Brixton local history with photos, features and articles about the history of Brixton, Lambeth, London, SW9 and SW2. (original) (raw)

BRIXTON: THEN AND NOW
A huge series of comparative archive and modern photographs showing how Brixton has changed over the years » Full listing of photos

ACRE LANE A selection of photographic comparison images from 1900 onwards
ATLANTIC RD Images from Atlantic and Railton Rd including Brixton station
BRIXTON HILL Windmill, Bleinhem Gardens, local traders and Brixton Hill scenes
BRIXTON ROAD Scenes from Brixton's busiest shopping street, including Bon Marché and M&S
STATION ROAD Street markets, café, railway arches, Brixton Recreation Centre and ugly car parks
LOST THEATRES Long lost vanished cinemas and theatres in and around Brixton
BRIXTON TRAMS Archive street views of Brixton's once extensive tram network

Brixton: local history

BRIXTON MAPS AND HISTORY
» Brixton Skating Rink
» Brixton Rd footbridge mystery
» Smart Brixton and Continental Streatham
» Budd memorial, St Matthew's church
» A walk down Brixton Water Lane
» From Loughborough to Lambeth
» Lost pubs of Brixton
» A short history of Brixton
» Zebra taxi cab in Brixton Road
» Christmas in Brixton, old and new

ARCHIVE MAPS
» Archive maps of Brixton
» Map of Brixton area, 1840
» Map of Brixton area, 1870
» Map of Brixton area, 1894
» Booth's Maps of Brixton, 1898-99

BRIXTON EPHEMERA
OLD POSTERS
Victorian theatre posters, handbills, shop adverts, concert handbills and more

Bon Marché advert, 1924
Brixton Theatre
Brixton rink
Brixton Scala Cinema Theatre
Empress Theatre
Park for Brixton
Brixton Fridge (1983)

REFERENCE MATERIAL/SOURCES
Recommended reference material and books about Brixton

1970s REDEVELOPMENT
» Barrier Block, Coldharbour Lane
» How things could have been!

SITEMAP
Full listing of pages

CENTRAL BRIXTON Brixton Theatre, Tate Library, Ritzy, pubs, St Matthews and the fab Empress Theatre

COLDHARBOUR LANE Coldharbour La, Gresham Rd, Somerleyton Rd and Moorlands Est
EFFRA ROAD Up the hill to the Hobgoblin, trams and St Matthews Church
ELECTRIC AVE Big selection of scenes from Brixton's most famous shopping street
HERNE HILL Photos of Herne Hill railway station, Milkwood Rd and street trams
LOUGHBORO Jc Street and shop scenes in and around Loughborough Junction and Coldharbour Lane
LOST PUBS We toast the closed pubs and vanished boozers of Brixton
BRIXTON RIOTS Street riots, April 1981

» Tension sets Brixton aflame
» Forum discussion

Brixton: political/social history
SQUATTING IN BRIXTON
» Brixton Arts Co-op (2005)
» History of Cooltan Arts (1991-8)
» 121 Centre (1981-99)
» Brady's Bar/ Railway (2002)
» The Brixton Fairies: 1970s gay squat (discussion)

OLD BRIXTON SHOPS
» 2-4, Atlantic Road
» 58, Atlantic Road
» 80 Atlantic Rd
» Quin & Axtens, 422 Brixton Rd
» Wallace Hughes, Brixton Rd
» Walton Lodge, Coldharbour La
» 5-9 Electric Avenue

MURDER MYSTERY
» The Water Lane case, 1900

EVENTS/ACTION
» Routemaster Farewell (2005)
» Brixton Reclaim the Streets (1998)

TALK ABOUT BRIXON
» The biggest Brixton forum anywhere!
» World War 2 bombs in Brixton

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