{"id":9266,"date":"2012-08-03T12:47:35","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T11:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=9266"},"modified":"2012-08-03T12:51:24","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T11:51:24","slug":"remembering-old-brixton-car-free-day-2000-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/remembering-old-brixton-car-free-day-2000-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering old Brixton: Car Free Day 2000 (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9267\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/remembering-old-brixton-car-free-day-2000-video\/brixton-car-free-day-2000-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,402\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Remembering old Brixton: Car Free Day 2000\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9267\" title=\"Remembering old Brixton: Car Free Day 2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000-1-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the fabulous Brixton Splash almost upon us, it&#8217;s interesting to look back at one of the inspirations for the event, the Brixton Car Free Day in 2000.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9268\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/remembering-old-brixton-car-free-day-2000-video\/brixton-car-free-day-2000\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,315\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Remembering old Brixton: Car Free Day 2000\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9268\" title=\"Remembering old Brixton: Car Free Day 2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The event took place on Friday, September 22nd, 2000, and saw Coldharbour Lane being closed to traffic for 12 hours with some hugely diverse entertainment being put on.<\/p>\n<p>It was a lovely community day out with loads of cycling related events for kids taking place, and the fascinating video below shows off a Coldharbour Lane that has much changed over the years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9269\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/remembering-old-brixton-car-free-day-2000-video\/brixton-car-free-day-2000-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Remembering old Brixton: Car Free Day 2000 (video)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000-2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9269\" title=\"Remembering old Brixton: Car Free Day 2000 (video)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000-2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brixton-car-free-day-2000-2-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back then, Brixton Cycles was located right in the heart of Brixton and there&#8217;s loads of long-gone shops tobe spotted (anyone remember Pendragon Records and the Brixton\u00a0Liquor\u00a0Supply?!).<\/p>\n<p>Long time Brixtonites will recognise lots of familiar faces in the clip, many of whom are happily still be to seen padding the streets of Brixton town!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/15779597\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"496\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/15779597\">Car Free Day<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/folovision\">Stephen Folorunsho<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the fabulous Brixton Splash almost upon us, it&#8217;s interesting to look 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