Further information: "I was introduced to Iris and Maudie by Pat Greenwood, chief reporter on the Deptford Mercury. I was working on a social history of the area, and wanted to ask them about their lives. We’d usually meet at the 999 Club, a drop-in centre for people in need, which Iris used to run. We'd talk for hours. Eventually we filmed two or three interviews about ‘old Deptford’ against a background of change: nearly all the docks had closed, the power station had just been blown up and Government regeneration agency City Challenge was at work, bringing with it Deptford’s first ‘yuppies’.

Now, nearly 30 years on, Deptford is certainly different. The railway arches, once inhabited by Iris’s ‘totters’ (rag and bone men), now house an eclectic collection of independent shops and trendy restaurants. The historic high street, run down in the 90s, has taken on a new lease of life. With afternoon teas, art galleries, cocktail bars, record shops, yoga studios, soul food, tapas, vegan cuisine, craft beer and a weekly flea market, today’s Deptford has a diverse, creative vibe.

But when does regeneration turn into gentrification? In recent years, precious community space has been destroyed as developers buy up more and more land for luxury homes, while insufficient social housing and extortionate rents mean that homelessness and all the problems that come with it, are as bad as ever. There are fears that Deptford’s unique character could be lost, and for all the money being made, the 999 Club, now a much bigger charity, still has work to do."