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Around 1905 give or take 10 years, I'd suggest.Wonderful pictures. Thanks. Can anyone work out the likely years?
Around 1905 give or take 10 years, I'd suggest.Wonderful pictures. Thanks. Can anyone work out the likely years?
Morley & Lanceley opened 1880 became just Morleys in 1927. Is that the town hall clock tower, its not clear? as that was built 1908. Fashions could suggest 1880s-1900s. Dont see tram tracks in the road - perhaps that would date it? Puddy_TatLove to see a non watermarked copy of this fine postcard!
It has to be the town hall in the background - it lines up perfectly in modern pics.Morley & Lanceley opened 1880 became just Morleys in 1927. Is that the town hall clock tower, its not clear? as that was built 1908. Fashions could suggest 1880s-1900s. Dont see tram tracks in the road - perhaps that would date it? Puddy_Tat
More about the Barrier Block and the unbuilt motorway in the Guardian the other day London’s lost mega-motorway: the eight-lane ring road that would have destroyed much of the city
Could be worth donating to the Archives - I don't imagine many of those letters survived.One of the people in a street WhatsApp I belong to said she still has the compulsory purchase letter her parents were sent before the project was cancelled.
I went Googling (briefly) because I understood that the whole terrace 286-320 Coldharbour Lane had a basement closure order on it in the 1970s, effectively making the houses unsaleable. I picked this up chatting with one of the original Brixton Society people - long since moved on. The general thesis of my colleague was this had made demolition and motorway development more feasible at the time. However I found in the Welcome Institute of all places has a 1937 report of the Medical Office for Health for Lambeth in 1937. This mentions 298 Coldharbour Lane, but two others in Agell Ward and lots in Lambeth generally.One of the people in a street WhatsApp I belong to said she still has the compulsory purchase letter her parents were sent before the project was cancelled.
From the British Newspaper Archive: In the late 1870s and 1880s 228 CHL was Allen's Lending Library which also acted as a clearing house for small ads in the South London Press (servants wanted, furniture for sale et). Maybe a precursor to the Tate Library.
Oh thanks for that. Let me add that to the article (with a credit, natch!).From the British Newspaper Archive: In the late 1870s and 1880s 228 CHL was Allen's Lending Library which also acted as a clearing house for small ads in the South London Press (servants wanted, furniture for sale et). Maybe a precursor to the Tate Library.
In 1886 it was Leslie's Free Registry Office for Servants though possibly still just a PO address.
In 1894 J Allen was looking for post-season fixtures for his football team Denmark Rangers of the Camberwell and Brixton League.
Still selling hosiery as late as 1927 by mail (prop: S. Haim).
Short update: Kelly's Directory for Surrey 1878 lists Joseph Allen (Stationer) at 228 CHL. Shops like Boots and WH Smith operated Lending Libraries back then (even into the 1940s), so plausible that the shop operated as a stationer and library.Oh thanks for that. Let me add that to the article (with a credit, natch!).
Morley & Lanceley opened 1880 became just Morleys in 1927. Is that the town hall clock tower, its not clear? as that was built 1908. Fashions could suggest 1880s-1900s. Dont see tram tracks in the road - perhaps that would date it? Puddy_Tat
Short update: Kelly's Directory for Surrey 1878 lists Joseph Allen (Stationer) at 228 CHL. Shops like Boots and WH Smith operated Lending Libraries back then (even into the 1940s), so plausible that the shop operated as a stationer and library.
I’ve always been confused about which is ”Brixton bus garage”. To me the picture looks like the one on Brixton Hill, rather than the one on Streatham Hill.… Brixton (Streatham Hill) bus garage, the morning after the last tram …
I thought that at first, but this resumé with picture of the original Brixton garage opposite Telford Avenue on Urban changed my mind. Also look at the accompanying 1923 Brixton Hill tram shed annex and see what you think. For me the apparently smaller arch at Streatham Hill - with some sort of ridge at the junction of the arch and the perpendicular seems more ornate than the functional Brixton Hill shed entrance. Lcc Tram Depot, Streatham Hill, Brixton. Historical Brixton - old and new photos of Brixton, Lambeth, London, SW9 and SW2I’ve always been confused about which is ”Brixton bus garage”. To me the picture looks like the one on Brixton Hill, rather than the one on Streatham Hill.
The larger former tram depot opposite Telford Avenue was demolished in the weeks immediately after the last tram ran and replaced with a new bus garage - much more functional but certainly less architecturally distinguished.I’ve always been confused about which is ”Brixton bus garage”. To me the picture looks like the one on Brixton Hill, rather than the one on Streatham Hill.
I fixed the link in the old urban article - here's the thread about the tram depot - Brixton's trams: archive photos and the underground station that never wasThe larger former tram depot opposite Telford Avenue was demolished in the weeks immediately after the last tram ran and replaced with a new bus garage - much more functional but certainly less architecturally distinguished.
I’ve always been confused about which is ”Brixton bus garage”. To me the picture looks like the one on Brixton Hill, rather than the one on Streatham Hill.
The larger former tram depot opposite Telford Avenue was demolished in the weeks immediately after the last tram ran and replaced with a new bus garage - much more functional but certainly less architecturally distinguished.
Do you have a date? This looks to be around 1995 I would have said. I remember FADs - there was another one in Brixton Road - now an overflow Sainsburys I think, near the Beehive. I think bollardism was a big Brixton Challenge thing - to use up the budget.