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Then and Now: Electric Avenue from Atlantic Road
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Electric Avenue from Atlantic Road, Brixton, c 1900

c. 1900 Looking along Electric Avenue from the junction with Atlantic Road. Note the intricate cast iron canopies stretching the entire length of the street.
(pic: Brixton Society)

Electric Avenue from Atlantic Road, Brixton, April 2003

April 2003 A hundred years on and apart from the removal of the canopies very little appears to have changed. This photograph was taken on a Sunday - normally, the street is full of market traders and shoppers.

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