Thamesmead as a new and better alternative through the eyes of two small children who live in older, dilapidated flats on the other side of the city. The Tavy Bridge area of Thamesmead South, including Southmere Lake, was used as a setting for the Stanley Kubrick film "A Clockwork Orange" and also the play and Channel 4 gay coming-of-age film "Beautiful Thing". British TV Drama "Misfits" was also filmed in Thamesmead. Many scenes take place around Southmere Lake, while Bexley College was once also used as a setting. The estate featured in The Libertines video What Became of the Likely Lads.
Housing for the elderly in the United Kingdom Housing for the elderly in the United Kingdom Housing for the elderly in the United Kingdom has become a developing specialised sector later than in some countries. The most successful projects integrate housing with leisure facilities and social care. Generally, people become eligible for specialised housing at 55. England has provided almshouses for the poor and destitute since at least the tenth century. Many institutions, which were called hospitals up until the nineteenth century, fulfilled mainly a housing function. Almshouse residents normally do not pay rent—but have no security of tenure and depended solely on the goodwill of the administering