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including 1,651 high-explosive bombs across the wider borough, taking decades to rebuild. Relatively poorly paid dock work rapidly evaporated to leave a labour shortage and local work included settings of low-skilled/paid warehouses, railway yards, buses/trams/taxis, civil infrastructure, and many
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1525:Hammersmith
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1385:Brent South
1380:Brent North
1365:Bexleyheath
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1005:Natural Law
951:−2.5
930:−8.9
843:−3.6
807:−7.3
770:−0.4
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1048:Majority
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