Home, Sweet (Squat) Home: Housing struggles in 1970s Tower Hamlets (Bangladesh 50 Years 5 June 2021)

Hundreds of Bengali families squatted in 1970s Tower Hamlets; they had been denied adequate housing by the councils and were also facing the rise of National Front violence. Squatting was one way of overcoming the housing crisis and building a safer community. Featuring Shabna Begum (QMUL researcher) in conversation with Husnara Matin who was a squatter from the time, the session explores the importance of this radical history in the homemaking of the Bengali community in the East End.

This online event by Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives was recorded via Zoom on Saturday 5 June 2021 2.00-3.30pm GMT.

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