Lambeth
Lambeth, the inner-south London borough, bears the imprint of diverse influences from the ancient Lambeth Palace to Brixton’s African and Caribbean community.
With industrialisation, Lambeth’s Thameside location made it ideal for manufacturers. From the 1700s onwards, industries including glass and pottery works were established in the area.
Following heavy bombing in the Second World War, industry gave way to culture, with the construction of the Southbank Centre, the National Theatre and BFI Southbank.
Lambeth is also known as the “home of the Windrush generation”, with many of the British Caribbean citizens who arrived between 1948 and 1971 making their homes in Brixton. Nearby at the Oval Cricket Ground in 1976, the West Indies team famously completed its 3-0 defeat of series favourites England.
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The Festival of Britain 1951
A nation-wide event with London at its heart, the Festival aimed to boost Britain’s post-war blues
Masquerades in London’s pleasure gardens
Put on your finest costume and join revellers on London’s fashionable 18th-century dancefloors
Street life & work in 1877
John Thomson’s fascinating photographs reveal the lives of workers in 19th-century London
