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How people living on Electric Avenue cope with soaring cost of energy bills

Electric Avenue, in Brixton, South London, is as bustling as ever.

Laughter and bartering cries fill the air but there is an undercurrent of anger.

Built in the 1880s, the street got its name when it became the first market street to be lit by ­electric lights. It was also used as the title of the hit song by Eddy Grant in 1983.

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