A few weeks ago [back in 2014], Keeling House in Bethnal Green featured in BBC2’s Great Interior Design Challenge. Its presenter Tom Dyckhoff paid due homage to the building’s architecture – a Denys Lasdun brutalist masterpiece – and to its history. But let’s pay a little more attention to the latter here. Now privately owned, Keeling House was once a vision of high quality housing for the people.
Well researched. 32, Selhurst House was my address. I used to run/cycle across Wimbledon Common in the early hours to Roehampton to do a paper round to the posh houses betwixt. (Strewth, wouldn't allow any offspring to do that now!)
Hallo. A very interesting article.Thank you very much.
I used to live in a "Ronan Point" type council flat on Wimbledon Parkside built in 1966. There were three 10 storey, 4 flats to a floor buildings in the "complex".
We moved out in 68 for 3 months I think whilst they were strengthened and returned for a few more years.
Our flat was on the 7th floor overlooking Wimbledon Common. Glorious. I often think we were the luckiest council tenants going.
They were located on Parkside between the circular Inner Park Road. They are not there now, pulled down mid seventies?
Would it be possible to do an article on them please? Thank you
Didn't realise they were still standing in 88. 20+ years of usage then before someone realised the value of the land perhaps?
Well researched. 32, Selhurst House was my address. I used to run/cycle across Wimbledon Common in the early hours to Roehampton to do a paper round to the posh houses betwixt. (Strewth, wouldn't allow any offspring to do that now!)
Hallo. A very interesting article.Thank you very much.
I used to live in a "Ronan Point" type council flat on Wimbledon Parkside built in 1966. There were three 10 storey, 4 flats to a floor buildings in the "complex".
We moved out in 68 for 3 months I think whilst they were strengthened and returned for a few more years.
Our flat was on the 7th floor overlooking Wimbledon Common. Glorious. I often think we were the luckiest council tenants going.
They were located on Parkside between the circular Inner Park Road. They are not there now, pulled down mid seventies?
Would it be possible to do an article on them please? Thank you
Andy Bryce
I'm assuming it's this estate you lived in. It would make an interesting case study:
https://www.towerblock.eca.ed.ac.uk/development/argyle-estate-4th-section