eternumviti
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thats interesting . my bro took my dad round the london area [ near millwall i think] before they demolished the slums he lived in. he worked in and around the docks as a boy .
It isn't at all unconnected. The London Docks were able to be demolished thanks to the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC), which was set up by the Thatcher government as a means of regenerating the East and South London riversides, which had become industrial wastelands following containerisation and the movement further out of port facilities. The result was Canary Wharf, the 'yuppification' of the riverside, and the enrichment of the developers, which continues. Council tenants were offered first dibs at discounted prices, but I'm not at all sure that they benefited in the long term, and the aesthetic, and the rich heritage beneath it, certainly didn't.