A presentation about Collier's Wood, where I live

1. My Home Town Colliers Wood

2. History Colliers Wood is named after the local wood which was cleared in the 1870s, to build housing. It grew larger after the extension of the underground railway network to colliers wood, with a short commute to London becoming possible.

3. Savacentre When it opened in 1989 it was the largest supermarket in Europe. It, along with the Tandem Centre (a small shopping complex), are the main reasons why people to come to Collier’s Wood.

4. Merton Abbey Mills Once the home of an idyllic heritage site, the ‘abbey mills’, Merton Abbey Mills is now home to an equally idyllic housing complex.

5. Brown & Root Tower Colliers Wood is the proud home of the Brown & Root tower, voted ‘the ugliest building in London’. The office block, currently disused, were built in 1965, and owned by Dick Cheney, used as an offshore oil contractor’s offices.