View of four-, five-, and seven-storey buildings on the east side of Wellclose Square (formerly Marine Square), Whitechapel, in the former Metropolitan Borough of Stepney, at numbers 40 to 52, on the right. Also visible are the houses at number 1 to 6, looking north across the playground of St Paul’s Whitechapel Church of England Primary School, seen during playtime. The buildings on the east side include the former offices of Eagle Brewery (also Eagle Distillery) next to North East Passage at the far corner, the seven-storey former pickle factory (previously, a sugar house) at 48 and 49, five-storey pale brick Clifford House; a block of 24 flats at 44 and 45 (rebuilt c1899 to a design by architect John Robert Smith). Nunn, Ridsdale and Company, ship lamp manufacturers, occupy the ground floor of number 42 on the immediate right, seen with a temporary sign for F. M. Langford 'manufacturing chemists, perfumers, distributers and packers to the trade' and also 'Vitaseed Products'. Vehicles parked in the street include a Ford Prefect E493A, an Austin A40 Somerset, a Vauxhall 14/6, a Ford Consul Mark II, and an early Commer FC van. The buildings were among the last to be demolished as part of the London County Council's slum clearance campaign, and redeveloped c1968 with the 28-storey Hatton House of the Greater London Council's, St George's Estate, and Swedenborg Gardens.