Then and Now: Quin and Axtens deptartment store
Photographic comparisons of old and modern views of Lambeth
![Quin and Axtens' corner stores at the junction of Brixton Road and Stockwell Road, Brixton](images/brixtonroad18.jpg)
c.1914 View of Quin and Axtens' corner stores at the junction of Brixton Road and Stockwell Road. Note the large banners advertising, 'Exhibition of Choice Millinery, Latest Creations 10/6 (52.5p) style & value', 'Display of Stylish Costumes 21/-' (£1.05) and 'Display of Smart Shirts 2'11' (14.5p). Ominously looming above the store can be see the domed tower of its rival store, Bon Marché. (See: Q&A Ferndale Rd entrance)
(pic: Lambeth Archives)
![Quin and Axtens' corner stores at the junction of Brixton Road and Stockwell Road, Brixton, 2004](images/brixtonroad19.jpg)
Jan 2004 Quin and Axtens' store was destroyed by bombing in 1941, never to reopen again (a new mixed office/shop building was constructed on the site in 1950). It's arch-rival Bon Marché struggled on till the mid 1970s before its inevitable demise, leaving Morleys as Brixton's last surviving department store.
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