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Key Moments
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01 THE ANALYSIS
KEY MOMENTS IN POPLAR’S HISTORY
Total Urban Renewal plans start after WW2 Bangladeshi community start to settle in Poplar 1970s Poplar suffers severe bomb damage in East India Docks open on Poplar’s Doorstep WW2 1939-45 1803 WW1 1914-18 Slum clearance programmes rehome people from dilapidated terraces into Poplar’s first social housing 1920s-1930s Urban decline throughout East London 1970s-1980s Poplar is a central location in the Festival of Britain. Pioneering social housing First Canary Wharf Skyscrapers take form Poplar Rates Rebellion in 1921 developments, like the Landsbury Estate, are 1991 built 1951
