In 1890 Ham Creek was an open sewer. West Ham was not alone in being overtaken by the speed of the Industrial Revolution. 

The cottages at Pinnocks Place, off North Street Plaistow, which were occupied by immigrant Irish potatoe workers. These were some of the cottages mentioned in the Dickens report on slums in 1855.

This image from a Magic lantern slide in the Newham Heritage Collection

By Robert Rogers

On the Leather Gardens Estate at Stratford, hordings have been put up around the regeneration works, mentioning all the local history of the Area.

Fences that surround building sites are not normally very interesting but if you are passing Canning Town Roundabout you will see a high wooden fence on the corner of Silvertown Way that has been decorated with some large photograghs of Canning Town.