Old shop front revealed on Atlantic Road
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Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
No, she's in her mid-twenties, but she does look much younger.
No. You may have been fooled by my bratty and immature nature.
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Beanburger
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Top stuff. I love discovering old bits of history like that. There's a newsagent in my town that has a tiles on the floor of the entranceway, advertising "WH Smith" - humble origins! There's also a couple of old pubs where the lettering or signs can still be made out. I also have an unhealthy interest in abandoned railways. :S
Andrew Hertford
Chocolate Jesus
Anyone remember the bookshop that had a huge beautifully painted portrait of Chairman Mao over it, Along Acre Lane I think? It was there in the 70s and maybe into the 80s. As soon as the shop closed down it got covered up. Could it still be there?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
The Lounge on Railton Rd has some kind of mosaic in the floor at the entrance, doesn't it? Can't remember exactly what.
Bel
velvet snout of doom
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It said for your throat's sake, smoke Craven A
There used to be a fantastic 1930's sign for a gentleman's clothing shop in Market Row called Pincus Rose. I just did a search and found something about Pincus Rose of 3 Market Row who changed his name in 1933 from Pincus Rosenberg, presumably to make it sound less Jewish and more English like lots of immigrants did at that time. It harks back to the considerable Jewish population in Brixton at that time with a sizeable synagogue, now the Eurolink Business Centre in Effra Road.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Ah. I couldn't see all of it. Perhaps it was just too faded.
I'm sure someone on here said quite recently. The old name or the old owner's name....
I'm sure someone on here said quite recently. The old name or the old owner's name....
happyshopper
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Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
There was obviously another branch in East Dulwich, because there's an identical one in what is now Le Chardon (French restaurant).
Ol Nick
beer in Brixton
On the side door of the hootynanny you can still see the words "The George Hobgoblin" in a rather nice script.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Quite a few moved "further south", to Streatham (hence my old synagogue on Prentis Rd), Thornton Heath and Croydon from the 1930s onwards, not least because of the Mosleyites. Back when my great-grandmother came here, and lived in Fulham, Brixton was where a lot of business-minded and/or professional south London Jews aspired to live, but as Brixton became more densely-populated, so the conditions for anti-Semitism were exacerbated (with there being an unfortunate number of slum properties owned by Jewish landlords well into the 1950s) and Mosley's thugs were pretty much the straw that broke the camel's back.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Yep.
We don't tend to migrate "over the water". Those north London Jews are a bit stand-offish, not too friendly.
gaijingirl
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The block I lived in some years ago on the St Matthew's Estate, (within site of the old Synagogue - now Effra Road Business Centre), was apparently originally built to house Jewish refugees (or so I was told by some very long term residents of 40 odd years).
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Was that Effra Mansions- the red brick block on the east side of Crownstone Road?
I can remember that like the Streatham High Road mansion blocks, it still had mezuzahs on a lot of the doorframes, although many of them had been painted over.
I can't work this one out. Why would "The George Hobgoblin" be written there??? I know the Hoot used to be the George Canning and The Hobgoblin at different times, but why the combined name written in a rather nice script???
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
I think that's just a lack of concentration by Ol Nick. I reckon it says 'The George Canning'.
Yes, he probably usually sees it on his way out after a session.
gaijingirl
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No - Crownstone Court which runs from St Matthews all the way through to Crownstone Road - next to Effra Mansions. There are also still mezuzahs on the doorframes there - mostly painted over.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Until when was that a synagogue? Was it in the building that's there now or was that built for the business centre (which looks like it dates from the 80s)?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Yeah, that's on the left-hand side just before Kennington Park.
An old sign was revealed when Nisa renamed themselves. It was for Chinese something or other. Can't remember, but probably not as old as the one Editor's posting about.
They knocked down all but the facade - spruced it up and built the business centre behind (and towering above) - early 90's if I remember right. It had been derelict for as long as I can remember. Definitely no synagogic action through the eighties. I have some photos somewhere but they're too far from the sofa...
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