A portrait of a young RAF serviceman photographed by Harry Jacobs at 152 Landor Road, Stockwell, dated 20th May 1976. Ref: SP9000/2/17 - Courtesy of Lambeth Archives
87 Hackford Road is situated in the London borough of Lambeth. Try searching the borough archives, Lambeth Landmark, to find out how this busy, multicultural area has changed over the years.
Click on the link boroughphotos.org/lambeth and use the ‘Search for Images’ section to enter key words and places. Try the searches below, choosing the most important words from the sentences:
South Island Place: What animals lived there? How has life changed?
Hackford Road and Cranworth Gardens: What can you find out about these roads from the pictures in the archive? Who lived in Cranworth Gardens? What was going on at the Southern Lodge in 1849?
Brixton North: Brixton Road: Can you find pictures of a) shops in the 1970’s? b) a picture of at least one church or place of worship? C) a picture from 1913? D) an advertisement from 1900?
Brixton Central: Brixton Road: Can you find a picture of something from 1898? What is it? What was Bon Marche? Can You find pictures of it?
Brixton Central: Recreation and Leisure: Which sports have taken place in Brixton over the years?
Who was at the Olympic flame ceremony in 2012? Who visited Brixton in 1996?
Stockwell Education: What do the pictures from the 1900s show? What can you find out about Stockwell Orphanage? Who was Harry Jacobs? What is your favourite picture of his?
Archive Photo showing Stables South Island Place, Brixton North, View outside the stable with stableman and recently groomed horse, taken in 1964 by M.D. Tace
Oval: Which different sports were played at the Oval over the years?
Brixton Market: What items you can see being sold there? What shop was on Atlantic Road in 1910?
What is your favourite picture of the market in the archive? Why?
World War I (search War and Armed forces in the Subject Box and 1901 – 1926 in the date box):
What images can you see from 1914 in the archive? Can you find anything about air raids? Can you see any submarines or pictures of boats? Can you find anything that was made or constructed in Lambeth to help the war effort?
World War 2 (search War and Armed forces in the Subject Box and 1926 – 1950 in the date box):
Can you find out about air raid shelters? Where were some of them situated? What should you do in an air raid? Where did American Engineers set up camp?
Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens: What happened at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens? What’s the earliest picture you can find of the Pleasure Garden area?
Commerce and industry: before 1850
Can you find five industries that were based in the area at this time? What did the river look like before 1850?
Can you find out more about the history of your local area by looking at archive pictures? Try searching your local council website for details of your local archive.
