We’re on a walking tour of 1980s Brixton in South London in the company of Peter Marshall. Gentrification has changed the faces and the shops. But many buildings remain unchanged. The photographs are black and white, and colour. They show us the stuff we remember but never thought to photograph. And, as ever, we can imagine the stories between the pictures.
Playground, Brixton, Lambeth, 1980s
Brixton Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, 1980
Playground, Stockwell Park, 1980
Fishmongers, Shop, Atlantic Rd, 1987
Van, Vining St, 1987
Coldharbour Lane, 1987
Brixton Station, Atlantic Rd, 1987
Brixton Village, 1987
Saltoun Rd, Atlantic Rd, 1987
Cafe, Atlantic Rd, 1987
Sanders, Jeweller, Brixton Rd, 1987
Shops, Electric Ave, 1987
Continental Foods, Coldharbour Lane, 1987
Mural, Flats, Loughborough Rd, Brixton, 1989, Lambeth
Shops, Coldharbour Lane, 1989
The Railway Hotel, Electric Avenue, Atlantic Rd, 1989
Stockwell Rd 1989
Sculpture, Flats, Barrington Rd – 1989 – Loughborough Estate,
MOT Centre, Ferndale Rd, 1989
Brixton Academy, Stockwell Rd, 1989
Vote Rudy Naryan, Shop Window, Brixton Rd, 1989
Mural, Brixton Station, 1989
Eagle Printing Works, Brixton Rd, 1989
Electric Lane, 1989
Shops, Coldharbour Lane, 1989
Reliance Arcade, Electric Lane, 1989
Starting Gate, Cafe, Vining St, 1989
Coldharbour Lane, 1989
Pneumatic Thrill, Coldharbour Lane, 1989
Shops, Electric Avenue, 1989
House, Bedford Rd area, 1989
Lambeth Assembly Hall, Buckner Rd, Acre Lane, 1989
Coldharbour Lane, 1989
Mural, Railton Rd, 1989
Saltoun Rd, Atlantic Rd, 1989
Coldharbour Lane, 1989
Barber Shop, Atlantic Rd, 1989
Meat is Murder, Butcher, Atlantic Rd, 1989
Railway arches, bridge piers, Atlantic Rd, 1989
Atlantic Rd, 1989
Door, Atlantic Rd, 1991
A takeaway shop
Sunlight Laundry, 125 Acre Lane, 1989
Letting Service, Railton Rd, 1989
Tyres, Railton Rd, 1989
CoolTan Suntan Lotion factory. Effra Rd, 1989
Takeaway, Railton Rd, 1989
Via: Peter Marshall.
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