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unusual facts about Council Estate



Rumspringa

In each episode the group stayed with British families of different socio-economic levels, living in turn on a South London Council Estate, the Kent countryside and even staying at a Scottish hunting estate.


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7 Welcome to London

Soon he finds a best friend Goldie (Aliakbar Campwala) on a council estate and find love on the London underground in the form of Simran (Sabeeka Imam) who is Shahrukh Khan's biggest fan.

Black and White Town

The music video for "Black and White Town" was filmed on the Summerston council estate in Glasgow.

Goodwyns

The design of the buildings and the estate's layout were praised by architectural historians Ian Nairn and Nikolaus Pevsner, who described it as "unusually good" for a council estate.

Jimmy Case

Case was brought up in Allerton and was a distant neighbour of musician Paul McCartney on the council estate which had been built in the interwar years.

Ocker Hill

Moat Farm, situated to the west of Ocker Hill in the direction of Princes End, was built in the 17th century and stood for some 250 years until it was finally demolished to make way for the new Moat Farm council estate (nicknamed the "Lost City" as it was hemmed in by a railway, canal and acres of derelict land when first built) which was the birthplace of the former Wolverhampton Wanderers and England footballer Steve Bull in 1965.

Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton

Bassam grew up on a council estate in Great Bentley, Essex and went to the local County High School (now Colbayns) in Clacton-on-Sea.

What Became of the Likely Lads

Pete Doherty claimed in an interview with Newsnight that he had no input for the video of the song, which does not feature the band but two young boys on a council estate (Thamesmead), implied to be a young Pete and Carl.