General Brixton history - photos, stories etc

[Onket]

Good morning 'Brixton'!

 

[boohoo]

I took some nic pics of the tin tabanacle the other day. anyone know if they got the go ahead to pull it down?

 

[SpamMisery]

Borderline Brixton/Clapham (if I'm being generous).

Where do you place the northern and western boundaries of Brixton? I would consider Tintern St to be Brixton but boundaries are always going to be a grey area and ripe for interpretation

 

[technical]

At the risk of opening up a can of worms, in my opinion:

Western boundary would be Kings Avenue from the south circular up to Clapham North, then along Landor Road, Sidney Road and Robsart Street to Brixton Road.

Southern boundary is clearly the South circular (at least as far as the High Trees estate) - eastern boundary is less clear cut really. Suppose you'd need to include Brockwell Park, but then maybe along Shakespeare Road until Coldharbour Lane, then Loughbourough Road back round to Brixton Rd?

 

[boohoo]

At the risk of opening up a can of worms, in my opinion:

Western boundary would be Kings Avenue from the south circular up to Clapham North, then along Landor Road, Sidney Road and Robsart Street to Brixton Road.

Slicing through the heart of old Stockwell with the possibility of putting my parents house (where I grew up) just outside of Brixton. Do you slice straight down the middle of the road?

 

[boohoo]

Onket are you trying to get a pic on every thread?

 

[SpamMisery]

Guess it depends on whether you distinguish Herne Hill and Tulse Hill from Brixton. I do and therefore dont think of the park as being Brixton; and the south circular is practically a different country to me it's so far away.

Anyway, we should probably can this discussion or move it to a different thread

 

[teuchter]

Where do you place the northern and western boundaries of Brixton? I would consider Tintern St to be Brixton but boundaries are always going to be a grey area and ripe for interpretation

I would mark a point halfway between Brixton station and Stockwell station, and another one halfway between Clapham North station and Brixton station. Then draw a line or maybe arc between them. Looks like this would slice through Tintern St.

My other measure is based upon when I have been looking for rooms in houseshares. It was noticeable that you didn't have to go all that far towards Clapham north in the bit between Acre Lane and the railway line, before the households/people became sort of more Clapham-orientated. And you can't get much more scientific than that.

Also even the Prince of Wales on Ferndale Rd has always seemed quite Clapham-y to me.

All this was a few years ago though and is fairly irrelevant now that Brixton has fairly much become the Clapham that we despised.

 

[SpamMisery]

Like you I usually use the tube stations for creating boundaries (hence the south circular being a different country to me)

 

[boohoo]

I define the boundaries by what they were when I was a kid. Brockwell Park is not Brixton. Neither is Herne Hill or Tulse Hill

 

[Winot]

I took some nic pics of the tin tabanacle the other day. anyone know if they got the go ahead to pull it down?

Do you mean the one on Hetherington Rd near the GPs? I think it's staying but I could be out of date.

 

[Onket]

Onket are you trying to get a pic on every thread?

I'm not far off 9,000 alerts. And 10,000 is only a hop away from that.

 

[boohoo]

Do you mean the one on Hetherington Rd near the GPs? I think it's staying but I could be out of date.

That's the one. Nice to see we still have a tin tabernacle in the area.

 

[Crispy]

At the risk of opening up a can of worms

That can was opened years ago and the worms are everywhere

 

[editor]

Latest set: Brixton ten years ago – helicopter, Brockwell park snow, Hamilton Arms and the Dogstar, February 2005

 

[Mrs Redboots]

I went to Ashby Mill Primary School in the 90's - Did anyone on here go there on Lyham Road?
Cant seem to find any other old photos of it only of the exterior which is obviously now flats.

My daughter was there in the 1980s; I don't think we have any old photos, only a scan of a newspaper article when one of her trips was cancelled as the coach company decided they could make more money out of a rail strike.

 

[editor]

Piece about the ghost sign of Electric Lane

http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2015/02/ghost-signs-of-brixton-our-sons-menswear-electric-avenue/

 

[editor]

Nice bit of period detail here;

 

[SpamMisery]

The queue for M&S looks pretty fierce

 

[billythefish]

Nice bit of period detail here;

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When I was a kid I used to think those street lamps looked like pelicans.

 

[leanderman]

The queue for M&S looks pretty fierce

They're queueing for the FINE SELECTION OF ALL FOREIGN WINES

 

[editor]

Dunn & Co has some splendid windows.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Dunn & Co has some splendid windows.

Had my first job interview in there and I've always regretted turning them down.

 

[editor]

Some pics from 2001, including the bottom slapping cop car:

http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2015/02/...-a-busy-market-brixton-history-from-feb-2001/

 

[SarfLondoner]

Atlantic Road.1950.

 

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[Puddy_Tat]

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at The Times Furnishing Co - wonder how many people thought they were part of a certain newspaper... I guess the typeface must be subtly different enough to just avoid getting sued...

 

[SarfLondoner]

at The Times Furnishing Co - wonder how many people thought they were part of a certain newspaper... I guess the typeface must be subtly different enough to just avoid getting sued...

Indeed, I reckon lawyers would be involved if that happened nowadays.

 

[SarfLondoner]

The queue for M&S looks pretty fierce

I vaguely remember the pavement being much narrower than it is now, Could be wrong mind!