Then and Now: Brixton Road by Brighton Terrace
Photographic comparisons of old and modern views of Lambeth
c 1921 Looking north up Brixton Road from the junction with Brighton Terrace, you can see the two railway bridges in the distance. Signs above the shop nearest the camera announce, 'Singing Academy', 'Music Studio' and 'Piano Academy', reflecting Brixton's long association with musicians and variety acts.
(pic: Lambeth Archives)
May 2003 Appropriately enough, the shop now serves as a record store (Red Records), although the Piano Academy has long gone. Huge traffic increases led to the road being widened in the 1930s - so that the bus queue seen above would now be standing in the middle of the road!
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