Ann Hillman was the lynchpin of the campaign against the clearance of two streets in central Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria) but she finally moved from her lifelong home just days before Christmas 2009.
Here she describes how her community lost heart as the council planned its demolition. No firm plans are in place for the streets being bulldozed.
Barrow in Furness
"A hugely impressive multi-media documentary in words, pictures and sound...which traces the development of the housing market renewal policy and its human consequences. Streetfighters is a living, vibrant, open-ended piece of reportage"
- Patrick Butler, head of society, health and education at the Guardian.
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