Brixton Stories

Together with our friends from the Brixton Blog, we're currently meeting people from around Brixton and asking them to talk about their lives and experiences. The stories they tell will appear here over the coming months. If you or someone you know has an interesting memory of Brixton, we'd love to hear about it. please get in touch with us.

Brixton Stories

Was there a Brixton Village?

Posted on: 31st October, 2012 in Brixton Stories

We always try to have a stall at Lambeth Archives when they hold their Open Day, and we get an interesting selection of questions from people who are often attempting their own research. Our response to this one seemed worth wider circulation.

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Pictures of Brixton

Posted on: 25th September, 2012 in Brixton Stories

If you're a keen Flickr-er, there's a fantastic group photo collection taking shape under the watchful eye of the Brixon Blog, and they'd love to have your local pictures in the pool. The pace of change is so fast at…

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1980s link between Brixton and The Bronx ‘meaningless’

Posted on: 17th July, 2012 in Brixton Stories, Comment

From the vice-chair's archives… In 1985/6 the press ran a vitriolic hate campaign against Brixton, particularly the Sun and the Daily Express. The source of the original article which started it all off – in the Sun – was eventually…

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Sails turning!

Brixton Windmill’s sails turn for the first time in over 50 years. By William Glanville

Snow in Brixton

Scenes of a snow-covered town centre and Brockwell Park

Bon Marché, 1877

Anita Roddick on the pioneering Bon Marché

Annick’s story

Annick shares her Brixton story.