Marché Arcade with new plant space above?
Nope. At the front of the store the face of the new wall stands only about two feet forward of the bridge abutment. You can see it through the window, stepped back slightly behind the glass.
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This sounds mighty grim:
Police Launch Attempted Murder Investigation Following Brutal Bus Assault in Brixton
Police have launched an attempted murder investigation following a violent assault on a passenger aboard the 59 bus in
Most of the planters are filled now. All specimens looking perky this morning despite the frost. Hopefully they’ll survive the winter.
ALCS ensure library fees get to authors, which is more than can be said for some publishers…
It was the bookshop keepers I was thinking about. Not that we have any, but still.
This had never crossed my mind! So is it that every time a title is taken out of the library the author is supposed to receive a payment?
It's an annual fee, but yes, xp per borrow.
And communal bin stores have gone in which will be so much better. Just a shame they aren't the underground ones more common in Europe & in some local estates but I imagine the cost would be fairly large.
11p!
Thought it was a dolphin that had swallowed a coat hanger.
What a waste of energy and cash to make them and install. You'd hope Lambeth council would have bought them cheap and possibly 2nd but I doubt it...
