Blackfriars SE1 in the 1970s

This exhibition tells the story of an extraordinary period of community action in the 1970s and 1980s in Blackfriars, Waterloo and North Southwark along London’s South Bank. For many it was a fight for survival as businesses moved out and land was earmarked for office development leaving isolated communities struggling to maintain their way of life.

The exhibition draws on the archive of the SE1 community newspaper of the 1970s and 80s.