Today I found out about the Mole Man. He lived in this house, built in about 1850, on De Beauvoir Town until 2006 when he was evicted and moved to a hotel, then lived a flat nearby. I've been filming old buildings in Dalston today for my project on solar energy and got chatting to a man who lives on the street who told me all about Bill (nasty character apparently). During his 50 years living there, he dug 60ft of tunnels under the house causing it to sink by 1ft which is why he was forced out for safety reasons. He was a hoarder and the property was filled with trash (including cars and a boat) as high as the corrugated iron fence is here. I walk past this building every week so it's interesting to finally know it's history.
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