General Brixton history - photos, stories etc

[editor]

Fifty Shilling Tailors (that's £2.50 now) invoice from 1926

 

[felonius monk]

The Fifty Shilling Tailors chain later became John Collier "The Window to Watch" in 1958.

468-470 BRIXTON ROAD, BRIXTON - Landmark

Nos 468-470 Brixton Road, John Collier’s menswear store adjacent to Tunstall Street. The elevated pedestrian walkway above Brixton Road, was later demolished and replaced with a ground-level pedestrian crossing.Ref: LBL/DTP/UD/2/1/19/105

boroughphotos.org

 

[Rushy]

The Fifty Shilling Tailors chain later became John Collier "The Window to Watch" in 1958.

468-470 BRIXTON ROAD, BRIXTON - Landmark

Nos 468-470 Brixton Road, John Collier’s menswear store adjacent to Tunstall Street. The elevated pedestrian walkway above Brixton Road, was later demolished and replaced with a ground-level pedestrian crossing.Ref: LBL/DTP/UD/2/1/19/105

boroughphotos.org

Great little peek up Tunstall Road!

 

[CH1]

Great little peek up Tunstall Road!

I remember Littlewoods - but don't remember it being fronted up by "John Collier"

 

[happyshopper]

I hated that footbridge.

 

[CH1]

I hated that footbridge.

Brixton residents always preferred jaywalking. It wasn't so much the bridge - more the galvanised railings in the middle of the road. True 1970s work aesthetic!

 

[Puddy_Tat]

from this album of lambeth, 1985-92

the rest of his stuff is pretty good as well...

 

[Winot]

from this album of lambeth, 1985-92

the rest of his stuff is pretty good as well...

Looks like a very young Ian serving. He still works on the market, now at Ilias fishmongers in Granville Arcade.

 

[CH1]

Those were the days... some subversive poster put this 1987 show up on the BBC Question Time page.
One of the panelists is Linda Bellos, and Robin Day in the chair.
Amazing how well spoken and polite everyone is.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

ancestor of the 159

 

[BusLanes]

Huh, that brewery still exists. Turns out Spaten was a Munich brewery that exported to the UK via a branch office for a couple of decades before WW1

 

[alex_]

Huh, that brewery still exists. Turns out Spaten was a Munich brewery that exported to the UK via a branch office for a couple of decades before WW1

Now owned by budveiser

 

[Eggby]

Those were the days... some subversive poster put this 1987 show up on the BBC Question Time page.
One of the panelists is Linda Bellos, and Robin Day in the chair.
Amazing how well spoken and polite everyone is.

It does still get a bit heated although Robin Day quickly puts the dude in his place (link below)...

 

[Puddy_Tat]

today's - probably late 40s / possibly early 50s

 

[Puddy_Tat]

today's trams

technically kennington, but at least the tram nearer the photographer would have come through brixton, and there aren't that many colour photos...

 

[Puddy_Tat]

a couple from teh tweeter today

 

[editor]

Old shopfront sign in L Junction

 

[editor]

a couple from teh tweeter today

More about the Eel and Pie shop here

Brixton history - J Young Eel and Pie restaurant, 426 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton SW9 8LF, now Gyozo Chinese and Japanese restaurant, Lambeth, London

Brixton history - J Young Eel and Pie restaurant, 426 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton SW9, now Gyozo Chinese and Japanese restaurant, Lambeth, London

www.urban75.org

 

[teuchter]

1964

Old Colour Images | Brixton Road, Brixton, London 1964

Thanks to Ray for identifying the location

www.oldcolourimages.com

 

[felonius monk]

Seems that J.Young opened in 1930. The 1919 Kelly Directory lists a fried fish shop at 426 CHL. Youngs became Burroughs in the 1970s, which was its name when it closed as an eel pie shop in the 90s. Burroughs also had a shop in Lambeth Walk. Some interior photos c1987

eel and pie house – The London Column

Posts about eel and pie house written by thelondoncolumn

thelondoncolumn.com

 

[editor]

I've just seen that someone is selling a flyer I designed way back in 1999!

COLLECTIVE PARTY Rave Flyer A6 21/1/99 414 Coldharbour Lane Brixton London | eBay

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[Gramsci]

I've just seen that someone is selling a flyer I designed way back in 1999!

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COLLECTIVE PARTY Rave Flyer A6 21/1/99 414 Coldharbour Lane Brixton London | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for COLLECTIVE PARTY Rave Flyer A6 21/1/99 414 Coldharbour Lane Brixton London at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.

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Wonder how it ended up in Glasgow.

 

[CH1]

Wonder how it ended up in Glasgow.

On the same page "related sponsored items"

2 people quoting £3.99, 1 £9.97

I've got this - but I'm not selling. It is a play script which was given away to the audience attending the play at the Soho Theatre in 2007. I see from the review below that a lead character was played by Jimmy Akingbola, who seems to pop up on TV occasionally and in the Evening Standard nearly every day.
My strongest recollection was the scene changing device where the Lambeth Town Hall clock would chime and they would all hail "Alfie" (our late Town Crier - who I think had died not so long before)

Rave review here: Theatre review: The Christ of Coldharbour Lane at Soho Theatre

 

[Puddy_Tat]

on teh tweeter today. c. 1950

 

[editor]

Love to see a non watermarked copy of this fine postcard!

 

[editor]

Worth a repost!

 

[editor]

A walk across the rooftops

 

[happyshopper]

Wonderful pictures. Thanks. Can anyone work out the likely years?

 

[pbsmooth]

 

[editor]

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It's from here Brixton history – the Barrier Block (Southwyck House) pictured in December 1986