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DISTANCE AND SENSIBILITY HISTORY NEVER STOPS Exhibition Sarah Wise Talk Sharing Picnic SEA STORIES RAISING DUST PRACTICE FOR EVERYDAY LIFE LIFE AS IT IS PRACTICE FOR EVERYDAY LIFE? FIELD OF ACTION UNOFFICIAL ARTISTS ALBUM ARCHIVING AS STRATEGY BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH SARA RAZA TALK PANEL DISCUSSION GALLERY TOUR CURATOR TALK KRTEČEK AND FRIENDS THE FORGETTING OF PROPER NAMES CURRENT EVENTS TIME FOR A NEW STATE + NSK FOLK ART 
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HISTORY NEVER STOPS: THE CONTINUING STORY OF ARNOLD CIRCUSExhibition of Historical and Contemporary PhotographsSunday 18th July 2010 As part of The Arnold Circus Sharing Picnic 100 - an afternoon of participatory activities to celebrate 100 years of the famous bandstand, produced by Home Live Art, in partnership with The Friends of Arnold Circus - Calvert 22 Foundation hosted a talk by historian Sarah Wise, an expert in the history of the local area, accompanied by an exhibition of contemporary and historical photographs. “The construction of the Boundary Street Estate, between 1893 and 1900, had truly international political significance. One of the worst slums in the developed West - the Old Nichol - was swept away and on its site grew London’s first large-scale experiment in council housing. Rotting tenements and hovels were replaced by the fairytale skyline, warm colours and magnificent detailing that sprang from the collective imagination of the London County Council’s architects’ department.
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Many wanted it to fail: the notion of contributing public money to subsidise workers’ housing was bitterly opposed by those who believed it would bring about the ‘de-moralisation’ of the poor. ‘If such a principle as public housing were admitted, the next demand might be to provide clothing, if not carriages and horses, for the poor,’ said one MP during a debate on the housing of the working classes. The pictures in this exhibition span the past century-and-a-bit in the life of a living experiment - and a highly photogenic one at that. From the remarkable collection held by the London Metropolitan Archives come the black-and- white images that span the late-Victorian era to the late 1970s; while Richard Kearns’ shots show the full-colour vibrancy of 21st-century Boundary Street.” Sarah Wise 2010
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| Home | Education and Events Programme | History Never Stops: The Continuing Story of Arnold Circus | Historical photographs courtesy of City of London, London Metropolitan Archives. | The estate, three years before the bandstand was built. | The earliest shot of the bandstand, photographed in 1912. | The estate laundry, Montclare Street, 1964. | A living room in Hurley Buildings, 1959. | A late Victorian kitchen, looking tired in 1955. | Calvert Avenue, 1897. | The Carrom Contest, 2008. Photo: Richard Kearns. | At the starting post, Sharing Picnic 2009. Photo: Richard Kearns. | Celebrating Arnold Day, 2010. Photo: Richard Kearns. | |||