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Arts > Photo > 20th, 21st century > UK > Neil Martinson
Garment factory, Shacklewell Lane, 1981.
Photograph: Neil Martinson
Life before gastro-pubs: a history of Hackney - in pictures Garment factory, Shacklewell Lane, 1981. East London in the 70s was raw and vivid, with bombed-out houses, kids playing in the streets and factories buzzing. Photographer Neil Martinson was there to chronicle the turbulent pre-gentrification era G Wed 5 Feb 2020 02.00 EST
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/feb/05/
Rachel Point, Nightingale Estate, 1974
Martinson lived with his parents in Rachel Point in 1970.
Nightingale Estate was the planners’ dream of the future.
‘It was so modern. Except that within weeks of moving in, the heating and lifts kept breaking down. Even with its drawbacks it was, for many people, an improvement on their previous homes but what was missing was any sense of community.’
The first demolitions of the blocks started in 1998
Life before gastro-pubs: a history of Hackney - in pictures Garment factory, Shacklewell Lane, 1981. East London in the 70s was raw and vivid, with bombed-out houses, kids playing in the streets and factories buzzing. Photographer Neil Martinson was there to chronicle the turbulent pre-gentrification era G Wed 5 Feb 2020 02.00 EST
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/feb/05/
Neil Martinson
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/feb/05/
https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2018/jan/28/
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