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Formerly squatted properties at Clifton Mansions, Brixton on the market for...
Once an important part of Brixton’s cultural heritage, the former squats at Clifton Mansions on Coldharbour Lane are now available to rent after being renovated by the powerful, super-rich property...
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75 residents in Rushcroft Road, Brixton facing eviction on July 15th, 2013
Rushcroft Road was once home to a large and thriving community of squatters, artists and Brixton characters – some may say that their presence helped define much of what has made Brixton such an...
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Eviction Brixton rally in Windrush Square: Rushcroft Road community fights...
There was a sizeable turn out in Windrush Square in central Brixton this afternoon to protest against the impending eviction of 75 residents from the short life housing nearby. The residents and their...
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Brixton swoons over the eviction kittens
I don’t normally do this cute kitten stuff, but I’ve had so many people cooing over the photos of the ‘eviction kittens’ from yesterday’s rally about the impending Brixton evictions, that I felt...
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Evictions expected this morning for 75 residents of Rushcroft Road, Brixton
The remaining residents of the long-standing community squats on Rushcroft Road in central Brixton are expected to be evicted today, with a full police and bailiff operation reportedly scheduled for...
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Photo report – Police and High Court Enforcement Officers evict Rushcroft...
This morning, a large operation involving the the police and High Court Enforcement Officers saw around 75 residents being evicted from their homes in Rushcroft Road, central Brixton. Here’s some...
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After the evictions. A walk down Rushcroft Road, Brixton
After the sickening violence of the mass evictions this morning, there was a strange calm in Rushcroft Road late this afternoon. High Court Enforcement Officers relax after masking 75 people homeless....
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Brixton 20 years ago: a squatted Brockwell Lido and an Exploding Cinema...
The Brockwell Park Lido is now a hugely popular and much loved resource for south Londoners, but only twenty years ago it lay abandoned and ready to be flogged off. Closed down by Lambeth Council in...
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Feature on the 1970s Brixton Fairies squat community made available online
A fascinating short movie by Laundrette films has been put online. The film features a series of interviews with South London Gay Liberation Front members, who squatted the first Gay Community centre...
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Former Joy shop in Coldharbour Lane, Brixton is squatted
It looks like a taste of old Brixton has returned with the news that squatters have taken over the old Joy fashion store in Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, almost opposite the Town Hall. Squatters have...
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Brixton then and now: Cooltan Arts Squat to the gated Brixton Square [archive...
If anything sums up the huge social and cultural shift that has taken place in Brixton in the last 20 years, the plight of the Cooltan Arts squat could prove a better example than most. Now buried...
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Former squats on Brixton’s Rushcroft Road now on the market for up to £3,000...
The Evening Standard is reporting that some of the former squats on Rushcroft Road in central Brixton are now on the market for a spectacularly unaffordable £3,000 per month. The mansion blocks were...
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Brixton Ten Years Ago – Coldharbour Lane art squat, a giant cross and a...
We’ve had another rummage through our extensive Brixton photo archives to produce a set from October 2005 – exactly ten years ago. In Coldharbour Lane, local artists had squatted the former premises...
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Brixton community activist Olive Morris remembered as squatters leave Gresham...
The former bus garage premises on Gresham Road weren’t squatted for very long, but after holding an almighty party over the weekend, the departing activists have sprayed the gates with a message in...
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Brixton squatters strike again! New activist message goes up on Acre Lane
We here at Brixton Buzz have grown rather fond of our local persistent squatters, who have proved ready and willing to take over empty/derelict buildings and then decorate them with versions of their...
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The squats and anarchists of Brixton in the 1980s – in photos
This wonderful collection of photos of Brixton in the 1980s comes from Honey Salvadori’s fascinating new book, Pull It. Above can be seen the 121 Books squatted shop in Railton Road, Brixton [Mayall...
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Brixton history: Halnaker Lodge at 372 Coldharbour Lane – From Georgian...
This splendid building once stood at number 372 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, close to where Brixton Village is now situated. Formerly known as Halnaker Lodge, it dated from the Georgian period, but was...
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Brixton 15 years ago: lost bars, street scenes, evictions, Red Records and...
Another delve into our extensive Brixton photographic archives has brought forth this selection of some 40 photos taken in and around town in May 2003 – fifteen years ago. Above can be seen passengers...
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Queer Walking Tour of Brixton, Herne Hill station, Sun Sept 16th 2018
There’s an interesting guided tour of Brixton coming up next month which looks at the radical gay community and gay squats in and around Railton Road from the mid 1970s to 1981, as well as more...
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Queer Walking Tour of Brixton, Thurs 20th June 2019
Hosted by Workers’ Liberty, this guided tour, conducted by Ian Townson, will concentrate on the radical gay community and gay squats in and around Railton Road from the mid 1970s to 1981, the year of...
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Queer Walking Tour of Brixton – Part Two, Fri 16th Aug 2019
Following on from the first Queer Walking Tour of Brixton earlier this year, this guided tour of Brixton details the history of the radical gay community and gay squats on Railton Road from the mid...
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Cancelled –‘Queers Make History’– free guided tour of Brixton
‘Queers Make History’ is a free guided tour of Brixton conducted by Ian Townson, which will concentrate on the radical gay community and gay squats in and around Railton Road from the mid 1970s to...
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Brixton archives: Cooltan squat moving house party, Sat 23rd Sept 1995
We’ve had a rummage through our old photo albums and unearthed this series of pictures from September 1995 showing the ‘Moving House Party’ at Cooltan Arts Squat in Coldharbour Lane. To be honest, we...
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