Brixton is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth. It’s one of 35 major centers in Greater London. With a large Afro-Caribbean population, Brixton is primarily residential with a prominent street market. It’s surrounded by Stockwell, Clapham, Streatham, Camberwell, Tulse Hill, Balham, and Herne Hill.
In the 1860s, British rail link to Brixton triggered a massive building boom, launching the first purpose-built department store on Brixton Road. The newly-opened Brixton Market was opened in Atlantic Road in the 1920s to ease traffic congestion. Brixton became a middle-class suburb between the 1860s and 1890s when the Chatham Main Line was built through the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway neighborhood. The 1920s saw Brixton as the shopping capital of south London with three large department stores and the first branches of Britain’s foremost national retailers. Today Brixton Road is the main shopping area, merging into Brixton Market.
Though gentrification has changed the faces and the shops, many buildings remain unchanged. The following photographs by Peter Marshall show us the 1980s London.
Peter Marshall: Flickr
#1 Playground, Stockwell Park, 1980
#2 Fishmongers, Shop, Atlantic Rd, 1987
#3 Shops, Coldharbour Lane, 1989
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Best little Cafe in Brixton
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use to always have breakfast with me dad in there,rosa an gino ran it.
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What happened to the owners of that cafe in electric lane ?
#4 Shops, Electric Ave, 1987
#5 CoolTan Suntan Lotion factory. Effra Road, 1989
#6 Van, Vining St, 1987
#7 The Railway Hotel, Electric Avenue, Atlantic Road, 1989
#8 Mural, Brixton Station, 1989
#9 Eagle Printing Works, Brixton Rd, 1989
#10 Shops, Electric Avenue, 1989
#11 Sunlight Laundry, 125 Acre Lane, 1989
#12 Continental Foods, Coldharbour Lane, 1987
#13 MOT Centre, Ferndale Rd, 1989
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I worked there. Still there now
#14 Electric Lane, 1989
#15 Starting Gate, Cafe, Vining Street, 1989
#16 Brixton Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, 1980
#17 Coldharbour Lane, 1987
#18 Vote Rudy Naryan, Shop Window, Brixton Rd, 1989
#19 Saltoun Rd, Atlantic Road, 1989
#20 Barber Shop, Atlantic Road, 1989
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This is a cool pic !!
My fathers cafe was in this road .
Pegys cafe
#21 Door, Atlantic Road, 1991
#22 Letting Service, Railton Road, 1989
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Millie jones I think owned this
#23 Brixton Station, Atlantic Rd, 1987
#24 Saltoun Rd, Atlantic Rd, 1987
#25 Cafe, Atlantic Rd, 1987
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My fathers restaurant.
Jamaican food ..
#26 Sanders, Jeweller, Brixton Rd, 1987
#27 Continental Foods, Coldharbour Lane, 1987
#28 Shops, Coldharbour Lane, 1989
#29 Sculpture, Flats, Barrington Road, 1989
#30 Brixton Academy, Stockwell Rd, 1989
#31 Reliance Arcade, Electric Lane, 1989
#32 House, Bedford Rd area, 1989
#33 Coldharbour Lane, 1989
#34 Mural, Railton Road, 1989
#35 Meat is Murder, Butcher, Atlantic Road, 1989
#36 Meat is Murder, Butcher, Atlantic Road, 1989
#37 Takeaway, Railton Road, 1989
#38 Playground, Brixton, Lambeth, 1980s
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#40 Brixton Village, 1987
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It wasn’t called Brixton Village then.
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Granville Arcade
#41 Stockwell Rd 1989
#42 Coldharbour Lane, 1989
#43 Coldharbour Lane, 1989
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#45 Lambeth Assembly Hall, Buckner Road, Acre Lane, 1989
#46 Coldharbour Lane, 1989
#47 Atlantic Rd, 1989
#48 A takeaway shop
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Ten Thanks Upper Tulse Hill. It still looks the same although the seating has changed.