Leathermarket
The gentrified area of Bermondsey, South London is rapidly changing, 'Leathermarket', brings personal stories of local history to a new audience, using archive footage of London from the 1920s to 1960s. Residents discuss memories of their streets of the past; from the last marriage in the bombed Trinity Church before it closed to the public forever, to playing on the bomb-sites after the Second World War; focusing on the collective living memory of the community and their streets in Bermondsey.
- 2014
- 0 Hrs 15 Mins
- Documentary, Other, Action & Adventure
The gentrified area of Bermondsey, South London is rapidly changing, 'Leathermarket', brings personal stories of local history to a new audience, using archive footage of London from the 1920s to 1960s. Residents discuss memories of their streets of the past; from the last marriage in the bombed Trinity Church before it closed to the public forever, to playing on the bomb-sites after the Second World War; focusing on the collective living memory of the community and their streets in Bermondsey.