Here's what was there before the Town Hall was built
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I'd seen that photo before on here but did not know about its use right before the Town Hall was built! "Not everyone was a fan." It seems incredible now and not that long ago either. So was there no Town Hall in Brixton prior to the current building?Here's what was there before the Town Hall was built
The American evangelical preachers who built a corrugated iron church in Brixton where Lambeth Town Hall now stands
Lambeth Town Hall has stood at the corner of Brixton Hill and Acre Lane for well over a century now. But the site wasn’t always intended for wedding ceremonies and council meetings. In fact, for a …
The Lambeth Vestry was run from a building in Kennington (built 1853 - do even in the Victorian era buildings were "no longer fit for purpose after 40 years or so!)
The Lambeth population trebled between the vestry hall being completed and the new town hall being built - with much of that growth being in the south of the borough.
| Population | 27,985 | 41,644 | 57,638 | 87,856 | 115,888 | 139,325 | 162,044 | 208,342 | 253,699 | 275,203 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year[source] | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 |
To be fair, most of the activity in those boxes was drug related.
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It was me. Luckily I smelt a rat when he suddenly claimed I needed a load of work out of the blue. Not long after the bastard was in court.I'm currently on a historic corruption trip - I think Gramsci had the pleasure of being in this dentist's chair!
Dentist jailed for £109k fraud
A dentist has been jailed for two years after he fraudulently claimed more than £100,000 for treating fictitious patients.www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk
The surgery is still there, apparently empty after all these years.Brixton dentist jailed for £100k fraud
A Brixton dentist is behind bars after inventing patients to defraud the NHS of more that £100,000. Young Jun Suh, who practiced at Camberwell Dental Surgery, in Coldharbour Lane, Loughborough Junction, was jailed for two years at Southwark Crown Court on Friday after admitting falsifying NHS
Mr George Fell - reading The Times in his white coat.
how do you send money by fax?Now for the biggy.
Brixton residents in the 1980s were familiar with Courtney Laws, a local fixer who made a profession of mediating between West Indian residents and official authorities - especially Lambeth Council. He had a charity "BNCA" Brixton Neighbourhood Community Association with an office in Railton Road opposite Saltoun Road and a pesnioners community centre at 105 Railton Road - which had been opened by the Queen Mother.
Courtney certainly had drive and business acumen - but he was incredibly mean too. He used to drink in the Atlantic and the Angel pubs - but never stood a round, and always expected others to get him drinks.
Elsewhere in Urban75 the story is told how David Bowie helped i]find-raise for the biggest and best Courtney Laws/BNCA roject - the rennovation of Carlton Hall in Bernays Grove behind Morelys.
When it comes to scandal and corruption there were iconic stories. Norwood MP John Fraser used to hold his weekly surgeries in the admin office/advice centre on Railton Road, which was managed by Mrs Lawes, Cortney's wife. One story concerns a young woman turning up to do secretarial work in the advice centre wearing trousers. The council got invokved in this situation because Mrs Lawes - a traditionally minded woman - sent the young lady home tellling her to come back prperly dressed - in a dress. It seems the temp was not going to take this lying down and a complaint was made to the council.
Towards the end of Courtney's life it was rumoured he had fax machines in the office dedicated to sending money home to Jamaica - and he was alleged to have four swanky properties in Ja bought with BNCA funding diverted from Lambeth Social Services. Rather remarkably Lambeth did start fraud investigations and it was reported in the South London Press that Coirtney had been charged with fraud was going to appear in court to answer these fraud charges. Remarkably he died of a heart attack the day before the hearing was due to start. I remember mentioning this to our auditor at Lambeth Accord. "What else could he do?" was his cryptic response.
Now Claudette Laws, Courtney's youngest daughter has made a podcast to put the matter straight. I haven't listened yet - but I will. It is certainly true as she says in the intro that Courtney was savaged by the press at the end. But set this in context of Lambeth Council being a by-word for corruption and the very positive coverage he had had earlier in his life, with the Queen Mum opening his community centre and David Bowie doing a fundraiser for Carlton Hall.
THE UNTOLD STORY OF COURTNEY LAWS
That's what they did in 1994 - weren't you around then?
Even more detail here!
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Bad news for everybody in 1985, and the efforts of the fire brigade hosing it down led to flooding of the organ in the Gresham Baptist Chapel next door which seems to have caused irreparable damage. The church now uses a grand piano.
The podcast is excellent - thanks for that!Now for the biggy.
Brixton residents in the 1980s were familiar with Courtney Laws, a local fixer who made a profession of mediating between West Indian residents and official authorities - especially Lambeth Council. He had a charity "BNCA" Brixton Neighbourhood Community Association with an office in Railton Road opposite Saltoun Road and a pesnioners community centre at 105 Railton Road - which had been opened by the Queen Mother.
Courtney certainly had drive and business acumen - but he was incredibly mean too. He used to drink in the Atlantic and the Angel pubs - but never stood a round, and always expected others to get him drinks.
Elsewhere in Urban75 the story is told how David Bowie helped i]find-raise for the biggest and best Courtney Laws/BNCA roject - the rennovation of Carlton Hall in Bernays Grove behind Morelys.
When it comes to scandal and corruption there were iconic stories. Norwood MP John Fraser used to hold his weekly surgeries in the admin office/advice centre on Railton Road, which was managed by Mrs Lawes, Cortney's wife. One story concerns a young woman turning up to do secretarial work in the advice centre wearing trousers. The council got invokved in this situation because Mrs Lawes - a traditionally minded woman - sent the young lady home tellling her to come back prperly dressed - in a dress. It seems the temp was not going to take this lying down and a complaint was made to the council.
Towards the end of Courtney's life it was rumoured he had fax machines in the office dedicated to sending money home to Jamaica - and he was alleged to have four swanky properties in Ja bought with BNCA funding diverted from Lambeth Social Services. Rather remarkably Lambeth did start fraud investigations and it was reported in the South London Press that Coirtney had been charged with fraud was going to appear in court to answer these fraud charges. Remarkably he died of a heart attack the day before the hearing was due to start. I remember mentioning this to our auditor at Lambeth Accord. "What else could he do?" was his cryptic response.
Now Claudette Laws, Courtney's youngest daughter has made a podcast to put the matter straight. I haven't listened yet - but I will. It is certainly true as she says in the intro that Courtney was savaged by the press at the end. But set this in context of Lambeth Council being a by-word for corruption and the very positive coverage he had had earlier in his life, with the Queen Mum opening his community centre and David Bowie doing a fundraiser for Carlton Hall.
THE UNTOLD STORY OF COURTNEY LAWS
