Clockwork Orange winds down

A housing estate is finally to lose its association with the 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. The last 230 homes on the Tavy Bridge estate in Thamesmead, southeast London, are being demolished for a regeneration project. The estate is infamous for being the backdrop to Stanley Kubrick’s film and some locals think that the film’s depiction of youth disorder tainted the area’s reputation. Ian Clement, the leader of Bexley council, declared it “a new fresh start for Thamesmead”.