Brixton – Page 15

Brixton riots 30 years on: The Clash ‘The Guns of Brixton’

Fri 8th April, 2011Fri 8th April, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Thirty years after the Brixton riot, The Clash’s “Guns of Brixton” anthem pre-dates the uprising (the song was released in 1979) but perfectly captures the growing mood of discontent and …

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BR 70000 Britannia loco thunders through Brixton

Thu 7th April, 2011Thu 7th April, 2011 - by editor - 5 Comments.

Gleaming in the glorious Brixton sunshine is this excursion train headed up by a BR standard class 7 70000 Britannia locomotive.

Brixton / London / Places

urban75 celebrates 10 million posts

Mon 4th April, 2011Mon 4th April, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Blimey! When I started urban75 way back in 1995, I never thought it would still be going strong in 2011, and today sees the bulletin board hitting the astonishing total of …

Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / photos / Places

Offline hip hop special with The Scribes rocks Brixton!

Sun 3rd April, 2011Sun 3rd April, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Doubling up as my birthday party, this turned out to be a great night at the Prince Albert in Brixton, with a big crowd and the fantastic Scribes putting in …

Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / London / Places

Brixton pub quizzes: a handy list

Wed 30th March, 2011Fri 1st April, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

I’m fairly partial to a beer-fuelled pub quiz or two, and there’s always quite a few going on around Brixton in the week. There doesn’t seem to be any official …

Brixton / Places

Save our libraries videos: Brixton library and more

Wed 30th March, 2011Wed 30th March, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Well worth five minutes of your time is this short video (below) filmed outside Brixton Library showning how the community is fighting to keep libraries open across the UK.

Brixton / Places

Farewell then, Brixton Pope’s Road car park

Tue 29th March, 2011Tue 29th March, 2011 - by editor - 5 Comments.

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 …

Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / music / Places

Offline Brixton weekender: Drunken Balordi and Narcotic Daffodils

Tue 29th March, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Last weekend was ambitious: two Offline Club nights at the Brixton Prince Albert with the massive TUC March for the Alternative demo in the middle – but we just about …

Brixton / Places

Sunday 27th March – Brixton Pope’s Road footbridge is coming down

Fri 25th March, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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Abandoned Victorian mansions, Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill SE5

Fri 25th March, 2011Fri 25th March, 2011 - by editor - 7 Comments.

Left empty and criminally deteriorating are these fine early Victorian mansions on Windsor Walk, right next to Denmark Hill railway station, London SE5.

Brixton / Places

Happy Birthday to the Brixton Ritzy – 100 years old today

Thu 24th March, 2011Thu 24th March, 2011 - by editor - 4 Comments.

Today is the 100th birthday of The Ritzy, and if you get down there quick they’re marking the occasion with a special screening celebrating the birth of cinema and the …

Brixton / Places

The Crown (Mucky Duck), 201 Coldharbour Lane SW9 awaits its fate

Thu 24th March, 2011Thu 24th March, 2011 - by editor - 4 Comments.

Loughborough Junction may be in motion, but one place that has been stationary for years is the old Crown pub at 201, Coldharbour Lane SW9/corner of Padfield Road, SE5.

Brixton / Places

Brixton and the unexpected Coutts Bank connection

Thu 24th March, 2011Wed 25th January, 2012 - by editor - 16 Comments.

With its peeling paint, neo-brutalist lines and Cold War looks, 336 Brixton Road sports all the charisma of a soon-to-be-condemned failed council project, but this stark concrete oddity from the late 1960s has a rather …

Brixton / London / Places

March for the Alternative demo, Sat 26th March 2011 – info, legal help, chat and after-party

Wed 23rd March, 2011Sat 26th March, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

The Government is introducing spending cuts that will damage public services, put hundreds of thousands out of work, have a terrible impact on the vulnerable, damage communities and undermine much …

Brixton / London / photos / Places

A walk through ‘in motion’ Loughborough Junction, south London

Tue 22nd March, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

Laughably labelled as “in motion” by some Frappuccino-fuelled over privileged rich-kid overheard in a cafe, Loughborough Junction remains a pale shadow of its former self.

Brixton / Places

Brixton Station Road/Pope’s Road car park – flattened!

Mon 21st March, 2011Mon 21st March, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

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.

Brixton / London / Places

Ruskin Park in the spring, south London

Mon 21st March, 2011Mon 21st March, 2011 - by editor - 38 Comments.

One of south London’s lesser known parks, Ruskin Park is situated between Camberwell, Brixton and Herne Hill (and right next to Denmark Hill station), and I took a lovely stroll through it …

Brixton / London / Places

A trip to the South London Gallery and No 67 cafe, London SE5

Sat 19th March, 2011Sat 19th March, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

One of London’s lesser known art galleries, the South London Gallery lurks in deepest Camberwell – right next to Camberwell School of Art – and is well worth a visit.

Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / Places

St Patrick’s night in Brixton – ceilidhs, Sambucas, ales and a massive hangover

Fri 18th March, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Man oh man this turned out to be a hell of a night. The first stop was a well-packed Prince Albert on Coldharbour Lane before walking up towards Stockwell for …

Brixton / Places

Pic of the day: Lambeth Salt, Brixton

Fri 18th March, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Seen on Gresham Road, Brixton SW9 is this knackered old lid to a salt storage unit.

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Ricky Rankin “Trick I” celebrates his Brixton roots

Thu 17th March, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Time to big up MC, singer and song writer local boy, Ricky Ranking who celebrates his sarf London roots in this 2005 video set against a backdrop of Brixton streets. Lovin’ …

Brixton / London / Places

Brixton riot 30 years on: Windrush Square event, Sun 10th April 2011

Thu 17th March, 2011Thu 17th March, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

It’s been thirty long years since the streets of Brixton responded to increasingly heavy handed policing with a full blown riot, involving up to 5,000 people. Described as “Bloody Saturday” …

Brixton / photos / Places

Brixton missionaries #4: the market preacher

Wed 16th March, 2011Sun 13th March, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

Brixton’s got no shortage of megaphone-toting, God-bothering street preachers, and here’s one of the more well known faces, usually to be found bellowing out platitudes around the market. (Photo: Brixton Village, May 2004)

Brixton / Places

Homelook/Sanders 460 Brixton Road – set to be a Costa Coffee

Tue 15th March, 2011Wed 16th March, 2011 - by editor - 14 Comments.

It’s been empty for years on end, but it you fancy bagging yourself a bright red shop in the heart of Brixton, then 458-460 Brixton Road can be yours for …

Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / Places

Morton Valance and Kontakte at Brixton Offline, 11th March 2011

Mon 14th March, 2011Thu 17th March, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Offline favourites Morton Valance played another fantastic set at the Brixton Albert on Friday as part of an Offline night that included the première of some fantastic short films and a set …

Brixton / London / Places

Unfinished London and the Ring Roads that never were

Mon 14th March, 2011Mon 14th March, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Written and presented by the ever-entertaining Jay Foreman, I’ve rather enjoyed this video about the 1970s motorway-crazed London ‘Ringways’ project that – thankfully – never fully came to life.

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Prince of Wales, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton calls last orders?

Mon 14th March, 2011Sat 19th March, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Word is that the Prince of Wales pub has most definitely closed and all the fittings are now being taken out, so it’s unlikely to be a pub again for …

Brixton / Places

The bronze passengers on Brixton Station

Sat 12th March, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Following on from my original feature of the three bronze passenger statues on Brixton railway station, I’ve grabbed a few more photos and some contemporary views of the rather more …

Brixton / London / Places

March 26th: March Against The Cuts, Kennington Park, 11am

Fri 11th March, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

The 26th March, 2011 will see Trade Unions, Pensioners’ groups, Unemployed organisations, students and local residents, march against the cuts and in defence of public services.

Brixton / Places

Brady’s six-sided clock tower, Brixton and Annie Allen

Fri 11th March, 2011Mon 18th April, 2011 - by editor - 7 Comments.

It’s long been one of my most loved Brixton landmarks, and it’s a tragedy to see the distinctive six sided clock tower of the old Railway Hotel (Brady’s), 20 Atlantic …