{"id":3333,"date":"2011-02-03T10:40:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T10:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2011-02-03T10:44:59","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T10:44:59","slug":"lost-brixton-brixton-station-road-market-and-johns-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/lost-brixton-brixton-station-road-market-and-johns-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost Brixton: Brixton Station Road market and John&#8217;s Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/johns-cafe-brixton-station-road.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Brixton: Brixton Station Road market and John's Cafe\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2000, the only &#8220;vintage&#8221; clothes you could buy in central Brixton were of the\u00a0old\u00a0fashioned,\u00a0second\u00a0hand, cheap-as-chips variety, with a bustling Brixton Station Road market being the most popular shopping destination for thrifty shoppers.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/johns-cafe-brixton-station-road-4.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Brixton: Brixton Station Road market and John's Cafe\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mainly selling clothes, the street market used to stretch almost \u00a0all the way up to Valentia Place, and amongst all the terylene\u00a0track suits and nylon suits, there were some bargains to be found.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/johns-cafe-brixton-station-road-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Brixton: Brixton Station Road market and John's Cafe\" \/>#<\/p>\n<p>The market was busy enough to support its own cafe, John&#8217;s Cafe at 53 Brixton Station Road, but by November 2000 it had\u00a0closed\u00a0for good.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/johns-cafe-brixton-station-road-2.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Brixton: Brixton Station Road market and John's Cafe\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to imagine how busy the old street\u00a0market\u00a0used to be, but here&#8217;s a typical scene.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/johns-cafe-brixton-station-road-3.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Brixton: Brixton Station Road market and John's Cafe\" \/><\/p>\n<p>End of the day at the market.<\/p>\n<p>(Talking\u00a0of vintage\u00a0clothes, can anyone remember the big American second hand clothes store that opened up briefly on ColdharbourLane?)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/brixton\/\" target=\"_blank\">More\u00a0Brixton\u00a0photos and\u00a0features here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2000, the only &#8220;vintage&#8221; 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