John Sole, resident of Clays Lane Co-operative Housing Estate

Colour pigment photographic print showing John Sole, at his home on the Clays Lane Housing Co-operative Estate in Stratford, 2007. John originally moved to Clays Lane to live in college accomodation when he was studying at the North East London Polytechnic. The Polytechnic was one of the organisations that helped fund the development of the Estate in 1977 to provide housing for vulnerable single people. Despite strong community resistance, the residents were relocated and the Estate demolished in 2007 to make way for the Olympic Park. This photograph was taken as part of a project to document the site of the London 2012 Olympic Games prior to its closure for redevelopment in July 2007.