General Brixton history - photos, stories etc
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felonius monk
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The Fifty Shilling Tailors chain later became John Collier "The Window to Watch" in 1958.
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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
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Great little peek up Tunstall Road!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
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I remember Littlewoods - but don't remember it being fronted up by "John Collier"
happyshopper
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I hated that footbridge.
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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
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Winot
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Looks like a very young Ian serving. He still works on the market, now at Ilias fishmongers in Granville Arcade.
Now owned by budveiser
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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
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teuchter
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1964
Old Colour Images | Brixton Road, Brixton, London 1964
Thanks to Ray for identifying the location
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felonius monk
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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
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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
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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.www.ebay.co.uk
Wonder how it ended up in Glasgow.
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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
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happyshopper
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Wonderful pictures. Thanks. Can anyone work out the likely years?
