Two photographs of Coldharbour Lane in 1889.

1. The junction of Coldharbour Lane and Brixton Road, looking towards Elphick's, the butcher's shop on the left and Brixton Theatre on the right.

Staging worthy and serious drama, the theatre ws bombed in World War II and subsequently demolished.

The corner site was filled around 1910 by the Electric Cinema, now the Ritzy.

2. A similar view. Coldharbour Lane was a thriving shopping centre before the commercialisation of Brixton Road.