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Sorry to be rude, but which estate are you talking about? Your facts seem to be hopelessly wrong. The Peabody Estate (Vanguard St) you mention was built in the mid 1970's and was approved in 1970 by the then Tory controlled Lewisham council. The incoming Labour administration in mid 1971could not save the existing buildings (they were too far gone) but did change the building plan so they were replaced like for like by terraced houses, rather than high rise and these were finished in 1976. There was never any intention at any time for there to be a public park on this site. Indeed Nick Taylor specifically refers to them in the 1977 archive BD article as the estate was a model for its time in terms of building family houses with gardens rather than the concrete high rise monstrosities going up all across Inner London. There was no public enquiry and there are no other Peabody houses from that era era South of Deptford High St so you cant be referring to anywhere else. I know not just because I am Nick Taylor's son but also because I went to the school right next to it in 1976 and many of my mates lived on that new estate of houses, which was very popular (it had a HUGE waiting list to get on it). I am obviously delighted you are reading my dads book and also flagged up our 'protest' website which aims to clear his name, but plse dont replace one untrue smear that my dad was a 'demolitionist' (the one the BBC have committed on my dad in that programme Secret History of Our Streets) with another by repeating some bizarre urban myth about houses that my dad 'led the charge' in demolishing when what you say is completely and utterly untrue. I dont know who told you this rubbish but they need to get their facts straight. As the attached BD article demostrates clearly my dad led the charge AGAINST the demolitionists! More sinned against than sinning comes to mind..........Thanks Martin

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