The Downham Estate, Lewisham: ‘the joy of having your own patch’
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The Downham Estate is another interwar London County Council housing estate – not the biggest or the best of its type, nor the first or the last though at least one of its early residents believed ‘it was paradise’. Maybe that’s why someone thought they should build a wall to separate it from the adjacent private development.
The Downham Estate, Lewisham: ‘the joy of having your own patch’
The Downham Estate, Lewisham: ‘the joy of…
The Downham Estate, Lewisham: ‘the joy of having your own patch’
The Downham Estate is another interwar London County Council housing estate – not the biggest or the best of its type, nor the first or the last though at least one of its early residents believed ‘it was paradise’. Maybe that’s why someone thought they should build a wall to separate it from the adjacent private development.