tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post4003686528578702773..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: The secret history of our streets remains a secretDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-81815714471247069752012-06-13T00:49:17.606+01:002012-06-13T00:49:17.606+01:00Until recently I lived on the opposite side of the...Until recently I lived on the opposite side of the High street. The film.told a very partial story I suppose documentaries always do, but it was odd that the collapse.of local industry wasn'r mentioned ie the.closure of the docks and the shutting of London's first power station . Also deptford always had transitory population hence the hugenots in the film but also Vietnamese , Irish and the likes of me . Also its run down state in the 70's in part a result of a general drop on London's population (as well local art schools) gave space for artist and musicians dire straits and squeeze formed in se8 . So a complex story not that the scandals of the slum clearances aren't worth telling but they didn't happen in isolation as you say.BLTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564846497205095201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-45912545099031902592012-06-11T23:15:31.074+01:002012-06-11T23:15:31.074+01:00And that is a bad result why? This programme kicke...And that is a bad result why? This programme kicked over a rock and showed us what was underneath. It was revelatory. I'm glad it wasn't a neat thesis all tied up in one programme. I'm glad it spurred you (and others) to want more, think more, read more.willshomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005551945995352850noreply@blogger.com