The Town of Tomorrow 50 Years of Thamesmead adventure a convey or belt carries

a convey or belt carries a series of sculptures past visitors who

and we would climb trees and swim behind our mothers’ backs in the irrigation canal

Contributors: India Johnson

Incorporating her images with family archives and conversations

but in fact constitutes the basis for any true sociology of art

The Town of Tomorrow 50 Years of Thamesmead adventure a convey or belt carriesRising from Londons Erith marshes in the 1960s, Thamesmead was London County Councils bold attempt to build a new town to address the citys housing shortage after the Second World War. Noted for its daring, experimental design concrete modern terraces, blocks of flats and elevated walkways built around a system of lakes and canals the town received attention from architects, sociologists and politicians throughout the world but also gained notoriety