Anna Bowman photographed a changing
area in the early 1970s, writes Sunita Rappai
KILBURN in 1972 was a community facing rapid change. Massive
new investment in the area one of the poorest in London
promised to change the face of the old neighbourhood
forever. >
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Royal Free chief to face Town Hall
probe over job cuts
MANAGERS at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead are facing
a showdown with the Town Hall over plans to shut wards and axe
nearly 500 jobs. Senior councillors from all parties are deeply concerned
at cost-cutting measures...>
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Heath chief's
pond problem - THE new chairman of Hampstead Heath has refused
to rule out the possibility of closing the Heaths bathing
ponds or... > more
People before
big business - HOPES were high in 1997 when the Tories,
who had waged an 18-year attack on public services in order
to reduce taxes for their... >
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Tory drug
pledge - CONSERVATIVE election hopefuls will promise a major
crackdown on drug dealers when they launch their manifesto on
Monday night. >
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Plan to demolish
swimming pool - SECRET plans to scrap one of the last remaining
school swimming pools in the borough have been condemned by
parents. > more
Reunited
are the peacemakers - THREE pacifists who organised the
first Aldermaston march in 1958 and adopted the famous nuclear
disarmament symbol... >
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'They don't
want poor near them' - A FRACTIOUS row over a new housing
block planned for Swiss Cottage threatened to turn ugly on Thursday
night when objectors... >
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'Predatory'
drug dealer jailed - A predatory shark drug
dealer was jailed for more than five years at Snaresbrook Crown
Court last Thursday. >
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Bookshop
takes its final bow - A BOOKSELLER who has served famous
actors at his theatrical book shop for nearly 25 years is closing
the doors to his Chalk... >
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