This film shows the planning, design and construction of six blocks of high-rise council flats in Shieldfield in April 1961.

In this BBC archive Shieldfield residents discuss war rationing, ‘make do and mend’ and air raid precautions during World War II.

The aim of this project was to increase knowledge of, and interest in, the history and identity of the Shieldfield community by undercovering the old and existing boundaries of the neighbourhood.