Who Built Brixton's Electric Avenue?

Electric Avenue in Brixton, south-west London was the very first street in the capital to be entirely lit by electricity.

In this video we'll be looking into who built and why- along with a number of other interesting connections including Electric Avenue's cousin, 'Electric Lane', David Bowie, the Forth Railway Bridge, and of course Eddie Grant!

Chapters

00:00 Intro
00:41 Early Electric Milestones
01:59 John and Alexander Fyfe
04:12 Back Lane (now Electric Lane)
06:04 Electric Avenue Opens For Business
07:41 Early Notable Shops on Electric Avenue
08:43 Christmas on Electric Avenue
09:42 Honouring John Fyfe
10:21 Where to See Alexander Fyfe's Grave
10:43 Electric Avenue in the Early 20th Century
11:08 Electric Avenue in WWII
11:28 Electric Avenue and the Windrush Generation
11:55 Did Electric Avenue Inspire David Bowie?
12:35 Eddy Grant and 1983's 'Electric Avenue' record
13:18 Outro

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Credits

Footage and other images:

Historic images of Electric Avenue: Brixton Buzz
https://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2013/08/t...

John Fyfe Portrait: https://emuseum.aberdeencity.gov.uk

Tower Bridge: Bisha Sideedaad (Creative Commons)

Blackfriars Bridge: Ben Sutherland (Creative Commons)

Southwark Bridge: Tony Hisgett (Creative Commons)

Vauxhall Bridge: Paul Farmer (Creative Commons)

Putney Bridge: Magnus D (Creative Commons)

Kew Bridge: Jim (Creative Commons)

Forth Railway Bridge: MrMasterkeyboard (Creative Commons)

Bonanza Market Poster: boroughphotos.org

Christmas Lights: German Korb (via pexels.com)

David Bowie: Boris Yaro (Creative Commmons)

Electric Avenue Light Switch on, Lambeth Council YouTube Channel:
   • Electric Avenue, Brixton - New sign s...  

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Sound Effects (all via freesound.org):

Movie Projector: JorgenJak
https://freesound.org/people/JorgenJa...

Electric Transformer: Garuda1982
https://freesound.org/people/Garuda19...

Fairground: Kyles
https://freesound.org/people/kyles/so...

Electric Guitar Riff: piccadillyke
https://freesound.org/people/piccadil...

Glass Toast: sjnewton
https://freesound.org/people/sjnewton...

Bomb: zaps plat.com
https://freesound.org/people/zapsplat...

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Music:

Lullaby (JVNA)

Dark Hallway by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...

Artist: http://incompetech.com/



AnalogueCabin (Noir et Blanc Vie)


Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...

Artist: http://incompetech.com/


Tuesday Dub (Silent Partner)

Getting There (Silent Partner)

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