Believe in Better ... the advert challenges us and the satellite beams its high definition pictures of a world full of wonders.
Beckton believed in better. Desirable dolls houses designed with front and back lawn, garage or off street parking. Coming with a kitchen and downstairs loo, a master bedroom, a conservatory and a patio. Roads would curlicue into closes and speed bumps slow the traffic. Superstores would be a short step away, buses and trains would connect across town, over and under the river.
Boundary-less Beckton. Resposibility for the space outside the front door rests with the landlord and not the tenant. Smokers drop their fag-ends in the dead-ends. Yesterday's sofa is as disposable as yesterday's take-away.
Who will believe in Beckton? Who will cultivate their neighbours, plant tough and tenacious trees, mend its walls, sweep its closes, make it beautiful?
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