Consumer Futures

The London Programme opening credits, early 1980s

Roads to nowhere: the Inner London Motorway

Some light afternoon reading for you.

Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, 1900-1965

Severn Beach station, in Gloucestershire, is the lonely, desolate terminus of the Severn Beach Line. This forgotten outpost of the Great Western Railway will feature as a location in an upcoming stealth game by Bristol-based production company Andalusian.

"Closed down by Lambeth Council in the early 1990s due to cost-saving measures, [Brockwell Park] Lido was occupied by squatters in the summer of 1993, who lived in the disused changing rooms and offices around the pool. The abandoned site was used for parties, raves  and even an end-of-tour party for The Levellers, but the night I remember most was the incredible show put on by the Exploding Cinema in August ’93..."