Zebra taxi cab in Brixton Road!

[lang rabbie]

He trained baboons as well

 

[paolo]

surely you mean "eeee-awww"

very good.

I think it might be time for your bed.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I will let you do all the hard work now.

I hope you don't mean me?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

He trained baboons as well

Good work, and he's definitely the same zebra as in Editor's picture

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Minnie

Well done for your persistent research. I understand that the experts who date photographs do it from the dress of the people depicted. Apparently they can be very accurate to within a few months as fashion was as fickle then as it is now, with those who could afford it.

Somewhere is a website reporting on the particular fashion aspects of the specific years of the Victorian and Edwardian era.

Guess what? I didn't bookmark it when I found it two or three years ago.



I will let you do all the hard work now.

Not this one is it, which isn't that helpful

http://www.fashion-era.com/la_belle_epoque_1890-1914_fashion.htm

Maybe this one

http://www3.sympatico.ca/bkinnon/foundphoto.htm#date

 

[Hocus Eye.]

It may well have been the second one or at least one very like it. I will leave you to do all the work now. Just check out the lady getting off the tram. It needs a woman or a young person's eye to notice fashion details. That is not my bag.

 

[Pie 1]

Is that from Landmark Lambeth? If it is, have you got a direct link for it?
I've got several prints from them already that have my flat somewhere in the image, but I've not come across this one before.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It may well have been the second one or at least one very like it. I will leave you to do all the work now. Just check out the lady getting off the tram. It needs a woman or a young person's eye to notice fashion details. That is not my bag.

ahem

I'm wondering if it it could be after in the second decade of the 1900s. The women seem to be wearing almost ankle-length skirts, but they do look like slightly older women

In this picture, the hemline seems to have gone up a bit

This picture's 1912

http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=landmark&id=1043

http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=landmark&id=2128

This picture is also 1912

 

[editor]

Is that from Landmark Lambeth?

No, I found it in an book I couldn't afford in Borders, so I sneakily took a picture of the page in the shop! I can send you a higher res version if you like, but it's not the greatest quality.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

No, I found it in an book I couldn't afford in Borders, so I sneakily took a picture of the page in the shop! I can send you a higher res version if you like, but it's not the greatest quality.

Why have Lambeth blocked people using their photos. I'm sure you used to be able to. Were you abusing the system Editor?

 

[Foucault's Wife]

Wowzers this is incredible as zebra are really hard to train, they're not like horses or ponies at all, they can be quite vicious, so someone went to a lot of trouble to get that zebra to pull that trap, it would have been much easier/safer to just use a regular horse or pony.

Fascinating stuff!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Wowzers this is incredible as zebra are really hard to train, they're not like horses or ponies at all, they can be quite vicious, so someone went to a lot of trouble to get that zebra to pull that trap, it would have been much easier/safer to just use a regular horse or pony.

Fascinating stuff!

Maybe it was really a donkey that he tattooed

 

[editor]

Why have Lambeth blocked people using their photos. I'm sure you used to be able to. Were you abusing the system Editor?

Not me. I got permission to use their photos. I don't think you've ever been able to directly link to their photos.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Not me. I got permission to use their photos. I don't think you've ever been able to directly link to their photos.

Oh, I see. Lucky you

I was sure you could in the early days. Obviously wrong

 

[Pie 1]

I can send you a higher res version if you like, but it's not the greatest quality.

I'd appreciate that, Cheers.

 

[editor]

Oh, I see. Lucky you

I was sure you could in the early days. Obviously wrong

Well, the Brixton then and now section here is providing a pretty massive advert for the archives and bumping it up the search engine rankings too. Win all round, really.

 

[editor]

I'd appreciate that, Cheers.

It might take me a while to find it as I'm not sure when I took the pic, but PM me your email address and I'll have a look.

 

[Foucault's Wife]

Maybe it was really a donkey that he tattooed

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Doesn't the pattern on the zebra's forehead look a bit different?

Comparison. The one on the left looks like this <> while the other one looks like an inverted Y.

On the other hand, they could be totally different animals. You'll notice the one on the left is a black zebra with white stripes, whereas the one on the right is a white zebra with black stripes

 

[Foucault's Wife]

On the other hand, they could be totally different animals. You'll notice the one on the left is a black zebra with white stripes, whereas the one on the right is a white zebra with black stripes

I think they are genetically modified skunks, 'tis Brixton after all.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I think they are genetically modified skunks, 'tis Brixton after all.

Could be. Now there's a thought.

 

[ska invita]

and the sign shows on both bridges

I wush tehyd bring back those canopies over the shops - theyre great.

 

[chriscat]

I've added a little section to my website about the stables where many music hall artists including Gustav Grais kept his Zebra and various other animals - http://ovalhistory.co.uk/historical...s-veterinary-practice-and-quarantine-station/
Sadly ten of his monkeys burned to death back in 1912, the Zebra he rode down brixton road on escaped this fire unscathed however..

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Monkey’s Found Dead in Each Other’s Arms after a Brixton Outbreak

Shame about the apostrophe though

 

[chriscat]

Whoops, that's what happens when you transcribe articles from 1912 newspapers at 11.30pm with a stonking hangover.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

I've added a little section to my website about the stables where many music hall artists including Gustav Grais kept his Zebra and various other animals - http://ovalhistory.co.uk/historical...s-veterinary-practice-and-quarantine-station/
Sadly ten of his monkeys burned to death back in 1912, the Zebra he rode down brixton road on escaped this fire unscathed however..

What a wonderful website, good stuff. Do get in touch, if you're not already, with the Vauxhall Society. They have meetings and I'm pretty sure they would be interested in your research and you could promote each others stuff innit.

Aside from that, I used to do yoga in the quarantine building (((burnt monkeys)))

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Whoops, that's what happens when you transcribe articles from 1912 newspapers at 11.30pm with a stonking hangover.

Wasn't having a dig. I actually thought it was a mistake by the newspaper

I enjoyed reading it so thanks

 

[quimcunx]

I had a terrible outbreak of Brixton back in '83.