Brockley Cross, 1962
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Latest Tweets
Brockley Central Label Cloud
Click one of the labels below to see all posts on that subject. The bigger the label, the more posts there are!
Forum
Important pages
Search This Site
Recent Comments
Top 10 Most Read Articles
- Brockley Sainsbury's - work begins
- Lewisham: 'Least peaceful local authority'
- The Honor Oak closes
- South East London tradespeople recommendations
- The "Hidden Gem" returns!
- Jam Circus not reopening any time soon
- Brockley Station goes step-free
- Longer opening hours for Brockley Market?
- Secret Greater Brockley in Time Out
- Brockley Flatshare
Latest Tweets
19 comments:
Well they were even more brazen about what they sold from Dukes in those days...
So few vehicles around (driving, and parked) - that's one of the biggest changes.
The Barge looks very different, too.
Where are thou round abouts?
It had and to my mind still has a lot of charm. It's unmistakably Brockley Cross.
"Well they were even more brazen about what they sold from Dukes in those days..."
Well observed and very funny...
Seems a lot less cluttered, less litter, fewer weed-trees, less street furniture, fewer cars. A good find and thanks for publicising it - I will look with fresh eyes when I next go by.
See, Dukes selling good honest fare even then!
Nowadays someone would be scowling at the car.
I don't see a roundabout...or is that behind the photographer?
Correction : Motorcyclists have been forced to wear helmets
Commenting for the first time. Liked this photo so much, I went and found another gem - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1917548
How sad - that looks WAY cooler than the station we currently have ... :(
It doesn't shopw the station Anon.
I meant the second photo in the URL from Ghents
if you search 'Brockley' on ebay listing completed items is a picture of Brockley Cross possibly from the early 1950's.
It's taken from the other side of the bridge.
With toilets and a tobbaconist on one side and a 'Ministry of Food' shop on the other,
Interesting, there are no Vans parked. It must be before the Council administration decided to spoil the area. 50 years later and things don't look so bright in Brockley as they looked at the time.
Yes, carry on munging on for a CPZ
CPZ Brockley babbles inanely: "It must be before the Council administration decided to spoil the area. 50 years later and things don't look so bright in Brockley as they looked at the time."
No. It is before technology and increasing living standards gave people the freedom to travel at affordable cost and people took it up. You are welcome to go back and live in the 1960s if you can find a large enough group of like-minded people to start a community.
Massive oversimplification there, Anon. Yes, there are benefits to some individuals some of the time from having ready access to a car. It isn't all good news, though.
There are adverse effects to all of us city dwellers from poor air quality:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15693627
Children's freedom to go out unsupervised has suffered a lot from the increase in traffic. People tend to blame it on increased awareness of paedophiles, but road safety is the really big change from the 1960s.
The big increase in obesity must be caused by some extent by people walking less and driving more.
Tarmacing over front gardens... narrowing of streets which are permanently lined by parked cars and thus harder for buses, bin lorries, ambulances etc to get through ... etc etc.
Err. Danja you can't see the Barge in this picture.
You're right of course, Anon. I'm obviously too busy trying to maim pedestrians while speeding through the Cross to notice my surroundings.
Post a Comment