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| − | The '''Virginia Estate'''[http://www.columbiatra.org.uk/est] is a large housing estate in [[ |
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In 2013, EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie, and her brother Tony McCluskie, shared a flag in [[Pelter Street]], where she was murdered by him on March 1 and dumped her body in the Regent’s Canal the following day.[https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/crime-court/eastenders-actress-gemma-mccluskie-bethnal-green-police-gives-evidence-to-murder-trial-1-1794823] |
In 2013, EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie, and her brother Tony McCluskie, shared a flag in [[Pelter Street]], where she was murdered by him on March 1 and dumped her body in the Regent’s Canal the following day.[https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/crime-court/eastenders-actress-gemma-mccluskie-bethnal-green-police-gives-evidence-to-murder-trial-1-1794823] |
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The Virginia Estate[1] is a large housing estate in Shoreditch.[2]
History[]
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, the priority for Bethnal Green Borough Council was to re-house local people who had been made homeless by the Blitz and to repair damaged properties that could be salvaged from the ruins. As time went on however, the council turned its attention towards creating new, substantial housing estates – sometimes independently and at other times in conjunction with London County Council. In 1956, Newling Street and many houses nearby, were subject to a compulsory purchase order by the London County Council. This East London Advertiser news clipping (6th April 1956) discovered at Tower Hamlets Archives gives the listing of all of the properties acquired.[3]
In 2013, EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie, and her brother Tony McCluskie, shared a flag in Pelter Street, where she was murdered by him on March 1 and dumped her body in the Regent’s Canal the following day.[4]