General Brixton history - photos, stories etc

[Puddy_Tat]

What is the sign on that mini van about?

dunno. can't find any reference to anything film / music related from the right sort of time.

today's is herne hill, 1952

 

[Puddy_Tat]

on tweeter today from rob baker (linkage) - dated 1952

consensus seems to be that building at the right of photo is carlton mansions when it was the end of a terrace (1950 map here)

 

[Puddy_Tat]

and from flickr



has already had a reference added to editor's brixton buzz page about quin and axten

 

[northeast]

I had a quick look through the whole thread and I don't think these have been on before. Mainly Edwardian postcards.

This first lot are all of Acre Lane.

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Think the top and bottom ones of Acre Lane are taken just near the Timber and Builders Merchant. First one is a little further up the road. Hopefully this link shows where i think it was roughly taken from Google Maps. Shops on the right are now the tyre repairs, DIY store and a Paint shop. The white pillars on the right helped place it.

 

[editor]

on tweeter today from rob baker (linkage) - dated 1952

consensus seems to be that building at the right of photo is carlton mansions when it was the end of a terrace (1950 map here)

Yes, I'm pretty sure it's Coldharbour Lane with Carlton Mansions to the right.

 

[ricbake]

This was taken from Gresham Road - can see through to the houses on Bellefields Road, across the gap where Blue Star House now stands

 

[editor]

Brixton 15 years ago in photos:

Brixton Fifteen Years Ago: Brockwell Snow, Brixton Village, Pope’s Road and Lido photos, Feb 2003

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Corner of Dalberg Road / Brixton Water Lane, some time early 50s



and at hardly being able to see the join now no. 87 has been rebuilt to match next door (current street view here)

 

[teuchter]

The 50s arrangement of the buildings on that corner is a lot more than the current one in my opinion. Pretty much everything of interest has gone. Would have been better just to knock it down and build something new.

 

[northeast]

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[editor]

Nice quote here:

In the fifties and early sixties, Brixton was where all the variety artists lived, comedians, singers, ventriloquists, acrobats, entertainers. Pre-TV, variety was the only entertainment there was for ordinary people, and with the Brixton Empress and the Camberwell Palace being less than a mile away, Brixton was the hub. Over the road from us were the fire-eater and a juggler. A dog act, a man called Reg, lived in a caravan in a bombsite behind our road and I used to play with his little girl.

Winifred Atwell - The Amazing Honky Tonk Woman - Flashbak

 

[Puddy_Tat]

from robnitm on tweeter today

"Thatcher Is Guilty" - Brixton, 1984. Photo by Mark McNestry.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

tram and route 3 buses passing the Brockwell Park Tavern (now the Florence) on Dulwich Road - approx 1951/2

 

[Puddy_Tat]

bit further down dulwich road

 

[Puddy_Tat]

another 33 tram - at effra road change pit getting its plough to continue towards central london on the conduit system

 

[RoyReed]

Graffiti in Brixton from the late 1970s.


Smash Nazi NF Scum by Roy Reed, on Flickr


Smash Fascisn & Racism by Roy Reed, on Flickr


Anarchy Now by Roy Reed, on Flickr


Guy Fawkes Lives by Roy Reed, on Flickr


Fight for the Right by Roy Reed, on Flickr

 

[RoyReed]

And a few more.


SPG Killed Blair Peach by Roy Reed, on Flickr


Angry by Roy Reed, on Flickr


SWP Workers Power by Roy Reed, on Flickr


We Hate You, You Cunts by Roy Reed, on Flickr

 

[GarveyLives]

Blacker Dread film trailer.

"Fusspottery"... "I allow you to touch my hair if you allow me to touch your breasts"...

Excellent response.

 

[Gramsci]

Graffiti in Brixton from the late 1970s.


Smash Nazi NF Scum by Roy Reed, on Flickr


Smash Fascisn & Racism by Roy Reed, on Flickr


Anarchy Now by Roy Reed, on Flickr


Guy Fawkes Lives by Roy Reed, on Flickr


Fight for the Right by Roy Reed, on Flickr

This is great collection of photos.

 

[RoyReed]

This is great collection of photos.

Thanks - there's lots more in this album on Flickr, mainly from London and most dating from between 1975 and 1985. I've got about another 140 to scan to add to the collection, but I don't think I'll be doing another batch for a couple of weeks.

 

[Pickman's model]

 

[editor]

Thanks - there's lots more in this album on Flickr, mainly from London and most dating from between 1975 and 1985. I've got about another 140 to scan to add to the collection, but I don't think I'll be doing another batch for a couple of weeks.

I'd love to share them on Brixton Buzz as a feature, if you're up for it?

 

[RoyReed]

I'd love to share them on Brixton Buzz as a feature, if you're up for it?

I'd be happy for that, but could you wait for a few weeks until I've scanned the rest of them as I think there are some more Brixton ones to be done.

 

[editor]

I'd be happy for that, but could you wait for a few weeks until I've scanned the rest of them as I think there are some more Brixton ones to be done.

No problem - or you could do a small series? I just need them 620 pixels wide along with any links/credit you need. It would be great to add your stuff to the Brixton archives already on the site!

 

[RoyReed]

No problem - or you could do a small series? I just need them 620 pixels wide along with any links/credit you need. It would be great to add your stuff to the Brixton archives already on the site!

I'd rather wait until I've got them all done. I won't have access to my scanner for two weeks, but I'll try to get them done soon after that and I'll do the rest of the Brixton ones first.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Electric Avenue, 1975

posted by Old London on tweeter

 

[editor]

Electric Avenue, 1975

posted by Old London on tweeter

That old Market Row sign is way better than their current advertising.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

 

[editor]

Brixton 15 years ago

Brixton 15 Years Ago: Stop The War, street scenes and the wonderful Windrush Square fountain, March 2003

 

[CH1]

Electric Avenue, 1975

posted by Old London on tweeter

I remember the Consumer Advice Centre. Run by Lambeth Council it had a chart in the window of essential grocery items - and the prices at about four local supermarkets, so you could home in on the bargains! Can you imagine the council employing people to do such noble work in this day and age?