Curran Avenue, DA15

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Named after developer Charles Richard Leech’s wife, Mary, whose maiden name was Curran. Leech made his first fortune as a linoleum maker after he designed a floor-covering which was of improved quality and cheaper to manufacture than previously. He used the money made to buy up large tracts of land around Blackfen and beyond to develop housing estates in the 1930s.

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