What on earth is it supposed tobe,? I lived right on the corner of Muntz St and Somerville rd, hawkes st has long gone, and so has Charlies the fruit and veg shop, I lived just above the bookies ( Williams) and there was a garage almost on that corner too, in Somerville Rd on the left from Muntz St, the place has sure changed since the last time I was there..J2
John, although the front half of Hawkes Street has gone, the back half's still there behind the Community Centre, but all the old houses in it were demolished. The Muntz Street shops went in the early-to-mid-70's. Charlie never lived to see this: a few years before, he'd been mugged for his takings in (I think) Swanage Road and had to pack the business up. He died not long afterwards.
As for what the eyesore's supposed to be, who cares? The school's 100% Muslim now, so it's all 'the will of Allah'.