Street dancer, Brixton Village, SW9
Seen throwing some exuberantly sharp moves today outside the ‘united80’ store in Brixton Village was this excellent dancer.
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The Dark Side of the Bus, south London
Seen on the back of a Brixton-bound bus in Streatham High Road was this hand-drawn tribute to Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ album, smudged on to the the …
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Save Lambeth Libraries Lobby, Lambeth Town Hall 11 April, 2011
With Lambeth Council cabinet expected to set up a Libraries Commission to push through cuts of £750,000 by 2014, a demo assembled outside the meeting today.
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Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011
On a scorching April afternoon, community activists marked the 30th anniversary of the Brixton riots with a public meeting in Windrush Square, followed by a series of talks in the …
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Grime vs Thrash Metal in Brixton with Mortad vs James Pyke
This was one of the maddest (and probably the riskiest) Offline Club bills I’ve ever put on in Brixton – a full on thrash metal band versus a grime/hip hop …
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Brixton Living Bar, Coldharbour Lane reopens
Old school Brixtonites will remember it as the Coach and Horses – or even perhaps the IsoBar – but last night saw the long overdue opening of the Living Bar, …
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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
Gleaming in the glorious Brixton sunshine is this excursion train headed up by a BR standard class 7 70000 Britannia locomotive.
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Offline hip hop special with The Scribes rocks Brixton!
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 …
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Brixton pub quizzes: a handy list
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 …
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Farewell then, Brixton Pope’s Road car park
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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Offline Brixton weekender: Drunken Balordi and Narcotic Daffodils
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 …
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Sunday 27th March – Brixton Pope’s Road footbridge is coming down
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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Happy Birthday to the Brixton Ritzy – 100 years old today
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 …
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The Crown (Mucky Duck), 201 Coldharbour Lane SW9 awaits its fate
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.
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Brixton and the unexpected Coutts Bank connection
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 …
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March for the Alternative demo, Sat 26th March 2011 – info, legal help, chat and after-party
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 …
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A walk through ‘in motion’ Loughborough Junction, south London
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.
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Brixton Station Road/Pope’s Road car park – flattened!
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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Ruskin Park in the spring, south London
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 …
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St Patrick’s night in Brixton – ceilidhs, Sambucas, ales and a massive hangover
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 …
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Pic of the day: Lambeth Salt, Brixton
Seen on Gresham Road, Brixton SW9 is this knackered old lid to a salt storage unit.
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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’ …
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Brixton riot 30 years on: Windrush Square event, Sun 10th April 2011
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” …
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Brixton missionaries #4: the market preacher
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)
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Homelook/Sanders 460 Brixton Road – set to be a Costa Coffee
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 …
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Morton Valance and Kontakte at Brixton Offline, 11th March 2011
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 …
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Prince of Wales, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton calls last orders?
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 …
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The bronze passengers on Brixton Station
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 …
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Brady’s six-sided clock tower, Brixton and Annie Allen
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 …
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