CAMBRIDGE FLATS
I have a real fondness for the Cambridge Estate. As kids we viewed the flats as a playground, using connecting walkways to traverse from one end to the other, taking delight in our feet never touching the ground.
Then came a period of neglect, with film and TV companies regularly using the estate's run-down aesthetic as a backdrop to their crime dramas.
I have a deeper history here. Some of my family lived in the small Victorian terraces that were bulldozed to make way for the modern tower blocks.
Now the mid-century estate is being demolished and replaced with 21st century high-rise, despite promises that there would be no more tower blocks. Once again people and possessions are being uprooted, together with plants and trees established here over fifty years.