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.