And I had never been so glad ever to be told I could go off duty. Brixton High Street appeared to be wrecked. Railton Road appeared to be littered with burnt out cars and burnt out buildings.

The image became popular and before long, it became a business called Brixton Street Wear, selling apparel items such as t-shirts, jumpers, caps, bucket hats and shorts. They drew the attention of ...

Image: Brixton Causeway, 1794, by kind permission of London Borough of Lambeth Archives Department The Lambeth Local History ...