General Brixton history - photos, stories etc

[Puddy_Tat]

What should it be?

As we've discovered on the thread about the Barrington Road bridge, that bit of railway is complicated. We're talking about the northern edge of Brixton Station, aren't we? i.e. the 'Catford Loop' platforms. Which were closed to traffic in 1916 (as a 'temporary' measure) then demolished in 1923.

In which case London Chatham & Dover Railway. More here.

 

[oryx]

Unable to find that ornate gate on that infernal quiz thread but i found a Brixton zebra.
http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/quiz-where-in-brixton-is-this.311955/page-10#post-13056544
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http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/zebra-taxi-cab.html

A real proper zebra! On looking at this initially I thought it might be a donkey painted in stripes as I saw in Tijuana, Mexico. I have a pic somewhere I'd post if a) it wouldn't take me ages to find and b) he who rules the scanner is fast asleep.

Great thread (& links). I had no idea Brixton was M & S's first shop in London.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Lol, look at that lovely tram housed at Brixton Hill.

http://www.kingswaymodels.com/page9.htm

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

I can't work out where this is; the photo labels says - 54 route tram, 36 route bus, Brixton, near Perlman Bros. building. Photo taken from upstairs of tram: note "snail" in foreground.

http://dewi.ca/trains/london/buses.html

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Streatham but they called it Brixton Hill and i like it so i'm posting it.


http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail/incline/lb.htm

 

[friendofdorothy]

I can't work out where this is; the photo labels says - 54 route tram, 36 route bus, Brixton, near Perlman Bros. building. Photo taken from upstairs of tram: note "snail" in foreground.
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http://dewi.ca/trains/london/buses.html

Looks like the corner of Camberwell Road where Brixton road begins by the the Business centre. Its still on the 36 bus route.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Looks like the corner of Camberwell Road where Brixton road begins by the the Business centre. Its still on the 36 bus route.

Brilliant call, by the Oval.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Queuing outside the Academy (Astoria) back in the day.

 

[SarfLondoner]

I can't work out where this is; the photo labels says - 54 route tram, 36 route bus, Brixton, near Perlman Bros. building. Photo taken from upstairs of tram: note "snail" in foreground.
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http://dewi.ca/trains/london/buses.html

I would say that is on the corner of Brixton road and Camberwell new road look toward Camberwell.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

I thought this was a fake picture until i realsied it was an artists impression.

http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/brixton-tram-station.html

They need to revive this idea but keep on digging until just past the police station thus easing the traffic congestion with an underpass and enabling central Brixton to be pedestrianised.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

I would say that is on the corner of Brixton road and Camberwell new road look toward Camberwell.

Yeah, i was stuck thinking Coldharbour Lane towards Camerwell but friendofdorothy beat you to it. She is quick on the draw that woman is!

 

[SarfLondoner]

Yeah, i was stuck thinking Coldharbour Lane towards Camerwell but friendofdorothy beat you to it. She is quick on the draw that woman is!

She did indeed and i did not see that post,the alert took me straight to your picture which is a good find btw. The building hasn't changed in all that time.

 

[RoyReed]

Looks like the corner of Camberwell Road where Brixton road begins by the the Business centre. Its still on the 36 bus route.

Yes, exactly there.

 

[friendofdorothy]

Queuing outside the Academy (Astoria) back in the day.
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just love all the hats in that queue!

 

[SarfLondoner]

This is the parade from that runs from Christchurch road to Morrish road on Brixton Hill,1935.

 

[SarfLondoner]

Some more nostalgia,,,

 

[Tricky Skills]

It's worth also reminding folk of the vast archive put together by Sam the Wheels.

 

[leanderman]

Anyone know of any archive stuff about the Brockwell Park railway? A neighbour, the current 'station master', is looking for 1950s pictures etc

 

[MAD-T-REX]

There are two places worth looking - the Minet Library near Myatts Fields and Southwark's local history library on Borough High Street. I am the saddo who wrote the history section of the Wiki article on Herne Hill railway station and both libraries were very useful.

The Herne Hill collection in Minet Library is only a few boxes and wouldn't take more than an hour to get through; the Southwark library has hundreds of pictures from the area, although there are restrictions on making or using copies.

 

[editor]

There are two places worth looking - the Minet Library near Myatts Fields and Southwark's local history library on Borough High Street. I am the saddo who wrote the history section of the Wiki article on Herne Hill railway station and both libraries were very useful.

If you ever want to be as sad as me and contribute even more articles on local history, BrixtonBuzz eagerly awaits your input!

 

[MAD-T-REX]

I am planning to be unemployed in August/September, so I will take you up on that and do something substantial, either on the railways or the urbanisation of the area since I read a lot about both while researching HH. Local history rules.

 

[teuchter]

something substantial, either on the railways or the urbanisation of the area since I read a lot about both while researching HH. Local history rules.

I'd like to know more about the goods yards that used to be between HH and Loughborough Junction.

 

[editor]

I am planning to be unemployed in August/September, so I will take you up on that and do something substantial, either on the railways or the urbanisation of the area since I read a lot about both while researching HH. Local history rules.

That would be fantastic. The history stories on Brixton Buzz have proved to be very popular indeed and it's important to document things that may otherwise be lost.

 

[MAD-T-REX]

I'd like to know more about the goods yards that used to be between HH and Loughborough Junction.

It'll be some months before I have to chance to do any research, but I've just found that volumes of the Railway News have now been uploaded to Google Books in their entirety and for free: Link

This will probably be a goldmine for information on railways in the area. I see in Volume 6, p.329, that an annual season ticket from Herne Hill to Ludgate Hill was £7 in 1866 - seems like a bargain.

 

[teuchter]

It'll be some months before I have to chance to do any research, but I've just found that volumes of the Railway News have now been uploaded to Google Books in their entirety and for free: Link

This will probably be a goldmine for information on railways in the area. I see in Volume 6, p.329, that an annual season ticket from Herne Hill to Ludgate Hill was £7 in 1866 - seems like a bargain.

Have you seen this?

http://www.railwaywondersoftheworld.com/contents.html

I only stumbled across it recently and have barely scratched the surface but there is some really great stuff in there. Lost a few hours the other night reading about Willesden and Clapham Junctions, early rail testing machines, and various other matters.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

I'd forgotten all about Littlewoods. A sloping floor and a restaurant at the back.

http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/brixton-footbridge-mystery.html

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=maps&id=2925

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/499688521126836017/

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

The Honky Tonk Woman – Winifred Atwell and the Railton Road in Brixton.
http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2...ifred-atwell-and-the-railton-road-in-brixton/


The building at 82A Railton Road once housed maybe the first black women’s hairdressers in London. It had opened in 1956 and was called The Winifred Atwell Salon.

 

[CH1]

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Any idea of the occasion? David Bowie made a large donation to the Brixton Neighbourhood Community Association (BNCA) to assist with the renovation of the building opposite the back of Morleys on Bernays Grove.
Seems Bowie is approaching that building in this photo.
I would think this project went on around 1994, 1996 at the latest.
Does David look the right age for 1994-6?