Broken Tesco windows, another ruddy Sainsburys and the Loughborough Junction Action Group

Broken Tesco windows, another ruddy Sainsburys and the Loughborough Junction Action Group

Famously described as “in motion”  by some over-privileged halfwit, Loughborough Junction remains a world away from the hoity-toity South Hampstead outpost of Brixton Village, just a mile up Coldharbour Lane.

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Somerleyton Road, Brixton redevelopment and Oval House theatre: provisional plans released

Somerleyton Road, Brixton redevelopment and Oval House theatre: provisional plans released

Reproduced here are the provisional drawings drawn up by Lambeth Council suggesting what the proposed Somerleyton Road redevelopment might look like. Part of the Future Brixton project, it’s a major scheme …

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Edwardian advertising on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton – Virol, Yorkshire Relish, Bovril, Brixton Theatre and Empress

Proudly billed as a ‘Magnificent Site To Be Let,’ this Edwardian photo shows the corner of Kenbury Street and Coldharbour Lane on the Brixton/Camberwell borders awaiting development. Much like today, …

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