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rear path in poor repair

 

 

 

 

conditions near the top of Brunswick Street

 

 

 

 

 

a run-down yard off Randolph Road

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rubbish piled high

 

 

 

the rear of terraced houses typical of the area

 

 

 

another typical view of the rear of terraced houses

 

 

 

a derelict house on Harrington Street - worse than most

 

 

 

more rubbish piled high

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a boarded up corner shop

 

 

 

an abandoned van

 

 

 

poor condition rear boundary walls were common throughout the area

 

 

 

The corner of Brunswick Street and Havelock Road - now transformed by the Home Zone

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Balaclava Road from the ring road

 

 

 

Harrington Street - the derelict house seen above is in the centre of the photo

 

 

 

Crewe Street

 

 

 

The shop on the Vulcan island - before it became the Pear Tree Home Improvement Centre

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The Sir Frederick Roberts - closed down by police as a drugs haven and later demolished

 

 

 

The Cavendish shopping centre has had work to smarten its look

 

 

 

The Sherwood Recreation Ground before the playground was added

 

 

 

Pear Tree library and Portland Street before the end of the street was closed and the area landscaped

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Portland Street

 

 

 

Sutherland Road

 

 

 

Walbrook Road

 

 

 

Goodale Street

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