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editor
29-10-2007, 20:57
Look how lovely and sleek it looked when it first opened in 1971!

http://www.urban75.org/brixton/features/images/brixton_tube7.jpg

"Street entrance to Brixton Underground station, with illuminated roundel and lead fascia. Maps of bus routes can be seen inside the entrance. A Dorothy Perkins shop stands to the left."

http://www.urban75.org/brixton/features/brixton_tube.html
Minnie_the_Minx
29-10-2007, 21:06
Look how lovely and sleek it looked when it first opened in 1971!

http://www.urban75.org/brixton/features/images/brixton_tube7.jpg

"Street entrance to Brixton Underground station, with illuminated roundel and lead fascia. Maps of bus routes can be seen inside the entrance. A Dorothy Perkins shop stands to the left."

http://www.urban75.org/brixton/features/brixton_tube.html


Lovely. I wonder if the shops were still up the side?

How long was Dorothy Perkins there?

Didn't there used to be a Littlewoods or C&A there somewhere?

We obviously need some later pictures ;)
editor
29-10-2007, 21:16
How long was Dorothy Perkins there?It was a 7-Eleven for a while.
Minnie_the_Minx
29-10-2007, 21:32
It was a 7-Eleven for a while.


Yeah, I remember that, but in between Dorothy Perkins and 7-11?

Oh, Robills :D
slcr
29-10-2007, 22:35
Anybody know what all the empty space above the tube station is/was - who it belongs to etc?
Minnie_the_Minx
29-10-2007, 22:38
Anybody know what all the empty space above the tube station is/was - who it belongs to etc?


isn't there a desk up there or have I imagined that?
Blagsta
29-10-2007, 23:26
It's amazing how it's still not finished.
poster342002
30-10-2007, 10:06
It's amazing how it's still not finished.
And, indeed, how they are again re-tiling the booking hall and replacing the platform ceiling-covers.
Minnie_the_Minx
30-10-2007, 11:47
And, indeed, how they are again re-tiling the booking hall and replacing the platform ceiling-covers.


yeah, but isn't that post removal of asbestos replacement? :D
ovaltina
30-10-2007, 11:49
Does anyone know whether the tonne of bricks murals are coming back?
Iemanja
30-10-2007, 11:49
That's kinda cool, Brixton station was opened on the same month/year I was born! Doesn't say which day though...
Sunray
30-10-2007, 13:13
What never ceased to surprise me was that they never covered the maps with a sheet of plastic.

The station you were at was always worn away. Took them a few decades to get round to that. Its not as if clear plastic didn't exist in 1971.

Look how lovely and sleek it looked when it first opened in 1971!

http://www.urban75.org/brixton/features/images/brixton_tube7.jpg

"Street entrance to Brixton Underground station, with illuminated roundel and lead fascia. Maps of bus routes can be seen inside the entrance. A Dorothy Perkins shop stands to the left."

http://www.urban75.org/brixton/features/brixton_tube.html
lang rabbie
31-10-2007, 00:08
Does anyone know whether the tonne of bricks murals are coming back?

Have they been removed to be metricated?


I blame the Common Market! :mad: ;)
Minnie_the_Minx
31-10-2007, 00:15
Have they been removed to be metricated?


I blame the Common Market! :mad: ;)


nah, they said they were going to leave us alone - the UK's a lost cause ;)
ovaltina
31-10-2007, 07:00
Does anyone know whether the tonne of bricks murals are coming back?

Ah! Noticed last night they're still there. Duh! :rolleyes:
Loupylou
31-10-2007, 09:44
Shame the rest of Brixton was a shithole !