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Two children are sitting side by side on a mustard yellow sofa draped with crocheted doillies on red floral patterned carpet. They are both smiling and looking directly into the camera.

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Zerritha is a community producer and arts leader, Michael is an artist, playwright and academic east London and Mia is a community activist. They sat down in the room curated by Michael at the Museum of the Home to discuss the cultural significance of the front room, their experiences of growing up with them and much more.

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An installation view of A Room Upstairs in 1956 at the Museum. There are clothes scattered on the bed in the centre. A vanity area on the left is various items. On the right foreground is an iron board. There are a cross and religious painting on the wall. In the background, there is a closet with an NHS nurse uniform from the 1950s.

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the place to explore and debate what home means

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136 Kingsland Road
London E2 8EA

Hoxton

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