A close look at a painting of Loughborough Junction in the 1950s.

A look at some of the details that survive from Loughborough Junction station's 1925 rebuild.

An article on @brixtonbuzz.bsky.social about the new campaign to improve Loughborough Junction's station, Lift Up LJ www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/09/lift...

"Lift Up LJ" is a new campaign focused on making Loughborough Junction station safe, accessible & fit for the 21st century: www.ljstation.com No accessibility improvements have been made in the 100 years since the current station opened. I've written about the station's birthday in previous posts.

As of this week, Loughborough Junction station (as we currently know it) is 100 years old. Lots more detail here: colin-m.com/lj4d/loughbo...

Loughborough Junction station (in its current form) is 100 years old this weekend! I have written a bit about it here -

My second time making the front cover of the Herne Hill Magazine with a photo of Loughborough Junction. The magazine is published by the @hernehillsociety.bsky.social. The article is a version of this - colin-m.com/2025/01/21/p... More photos from the Higgs tower: colin-m.com/2025/03/01/v...

The residents of Dorchester Court, the 1930s Grade II listed estate at the top of Herne Hill that has been badly neglected by its freehold owners are fundraising to help cover their legal costs defending themselves against a planning appeal by the freeholder. www.gofundme.com/f/save-dorch...

1/ 🧵 To mark #InternationalWomensDay, a short tribute to some female architects of 1960s public housing. First up, Kate Macintosh and the incomparable Dawson's Heights Estate she designed for Southwark Borough Council aged just 28 in 1966.

If you can see the top of the Higgs tower... it can see you. Last week I took some photos from up there - see here: colin-m.com/2025/03/01/v...

At the link below - some photos taken yesterday from the top of the "Higgs Yard" tower in the middle of Loughborough Junction. The view is as impressive as you might expect. colin-m.com/2025/03/01/v...

The infamous Bengeworth Transformer, still sitting in Coldharbour Lane. Road signs now imply it could be there until this weekend.

I recently came across some 1940s photos that explain why a slightly mysterious structure under Loughborough Junction station exists - a WW2 bomb fell on the station, destroying part of the platform and viaduct beneath. I've written a bit about this here: colin-m.com/2025/02/24/b...

Two of the paintings I’m showing at the upcoming Affordable Art Fair in Battersea this coming March. Do you recognise the locations? Hint: both aren’t far from my studio in #Loughboroughjunction :)

1/ As of 5pm today (Tuesday) the 2nd of the two new "super transformers" to be delivered to the Bengeworth Rd substation site is still blocking Coldharbour Lane...

An account of a walk around Loughborough Junction in 1989. The article links to a couple of other posts covering walks in the area. The author, Peter Marshall, has a lot of photos of London on Flickr - it's worth taking a look at his collection. re-photo.co.uk?p=14994

A flight over Loughborough Junction in 1862. There are lots more of these on the website here: colin-m.com/lj4d/video/ Or directly on youtube: www.youtube.com/@lj4d173/pla...

A planning application has recently gone in to redevelop the "stable block" in Ruskin Park as a cafe / multi use space. @ruskinparkse5.bsky.social (Friends of Ruskin Park) have been campaigning to find a use for this neglected building for some time. colin-m.com/2025/01/24/r...

At the weekend Coldharbour Lane was closed to allow the delivery of a "Supergrid Transformer" for the National Grid. I've written a bit about this and the history of Loughborough Junction's Bengeworth Road power station. colin-m.com/2025/01/21/p...

Some views of the south end of Loughborough Rd in 1960 and 1910. I am slightly encroaching on @roadsw9.bsky.social territory here... colin-m.com/2025/01/14/l...

We're now on Bluesky (obviously) and will soon be leaving X

Coldharbour Lane in the 1980s - and a bit about what might be one of Loughborough Junction's oldest surviving houses. colin-m.com/2025/01/10/2...

1/ The Hardess/Wellfit street development was granted planning permission last week. The conditions include some financial contributions to improving Loughborough Junction station.

Loughborough Junction & Denmark Hill entirely absent from the "Tube map" in days gone by - no longer the case.

I've wriiten a bit about the newly renamed "Windrush Line" and why it doesn't stop in Loughborough Junction (or Brixton). colin-m.com/2024/11/28/t...

Municipal guide of the day: the post-1965 London Borough of Lambeth. The new Borough comprised the area of the old Metropolitan Borough but also a chunk of the former MB Wandsworth’s territory. This guide appears to date from the late 1960s.

Another "Loobey collection" postcard recently added to Lambeth Archives' online images. Click below for more. colin-m.com/2024/11/04/c...

I've written a bit about the viaduct repair work that's going on at the moment in Loughborough Junction - colin-m.com/2024/11/01/n...

A couple of weeks ago I posted a video explaining why Loughborough Junction ended up where it did. This one looks at how LJ itself developed during the same period of time (about 1860-1900). colin-m.com/2024/10/31/v...

A c.1910 view of Herne Hill Road, recently added to the Lambeth Landmarks site by @LambethArchives colin-m.com/2024/10/28/h...

I've made a video that tries to explain why Loughborough Junction is where it is. It ended up being a history of the South London rail network as a whole. youtu.be/iIe3Jr1H4ZE