THE BRIXTON SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER Brixton Society postcard reprint BX23 Summer, July 2016 No.222, Quarterly issue, Friday 16 September, 6 pm to 8 pm, Distributed free to members. Visit to Brixton Fire Station: Registered with the London Forum of Amenity Following the article in our previous newsletter, Societies, Registered Charity No.1058103, we have arranged a tour of the present station Website: www.brixtonsociety.org.uk in Gresham Road, corner of Brixton Station Road. Children welcome if accompanied. Free Our next appearance: but booking essential, via www.brixtonfirestationtour.eventbrite.co.uk Weekend 16 & 17 July Lambeth Country Show Thursday 8th September: 12 noon to 7-30, Brockwell Park, SE24 Lost Buildings of Brixton Look out for our stall in the usual area – if you 7 pm at the Vida Walsh Centre, enter by the Herne Hill gate, we are to the right 2b Saltoun Road SW2 of the path up to Brockwell Hall, probably in Gone but not forgotten – changing views of the second row back, towards the Village Brixton over the past century, assisted by an Markets area. antique Magic Lantern and modern data projector. Part of Lambeth Heritage Festival – Saturday 3rd September: collect a programme of events from us at the Lambeth Country Show. Open Day at ______Forthcoming Summer Walks... Lambeth Archives 10 am to 5 pm at the Minet Library, Sunday 10th July: Knatchbull Road, SE5, with more displays and stalls in Longfield Hall across the road and Brixton South talks and refreshments in the Michael Church Meet 2-30 pm outside Brixton Tate Library for alongside. a circular route including nearer parts of Rush Common, Brixton Water Lane, Poets Corner Helpers wanted and the 1870s Stuart-Bruce Estate.

By now we have organised volunteers to staff th our stall through the Country Show weekend, Sunday 14 August: but we are still seeking offers of help at the East Brixton Archives Open Day and for the monthly Market A closer look at the eastern and northern Walks where we run a stall from 12 to 2-30 pm fringes of the Town Centre. Meet at 2-30 pm on Saturday in Brixton Station Road. outside Lambeth Volunteer Centre at corner of If you can spare some time to help on our stall, Popes Road and Brixton Station Road (facing please call Bill Linskey on (020) 7274 3835 or Pop Brixton). e-mail to [email protected] 1

Diary of Events, Summer & Autumn 2016

Society Meetings Links with Other Thursday 15 September The Executive Committee Groups – Lambeth Riverside meets on the second Illustrated talk by Alan Piper, Please check directly with Thursday of the month to 8 pm at the Phoenix Centre, the organisers if any queries plan activities and agree our Westow Street, SE19. over times or admission. responses to current issues. South London Local History Meetings are usually 7 pm Sunday 7th August – Group at the Vida Walsh Centre, Guests and Invaders 2b Saltoun Road, SW2. The Explore the plant life of August meeting will be at Ruskin Park with Roy SCRSS, 320 Brixton Road Vickery – meet at 2-30 pm SW9 (opposite Angell Town by the bandstand. Estate) due to redecoration South London Botanical Riverside looking south (NLA of our usual venue. Institute model, LR Sp14-01.jpg)

 14 July Thursday 18 August – Thursday 22 September  11 August Bygone Streatham - Brain of Lambeth Quiz  13 October Talk by John Brown, 8 pm at We follow a “pub quiz”  10 November the Phoenix Centre, Westow format for teams of 4, with

Street, SE19. rounds of questions on Market Walks South London Local History general knowledge topics Our guided walks round the Group including Lambeth and market area continue on the London. Note change of th second Saturday of every Monday 5 September – venue while the Town Hall is month, at £3 including the Brixton Buildings and being renovated. Doors illustrated booklet of the People open at 7-15 for a 7-30 pm route. Tickets are best A review of buildings in and start, at the Vida Walsh booked via marketwalks@ around Brixton and those Centre, 2b Saltoun Road brixtonsociety.org.uk. Walks who lived in them, by Alan SW2, facing onto Windrush start from Brixton Station Piper. 8 pm at Woodlawns, Square in Brixton Town Road at 2-30 pm and take Streatham Darby & Joan Centre. about 80 minutes. Club, 16 Leigham Court Rd., If you are thinking of SW16 entering a team, whether on Editorial Notice: The Streatham Society behalf of your society, Space permitting, we try to group, or as a family, it feature local events and Wednesday 14 Sept. – helps our planning if you publish reminiscences or Buildings by Kate can tell our quizmaster in enquiries in our newsletter. Mackintosh advance – call John Moore We welcome news and Architect Kate Mackintosh on (020) 8677 6490 or comments from all who are will talk about her 2 housing ideally by e-mail to interested in the Brixton schemes in South London: [email protected] area, so opinions expressed Dawson’s Heights for Lambethans Society in these pages are not Southwark and 269 th necessarily those of the Leigham Court Road for Sunday 9 October – Brixton Society. Lambeth (recently listed). Use of our wild plants All material should be sent 7-30 pm for 7-45 start, A botanical walk led by Roy to the Secretary, Alan Piper, Herne Hill United Church Vickery – meet at 2 pm by 82 Mayall Road, SE24 0PJ, Hall, c/o Redpost Hill and the clock tower in the centre or by e-mail to Herne Hill, SE24. of the park. [email protected] Herne Hill Society Friends of Brockwell Park

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Amenities News

Libraries still drifting Current Exhibitions in the Library Until 17 July: Defend the Ten: photos from There has been little change since our last the last 6 months of the Save Our Libraries report – no concessions made by the Council campaign, by Vivienne Lewis. but their own plans are slipping behind Until 29 July: Creative Brixton: works in schedule, while running costs are mounting canvas, print, oils and pastel by 4 local artists, from 24-hour security at the closed Minet and Wendy Sullivan, Marilyn Rogers, Rita Keegan Carnegie libraries. The only local councillor to and the late Teri Bullen. speak out against the “Gymtrification” plans,

Rachel Heywood, remains suspended from the Labour group. For overall campaign news, see Windrush Square http://defendthe10-lambeth.org.uk Some new litter bins and planters have been added this year. Planters are also being Minet Library & Archives added inside the library railings, in partnership The Friends of Minet are trying to keep alive with the Friends of the Library, with a lavender the idea of the library as a community hub. A proposed at the corner in memory of Norma reading group and gardening sessions Williamson, late Brixton Society Treasurer. continue every fortnight. See also The Brixton BID is negotiating with Lambeth to www.minet.org.uk re-open the toilets, particularly to cope with demand from evening visitors to the Town Meanwhile, consultants were finally appointed Centre. to research future options for the Archives, Discussions are continuing among various which continue to operate in the building for stakeholders about the siting and design of the the time being. The Friends have persuaded proposed African/ Caribbean war memorial. Council Leader Lib Peck to delay granting a This now seems likely to be placed against the lease to GLL until after September, so that the end wall of the Rushcroft Road flats, rather consultants’ report can inform any decisions. than at the corner of Saltoun Road as previously suggested. Carnegie Library A brief exhibition of the proposals was held in Windmill Gardens mid-June, but apart from carving out gym Architects Squire & Partners have produced 4 facilities in the basement, the layout for the initial options for a new education building to rest of the building was vague and no further serve parties visiting the windmill. forward than 6 months ago. This reflects that GLL now do not expect building works to start The next public openings of the Windmill are until “early 2017”, which was the re-opening lined up for weekends 9 & 10 July, 13 & 14 date previously announced. Planning and August and 17 & 18 September. Sunday 14 Listed Building applications are still awaited. August will also be Art in the Park. Further event details at www.brixtonwindmill.org.uk Again the Friends are keen to maintain momentum in the community. The Carnegie Brixton Recreation Centre Library Association has been formed as a A new Users Forum has been established at Community Interest Company in partnership the Rec., involving a range of interest groups with other former user groups. See also: as well as BRUG (the main user group) and www.friendsofcarnegielibrary.org.uk GLL, who manage the centre.

Brixton Tate Library Councillor Jack Hopkins, as Cabinet member Closures elsewhere are already putting more for Leisure & Regeneration, has agreed to pressure on this surviving library, particularly resume regular consultation meetings with for study space. BRUG. The first meeting was due in July, to The Friends are exploring ideas for an Art look at how £6 million of capital funds from Interactions or Fun Palace event for October. Lambeth will be spent between now and 2022.

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Brixton Shopping 1932

HISTORY A NOTE ON CURRENCY In 1877, just fifteen years Before “Decimal Day” on 15th after the opening of the February 1971, the pound (£) Brixton railway station, which was divided into 20 shillings (s) began the process of and the shilling was divided changing the area from rural into 12 pence (d). Surrey to inner-city London, Decimal currency included a Bon Marché opened as ½p coin until 1984. Therefore, Britain’s first purpose-built common coins for which there department store. In 1905 an was an exact decimal extension was opened on equivalent were: the other side of Ferndale Sixpence 6d = 2½p Road (currently undergoing Shilling 1/- = 5p restoration). Two shillings 2/- = 10p Half-crown 2/6 = 12½p In 1932, it celebrated its 55th The guinea was one pound anniversary with this special one shilling (£1 1s. 0d.) or catalogue. It gives an £1.05 in decimal currency. interesting insight into some of the fashions and styles The buying power of £1 in (and prices!) of the inter-war 1932 is equivalent to about period. £63 at today’s prices.

Just what every fashionable Brixton woman needs.

Get those racy hairdos (left) – shame to plonk a hat on them.

Clearly no compunction about wearing animal fur. But it’s not just fur – it actually looks like a fox draped round her – ugh!

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How long can it be before the

check suit (left)

is again the fashionable thing to be seen wearing in Pop Brixton?

And just what every smart

schoolboy

needs (right) – up to the age of 14!

“This is the BBC Home Service and this is the news with Alvar Lidell reading it. Ellsworth Vines of the United States of America has won the men’s championship at Every home needs a mangle. Wimbledon” heard on a radio costing the equivalent of about £440!

5 The Brixton Society Understanding the Past, Looking to the Future Registered Charity No.1058103, Registered with the London Forum of Amenity Societies Website: www.brixtonsociety.org.uk Annual Report 2016

AIMS & ORGANISATION The Society is registered with the London Forum of Amenity Societies, the British STRUCTURE & MANAGEMENT: Association for Local History, Archives for The Society is a registered charity and an London and Lambeth Voluntary Action unincorporated association. The society’s Council. constitution was last revised at the 2013 AGM, to better reflect current practice. PROGRAMME & ACTIVITIES

The Executive Committee has met 9 times PLANNING & REGENERATION: since the last AGM, consisting of Bill We share oversight of a growing volume of Linskey (Chair), Annick Alet, Doye local planning applications amongst our Akinlade, John Cunningham, Barbara “virtual” planning sub-committee. We also Davies, Rosemary Honey, Diana Linskey, suggest buildings for protection through Vivienne Lewis, Alan Piper, Marilyn listing, conservation areas or Lambeth’s Rogers, Eileen Walkin, David Warner and Local List. We comment on planning Nicholas Weedon. policy proposals as they arise. We remain involved with Brixton’s Townscape Heritage Initiative. To monitor London-wide and national policies, we continue to work with the London Forum of Amenity Societies.

NETWORKING: We are in touch with a wide range of community groups. We support the Friends of Tate Library and the Friends of Windrush Square, which operate as sub- committees of the Society. We have participated in the Brixton Neighbourhood Forum, Brockwell Park Community Partners (the Management Advisory Committee), Lambeth Local History Forum, Friends of Lambeth Libraries, and Lambeth Parks Forum. We also try to respond to frequent e-mail enquiries from students, media and family historians.

EVENTS: We put on displays or stalls at the Lambeth Country Show and Lambeth Archives Open Day last year, and the Brixton Recreation Centre, where we Windrush Square Community Day in April. recently supported listing proposals. We like to appear at other local events but (Vivienne Lewis, REC 8005040.jpg) subject to early notice and availability of volunteers. AIMS & AFFILIATIONS: In addition to our summer guided walks for We aim to encourage awareness and the Lambeth Local History Forum, we understanding of our surroundings, and to have sustained a series of monthly Brixton give local people a say in Brixton’s future. Market walks on the second Saturday of Our area extends well beyond the Town each month. Centre to include Myatt’s Fields, much of During the Lambeth Heritage Festival In Stockwell, and out as far as the South September, our local history evening was th Circular Road. also an opportunity to mark the 40 anniversary of the Society’s formation.

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another 5 in arrears, a small improvement on a year earlier when the list received an overdue pruning. Subscriptions were last revised at the 2010 AGM. This year’s AGM asked the Executive Committee to review the rate for unwaged members to ensure it still fully covers costs.

Over two thirds of our Newsletters go out via a network of 14 volunteers, with a useful saving in postage. Other support “in kind” from individual members includes

Celebratory cake from Sponge & Cream staffing stalls, reporting back from a (C933-S15-01.jpg) variety of meetings, and other tasks which all help maintain the Society’s level of PUBLICATIONS: activity. The website continues to develop, becoming a vital channel for wider sales of FINANCE: our publications. More are being The annual accounts cover the year ended developed, but always contingent on 31 March 2015. Definitive figures for the funding and members’ spare time for previous year are shown alongside. research. Our special thanks go to David Warner for We launched a booklet on Brixton’s MPs, taking on the role of Treasurer last year written by Simon Adams, but there was following the sad loss of Norma also a surge in sales of our River Effra Williamson. Income and expenditure are booklet, linked to Lambeth Heritage detailed overleaf. Opening and closing Festival events, requiring a reprint to meet funds were as follows: demand. 2015/16 2014/15 We distribute some 300 copies of our Opening balance: £3877.98 £3890.39 Newsletter quarterly, including issues to Surplus/deficit: £ 543.06 £ -12.41 key groups and local councillors. Closing balance: £4421.04 £3877.98

Represented by: Co-op Bank £2466.80 £1775.87 PayPal a/c £ 138.00 £ 287.01 Deposit a/c £1816.24 £1815.10 Total: £4421.04 £3877.98

ADP, updated 2.7.16

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RESOURCES

MEMBERSHIP: Membership runs from July to July, reflecting that most members renew at the Lambeth Country Show. There were 144 Windrush Square Community Day paid-up members at the start of June and (Annick Alet, 134127,jpg)

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Payments Friends of Tate Library 1750.00 Photocopying t2.10 Newsletter Prod t3'15.00 t543.00 Postage L260.19 L355.47 Stationery t19.95 L32.64 Publications - purchase f64.00 t58.20 Publications - printing 1740.65 t415.00 Posters/Leaflets/Ba n ner t7.39 t544.33 lnsurance Cost L291.15 165.00 Subscriptions t91.00 f20.00 Cost of Meetings t350.00 L542.50 Miscellaneous 19.00 1143.30 EquipmenVStall t0.00 t42.65 Events f210.00 t250.00 Catering/Refresh ments t"l49.70 1190.20 Website hosting 180.38 t86.94 Friends of Windrush Square Total Payments t2,590.51 t4,039.23 Surplus/deficit f543.06 -l't2.41

Statement bv External Examiner I have reviewed the cash book and the totals of receipts and payments stated above are in accordance therewith and correspond to the balances shown in the society's bank statements.

Natalie Sargent FCCA - Examiner

aat b Local History Miscellany

Marketing has been a big Street Naming factor since the late 1800s, We are often asked if the so a desire for more up- process of naming new market addresses led to the streets or blocks has rebuilt section of Watery changed much since Lane becoming Dulwich Victorian times. Road and the western half of Acre Lane became Only a few years ago. Clapham Park Road. The Lambeth reviewed its recent rebranding of what process for approving new was Holland Town, later street or block names, so Myatt’s Fields North, as now the Society is informed Oval Quarter is far from a of the addresses proposed new approach. by developers. This gives Local Adventurer us the chance to discourage Developers are often Way back in 2008, we high- unsuitable titles and even receptive to local historical lighted a book on a colourful suggest alternatives. Of connections. Many of them character who started life in course the emergency now commission Lambeth our area. Arthur Pember services and the Post Office Archives to research was born at 4 New Park take a close interest, trying suitable names from among Road, Brixton Hill in 1835. to avoid confusion with any previous buildings, streets He later lived at Langlands similar names in the or businesses in or around in the Clapham Park area neighbourhood. Some the new development. This while attending the Brixton proposals fail on this basis, is easier in some parts of Grammar School at Brixton so we are less likely to get the borough than others – Oval. variations on a theme, like there have been so many Stockwell Road/ Park/ housing blocks inserted An adventurous youth was Close/ Green/ Avenue/ within Tulse Hill in the past followed by work as an Gardens/ Terrace etc. 80 years that genuine local undercover journalist in the connections are virtually USA with the New York For the many streets exhausted. Press. He led the way in created in the last half of the We are always concerned establishing the game of 19th century, the developers that any such re-use of old soccer in the 1860s and is most often chose family place-names is appropriate remembered as the first connections or the areas in to the location, and does not President of the Football which they grew up as the lay false trails to confuse Association. sources for new road future researchers into local names. Even in modern history. Arthur Pember’s Great times this still happens Adventure is now available occasionally– the sponsor of Recent Donations via Amazon Kindle, or the the Evelyn Grace Academy book can still be ordered at We do not actively seek old named it after his mother. £11.99 through Waterstones archive material because we Over the past century, local (320 pages with 4 8-page lack suitable storage space, authorities have preferred to picture inserts) but sometimes we get offers commemorate former we cannot resist. Recent councillors or officials, Or in case of difficulty, order contributions were photos of distinguished or otherwise, from the writer/ publisher, the official opening of the with only higher-profile John Blythe Smart at 8 St. Brixton Industrial Estate in buildings being named after Saviour’s Road, Totland 1924, and old title deeds for any familiar figure, and then Bay, Isle of Wight PO39 some houses in Talma too rarely with a local 0EZ, [email protected] Road, SW2. connection.

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Book Reviews

Now here’s a question: where is Brixton? This is not as daft as its sounds because, although we all know where the centre is, its borders are not well defined and perceptions of them change over time

and depending on from where you are looking. Other settlement names have the same problem and so this excellent, well-illustrated book on the pubs of Dulwich and Herne Hill contains a number of entries on pubs we might consider Brixtonian.

These include The Hootananny (formerly the George Canning) on Effra Road; The George (burnt out in 1981) on Railton Road; a clutch

around Loughborough Junction including The Green Man, now Lambeth’s “Skills Zone”; and others in, or near to (according to taste) Brixton.

Full of fascinating local history which will be of interest to everyone – even non-drinkers! www.hernehillsociety.org.uk The editor of The Angels’ Voice, Alan Argent, is minister of Trinity Congregational Church, Brixton. The book consists of edited extracts from a magazine of the same name for members of that church’s young men’s bible class in the years just preceding the First World War. It gives a window into one set of local – perhaps not entirely typical – lives, about to be torn apart by war. Clearly coming from a particular perspective, some of the writing on, for example, socialism, may well surprise. Published by the prestigious London Records Society, it is unfortunately not cheap. www.londonrecordsociety.org.uk/publications/

The author of The Disappearance of Maria Glenn,

Naomi Clifford may well be better known to readers as Naomi Klein who wrote the superb These Were Our Sons, Stories from Stockwell War Memorial.

Her latest book is indeed a Regency mystery: elopement, abduction, what really happened on 26 September 1817? A novel might well tie up all the loose ends and give you all the answers, but

this is real life, leaving you to draw your own conclusions. This would make a great film. www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Disappearance- of-Maria-Glenn/p/11911

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Home Improvement Issues

Changing Times Conservation Areas: Within a Conservation Area, some of the PD Over the past 40 years, the Society has sought rights are not available, or are more restricted. to retain older buildings in our area. Yet there In particular, planning permission is needed for are always challenges in adapting them to demolishing any existing fences, gate piers or modern needs while maintaining the original garden walls to suit a new parking layout. character. We are usually sympathetic to Permission is required to fell or lop any tree, adaptations, but some proposals are just too but there is no control over adding or removing clumsy or intrude on the neighbours. We will hedges. air more of these issues in future newsletters. Some Conservation Areas also have “Article 4” Permitted Development: directions, which require planning applications To avoid planning departments being to be made for relatively minor works like overwhelmed with numerous proposals for window replacements, or even external minor domestic alterations, certain types of painting, in order to maintain a consistent work are classed as Permitted Development appearance. (PD), not requiring a planning application. Residents could seek an Article 4 Direction for The trend over the past decade has been to their Conservation Area if there was enough extend the scope of PD, including allowing local support, but need to be clear about which more changes of use in business premises. activities to control, or else a blanket direction can be too restrictive. Although several types of alteration and extension can be made to a single-family Design Guidance: house, once a property has been converted We were recently asked about garden parking into flats, planning permission is required for in the Loughborough Park CA, which was set almost all external changes. This affects more up in 1981 and then extended in 1987 at the of our larger houses, even if they are not within suggestion of the Brixton Society. On-street a Conservation Area. parking is unrestricted in most of this CA.

Front Garden Parking As it happens, Lambeth Conservation & Urban Residents’ interest in garden parking surges Design Team is gradually producing more whenever there is talk of extending parking detailed appraisals for all Conservation Areas controls, or higher charges for parking permits in the borough. We recently commented on within existing zones. drafts for Trinity Gardens, Stockwell Green, Householders (but not owners of flats) are Vassall and the Minet Estate CAs. allowed to pave over their front gardens or When drafts appear for other Brixton CAs, they replace a driveway, provided that the surface will give opportunities to add local design is permeable, so that water can drain through, guidance or restrictions to address current or runs off to a lawn or planted border to drain problems, rather than those of 35 years ago. naturally. However, the number of CAs and other Hard paving of more than 5 square metres demands on planning staff mean that it could needs planning permission, unless it is at the be some time before Loughborough Park side or rear of the house. reaches the top of their pending tray. Planning permission is needed to form any More generally, last year Lambeth updated its new access across the footpath with a supplementary planning guidance (SPD) on dropped kerb. This ought to include Building Alterations and Extensions. Together strengthening to protect any buried utility with the Lambeth Local Plan policies, this is services. used to assess any planning applications of Permission is not required for new fences or this type, but is ineffective if permission is not walls up to 1m high along the front boundary, needed anyway. or up to 2m high on other boundaries. Alan Piper.

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Notes and News

Brixton Design Trail Brixton Waterworks to go 17-25 September as part of the Since completion of the London Ring Main several years ago, we have been expecting London Design Festival Thames Water to sell off the Waterworks site Building upon last year’s experience, local on Brixton Hill. Roca Investments have been creatives, businesses and groups have come in pre-application discussions with Lambeth together to offer a mix of events and Planning and draft proposals were due to be installations to raise Brixton’s profile and unveiled after this newsletter went to the promote local talent. printers. Their timing is also unfortunate with For the emerging programme, see “Brexit” already sowing the seeds of recession, www.brixtondesigntrail.com so sales of new housing could be sticky for the next couple of years. We will try to post more news on our website, or come and ask us at the Lambeth Country Show.

Sporting Lives There was much media attention given to the Thursday 28 July, 7 pm death of boxer Muhamed Ali last month, but 7 pm at the Vida Walsh Centre, his influence as an inspiration and role model 2b Saltoun Road SW2 for young black people in this country was largely overlooked. After one of his visits to Light refreshments provided. Brixton in the 1970s, this led to the setting up of the Muhamed Ali Sports Development This is the Annual General Meeting, so the Association (MASDA) to encourage and main agenda items will be: support grass-roots sports in the community.  Annual Report and Accounts for This was assisted by the Commission for the year ended 31 March. Racial Equality and Tulse Hill School, and  Election of the Forum Executive: flourished in the late 1970s and 80s, until the Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, school closed in 1990. Secretary and up to 3 others.  Forum priorities for the year Sadly, another recent death was that of Colin ahead. What issues should we Marriott, cricket enthusiast and founder of take up? Who should we invite to Lambeth Youth Social Aid and Development speak at future meetings? Association (LYSADA). Through LYSADA, he  Information Exchange: a chance was instrumental in reviving the Dexter for local groups to update us or Adventure Playground in Railton Road after announce coming events. the demise of Courtney Laws and his Brixton

Neighbourhood Community Association Streetscape Ideas (BNCA) which first opened the playground in a The Brixton Business Improvement District has a static water tank left over from the Second commissioned a design guide for the Town World War. LYSADA also helped keep team Centre’s streets, markets and open spaces, sports alive in Lambeth schools, in the face of pressure from the National Curriculum. Colin’s from which individual projects will be taken st forward as resources are found. funeral took place on 21 June.

The aim is to establish priorities and basic Such aspects of local community activity are concepts in readiness for any upturn or all too easily forgotten, but we would welcome windfall. The launch of the final version of the further reminiscences or details to flesh out the guide was still being planned as we closed for stories for the benefit and enlightening of those press. who come after.

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