Comments on: Before and After http://onionbagblog.com/2009/11/28/before-and-after/ Fear and Loathing in Wivenhoe Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:21:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lang Rabbie http://onionbagblog.com/2009/11/28/before-and-after/comment-page-1/#comment-843 Lang Rabbie Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:52:11 +0000 http://onionbagblog.com/?p=961#comment-843 From their design, I had always thought those Dorset Road blocks were pre-war. But there is an entry in the London Gazette that suggest reconstruction was not until the early 1950s: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/39711/pages/6421/page.pdf From their design, I had always thought those Dorset Road blocks were pre-war.

But there is an entry in the London Gazette that suggest reconstruction was not until the early 1950s:
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/39711/pages/6421/page.pdf

]]> By: elaine http://onionbagblog.com/2009/11/28/before-and-after/comment-page-1/#comment-829 elaine Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:42:07 +0000 http://onionbagblog.com/?p=961#comment-829 Indeed... it is possible that these blots on the landscape were allowed because there was quite a bit of bomb damage round here, and then the introduction of the 'slum' clearance programme - 50's? After the war, places around Caldwell St. were left empty and boarded up with corrugated iron sheets.. Indeed… it is possible that these blots on the landscape were allowed because there was quite a bit of bomb damage round here, and then the introduction of the ‘slum’ clearance programme – 50′s? After the war, places around Caldwell St. were left empty and boarded up with corrugated iron sheets..

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