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It’s good to see New York’s Reverend Billy (from the The Church of Life After Shopping) lending his wholehearted support to the campaign to keep Brixton Market’s Nour Cash and Carry store open.
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I have to say I took a shine to the attire of this shopper in Brixton market yesterday. I’m no fashion expert, but the Bet Lynch-esque leopard skin coat and …
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I fear it won’t be around for long, but this morning there was still a fair covering of snow covering Brixton, so I headed out, camera in hand. My chilly photo tour …
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The opening date, timetable and prices for Brixton’s temporary ice rink have been announced, with the doors opening on Monday 19th December from 2 to 4 pm, with a full timetable running from …
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It didn’t look too finished when I passed it yesterday, but new posters around Lambeth are confidently advertising the fact that there’ll be ice skating in Brixton this Christmas. Which …
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There’s street markets every Friday and Saturday leading up to Christmas on Brixton Station Road, with loads of gift buying ideas for panicking buyers! The market is located on Brixton Station Road – …
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Happening on the third Saturday of every month is the new Brixton Retro Vintage Market, at Brixton Station Road (2 mins walk from station). The market serves up retro & vintage clothing, books, …
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The Brixton Flea market takes place on the first Saturday of every month, right in the heart of Brixton.
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Work is continuing apace on the new ice rink being erected on the corner of Brixton Station Road and Pope’s Road in central Brixton.
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Despite a long-running campaign of opposition from local traders, work has started on a new ice rink in Brixton, located on the site of the old Pope’s Road car park.
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Spotted speeding through Brixton Market a few years back was Karaoke Frankie.
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Interesting scene on Brixton Station Road, April 2004. The (ahem) ‘model’ is showing off some snappy clothes from the second hand clothes store in the adjacent arch.
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Things aren’t looking too good for Streatham residents at the moment, with the High Road peppered with closed down swimming baths, cinema and clubs.
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Although it was undeniably useful as a car park, Brixton Pope’s Road multi storey car park was an utterly charmless slab of mean and oppressive architecture, and I’m delighted to …
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The last standing reminder of the Pope’s Road car park is set to disappear, with the removal of the concrete link bridge coming down this Sunday.
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Now almost totally obliterated from the Brixton landscape is the concrete multi-story car park that loomed on the corner of Brixton Station Road and Pope’s Road.
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There may be controversy a plenty about what’s replacing this multi-story car park on the corner of Brixton Station Road and Popes Road, but there won’t many people wailing at the sight of …
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It’s a tough word to spell at the best of times, so I like the way this Brixton Village trader just went for the phonetic version.
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I could be wrong, but I reckon Brixton must have more wigs, extensions, hair products and accessories for sale than any other part of London. There’s been wig shops in …
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Back in 2000, the only “vintage” clothes you could buy in central Brixton were of the old fashioned, second hand, cheap-as-chips variety, with a bustling Brixton Station Road market being the most popular shopping …
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It’s ruddy freezing outside and I’ve got a stinky cold, so praise be for the restorative powers of a hot lunch at the Phoenix followed by coffee at the Goodbench …
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It may be one of the ugliest, most depressing buildings ever put up in Brixton, but the crumbling multi-story car park on Brixton Station Road has become a centre of controversy.
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Brixton market traders protest against the closure of the car park caused by Tesco and Lambeth Council’s plans. Read the full story on our discussion boards – Popes road car park to …
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