Demolition of London housing estate to begin
by: Robert Grimm -
April 16th, 2011
Demolition teams are to move in to one of Britain’s best known housing estates on Friday.
The sprawling Heygate estate in Walworth, south-east London, is close to the Aylesbury estate, which Tony
Blair visited hours after his 1997 election victory. In his first leadership speech he described the
residents as the “forgotten people” and pledged to tackle social exclusion in the are.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/apr/15/demolition-london-housing-estate-begins
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