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Brixton Hill, 1937, taken from Dumbarton Court, looking towards where Deepdene Gardens is now.
I've seen a few shots of second hand motor traders on Brixton Hill from that and post-war era before, but didn't realise how much of a cluster it was.
post-war OS map shows how big the plots and front gardens were
I would say so - mid 1960s probably. It all looks well kempt - which suggests the blight had not yet set in.Pre 1970?
I would say so - mid 1960s probably. It all looks well kempt - which suggests the blight had not yet set in.
For background to the up and coming urban blight which hit Brixton in the 1970s, can I recommend this talk - organised by the Brixton Society as part of the Lambeth Heritage Festival?
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I didn't know BAT were behind Bon Marche
I didn't know BAT were behind Bon Marche
I was trying to figure out who the politicians were. The guy with the mayoral chains was either Hugh Chambers or Robert Greenwood (successive Tory mayors in a Labour-led hung council).Not quite so odd - at the time BAT were a conglomerate that had bought Argos in the 1970s and also had big insurance interests, but undoubtedly their corporate responsibility stuff was all part of a campaign to stop people seeing them solely as pushers of cancer sticks.
They put in a cumulative £5.9million into the Bon Marche project over thirteen years.
https://www.bonmarchebusinesscentre.co.uk/History.aspx
Neither. It's Jo Sinclair.I was trying to figure out who the politicians were. ...
The woman expressing surprise that Grand Met were getting involved must have been either Joan Walley or Hazel Smith, I would say.
Makes sense - she was a Ferndale Ward councillor.Neither. It's Jo Sinclair.
...Can I recommend this talk - organised by the Brixton Society as part of the Lambeth Heritage Festival?
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Are you going? Fancy writing a report for Buzz?Markets, Megastructures and Motorways
Brixton Society Talk
TONIGHT at 7pm.
Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Road, SW2 1EP
Suspect it may attract an out of town hipster "Brutalism is cool as fuck, yeah" crowd but no doubt there will be sufficient locals to put them in their place.
Doubtless - I wanted to come.Suspect it may attract an out of town hipster "Brutalism is cool as fuck, yeah" crowd
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Brixton Society Talk
TONIGHT at 7pm.
Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Road, SW2 1EP
Suspect it may attract an out of town hipster "Brutalism is cool as fuck, yeah" crowd but no doubt there will be sufficient locals to put them in their place.