Number 62 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928

Number 62 is the property with the rather strange ‘XavierZ’ sign above it on the modern photo above. Number 62 was at first number 66 until renumbering around 1898. The poster below is advertising the business that occupied this premises for at least 36 years.


Poster from 1892. Copyright © The British Library Board

Number 62 is visible to the left of this 1912 photograph, it is the property with the canopy and the horse cart with ‘Brooke Bonds Tea’ on it.

YearNameBusiness
1881Residential
1886Residential
1888Residential
1889Residential
1890Not Featured
1891Not Featured
1892John & JamesTea Dealers
1894John & JamesTea Dealers
1895John & JamesTea Dealers
1897John & JamesTea Dealers
1898John & JamesTea Dealers
1903John & JamesGrocers
1904John & JamesTea Dealers
1909John & JamesTea Dealers
1915John & JamesGrocers
1920John & JamesGrocers
1923John & JamesGrocers
1925John & JamesTea Dealers
1926John & JamesTea Dealers
1928John & JamesTea Dealers

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