Lee New Town, Development and Re-development, presented by Paul Wright

The area of Lee currently bounded by Boone, Lee Church and Fludyer Streets was developed in the 1820s on land sold by the Lee Place estate.  It was known as Lee New Town and consisted mostly of densely packed working class housing.  The area had a colourful history for over 100 years. In the 1950s it underwent extensive redevelopment as part of Lewisham's first postwar slum clearance project.  In a richly illustrated talk Paul Wright will tell the story of this area drawing on contemporary records and many previously unseen photographs taken by the Rector of St Margaret's at the time - a keen photographer and chronicler of the profound changes to this part of the borough. 

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