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Downham - A Home in the Country 1987

FOOTAGE number
LCV6371211
Video title
Downham - A Home in the Country 1987
Location
Private Collection
Date
1987 AD (C20th AD)
Video description

The Downham estate was built between 1924 to 1930, it housed 29,000 people in 6071 homes over 522 acres of farmland, with each house costing £450 to build. This community video interviews elderly residents who moved to the estate as children, with many coming from slum buildings in Deptford where there was no running water. Residents happily reminisce about the move and how they felt. One resident describes the estate as ‘Utopian’, another stating Downham was ‘space and light.’ One lady remarks the happiness she felt to have a flushing toilet, a bath and garden. The council imposed strict guidelines on the tenants, they were required to keep the gardens tidy and were not allowed to paint their house a different colour. Residents felt that the council thought they were not ‘civilised’ but the advent of World War Two changed that when the authorities witnessed how intelligent the working-class were, becoming pilots and officers in the Navy. The video ends with residents talking about the local cinema and the happy childhood they enjoyed on the Downham estate. Lewisham. BR1.

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Bridgeman Images
Video keywords
England / United Kingdom / Europe / 1920s / 20th century / 1930s / 1980s / worker's housing / housing / conversation / history / London / social security / memory / Greater London / documentary
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In copyright
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Largest available format 716 × 540 px 466 MB
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