London 1982
Peter MARSHALL
Prefab, Poplar / Limehouse, Tower Hamlets.
1982
30l-41: prefab, docks, cranes
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'Home, Sweet Home' was clearly
close to the docks, though I can't now remember exactly where, but as two
frames earlier I had photographed Preston's Road and the next frame after
this was a detail from 'The Railway Tavern' I am sure it was in Poplar or
Limehouse. The word 'WHERE' on the wall at left is no help. There is a brick
wall a few yards past the pre-fab and just to the left of the structure
is a sign (hardly visible in this small image) for a public footpath. Beyond
the wall are clearly dockside sheds and cranes.
I think this was the one remaining structure in what had once been a
small estate of pre-fabs and was clearly now a site for fly-tipping. The
message on the building wall is dated 23/4/80 and I took this picture
in February 1982; I'm not sure it was still inhabited, though the two
cars parked there (one almost hidden behind), what appear to be blankets
on a washing line at left suggest it was, but those bins seem to be in
front of a boarded up door. I can't decide looking at the mini if it has
a missing wheel or is simply parked on very uneven ground, but otherwise
it looks in good condition with no broken windows.