Local history

The Lambeth Heritage Festival is back in September with more exciting events than ever. Thoughout the month there will be events all around the borough celebrating our great local heritage. …

The latest article on our Local History page is by John Sheridan and tells the story of Stockwell Brewery. Find it here.

We are expecting to be able to run a full programme of walks from the beginning of April this year. Deatils of our walks and how to book are on …

Once again, the Lambeth Heritage Festival will run throughout Lambeth, throughout September. See the full programme here: As usual, it includes many events in, or near, Brixton; and the Brixton …

  It was sad at the end of February 2021 to see the long-awaited demise of the Hetherington Road Bible Truth Church of God corrugated iron chapel. This type of …

The Lambeth Heritage Festival is happening again this year throughout September. Because of Covid-19 it cannot happen live, but that is not stopping it: this year it will take place …

Following a very successful set of talks in May, a further set of on-line talks will be given by Lambeth Archives in June.

The Friends of Tate Library Brixton will be welcoming local musician and writer Peter Phillips to the library to give a presentation about the life and work of his Grandfather, …

Browsing through the plaques section on our website, you see a gold plaque at 151 Railton Road – former home of photographer Rotimi Fani- Kayode and his partner Alex Hirst. …

Brixton in the 1970s had a very different atmosphere to now. In one respect we were unique. 103 Railton Road was Pearl’s Shebeen – an unlicensed club for drinking and dancing …