Terraced housing in Geneva Road, Brixton. The street was one of several in the area which became home to the newly-arrived West Indian immigrant community from the late 1950s onwards. Geneva Road has since been demolished and replaced with council housing.
A former childhood resident of Geneva Road, Amon Kelly recalls: 'My children were amazed at the size of my house where I was born. I often talked to them about my home but was unable to get across how big it was and that it had a basement and wine cellars. You could get lost in the garden and we had chickens, a goat, an orchard and gas lamps'. Photograph by Sydney Newbery.
Ref. LBL/DTP/UD/6/2/1/215
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Collection: | Department of Town Planning |
Image type: | Photograph |
Artist: | Sydney Newbery |
Ref: | 10254 |
Identifier: | LBL/DTP/UD/6/2/1/215 |
Date: | c.1965 |