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London Borough of
Lambeth
This south London borough includes the following districts: Brixton,
Clapham, Crystal Palace (part), Gipsy Hill, Herne Hill, Kennington,
Lambeth, Loughborough Junction, Oval and The Oval, Stockwell,
Streatham, Streatham Hill, Eastfields, Tulse Hill, Vauxhall, Waterloo,
West Dulwich, West Norwood.
Old Postcard, London, Lambeth Palace
"Lambeth Palace has been the residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury for close on seven centuries."
Effra Road, Brixton
Effra Road, Brixton - a 1906 postcard.
London, Brixton Road
A 1931 postcard of Brixton Road.
London, Brixton Road
The Brixton Road in 1916.
London, Lambeth Palace
Another view of Lambeth Palace.
The Pavement, Clapham Common, Lolndon
The Pavement, Clapham Common - unused and undated.
London, Clapham Common, West Side
No precise date for this postcard of Clapham Common, West Side - but early 20th
Century.
Grove Road, Clapham Park
Grove Road, Clapham Park.
Clapham High Street
High Street, Clapham - a 1905 postcard.
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Electric Avenue, Brixton
Electric Avenue, Brixton - a great postcard from the early 20th Century.
St Thomas' Hospital, London
No date for this pre-WW2 postcard of Westminster Bridge and St Thomas' Hospital.
Elms Road, Lambeth
Elms Road, Lambeth.
Lambeth Church
Lambeth Church.
The Avenue, Streatham Common, Old Postcard
The Avenue, Streatham Common - a postcard mailed in the 1900s (the date is
blurred, looks like 1907  !)
Streatham Church, London
Streatham Church.
Pond, Streatham Common
Streatham Common.
Lambeth Palace
An unused postcard of Lambeth Palace from around 1925.

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Brockwell Park, London
Brockwell Park.
Tulse Hill, Brixton
Tulse Hill, Brixton.
Did You Know.... that Tommy Trinder, the actor
and comedian, was born in Streatham in 1909 ?
West Norwood
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Clapham Common, South Side
An excellent "LL" postcard of Clapham Common, South Side.
Astoria, Streatham
The Astoria Cinema, Streatham, which was opened in 1930 and is still a cinema
today.
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London, West Norwood
Norwood Road, West Norwood.
Did You Know....that Arthur Sullivan, the
composer best known for his collaboration with
W S Gilbert which produced the Savoy Operas,
was born in Lambeth in 1842 ?
And Did You Know....that Ken Livingstone,
former Mayor of London, was born in Lambeth
in 1945 ?
Did You Know....that Naomi Campbell,
the model, was born in Streatham in 1970 ?
And Did You Know....that Field Marshall Bernard
Montgomery (Monty) was born in Kennington in 1887 ?