My home in north London sits in an ordinary suburban street. Yet only 125 years ago, where it stands was farmland. 220m to the west lay a blacksmith. Just three decades later, what would become my home had been built, largely the same brick construction it has today, on a road layout that still exists, with electricity, telephone and water services enabling a modern, domestic life.
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