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Film Screenings: Living in Thamesmead

31 July, 2010

A series of films documenting the growth of Thamesmead, a suburb that was designed and built in south-east London in the 1960s. The films show the progress from idealism, to decline, to revived optimism, ending with the new documentary Thamesmead: 21st Century Town.

The archive films are:

  • Somewhere Decent to Live (GLC / Chess Valley, 1967);
  • Thamesmead 70 (GLC / Tara Films, 1970);
  • Living at Thamesmead (GLC / Tara Films, 1974)
  • the short commercial In the Neighbourhood
  • Thamesmead: 21st Century Town.

Date: Saturday 31st July
Time: 2pm


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