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Orange Luxury Coaches, Rushcroft Road and Saltoun Road, Effra Road, Brixton, London 1931
1931 Situated on the plot of land between Ardville Road (now Rushcroft Rd) and Saltoun Road, this was the first Motor Coach Station in the county of London. Operated by Orange Luxury Coaches, the bus station faced Effra Road and was built in 1927. In 1933, there was a large banner under the arch announcing trips 'daily to all seaside resorts'. To the left of the depot there was a small Esso petrol station.
(pic: Lambeth Archives)

Windrush gardens, Rushcroft Road and Saltoun Road, Effra Road, Brixton
Jan 2004 The entire site has now been swept away and replaced by a welcome new green space. Renamed 'Windrush Square', the square stands as a legacy to post-war settlers from the Caribbean. The SS Windrush docked at Tilbury in 1948 with 492 West Indians on board and a large Caribbean community later established itself in the Brixton area.
See: BBC Windrush article

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