Series looking at how London has changed since Charles Booth's survey recording social conditions in 1886, returning to six archetypal London streets.
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Looking at Deptford High Street, once seen as 'the Oxford Street of south London'.
Looking at Camberwell Grove, an elegant oddity now set amid the seething inner city.
Looking at Caledonian Road, which has always been resolutely working class.
Looking at Portland Road in London's Notting Hill, and its wide diversity of residents.
Reverdy Road in Bermondsey has endured as an enclave of working-class respectability.
Arnold Circus is home to the first council estate, which opened in 1896.