Brixton Station Road in south London has always been a lively place. It runs alongside a stretch of Victorian railway arches that have long been used by small businesses, most famously by the West Indian and African diaspora who moved in from the 1950s.
I traded at a weekly market here until it closed in 2019, selling myin some of the arches, traders on Brixton Station Road have continually expressed concerns about the lack of investment, which translates to a lack of representation of Black-owned businesses and the absence of vibrant life and culture.
