The interview process behind the Beaumont Project revealed a strong sense of community identity: interviewees, irrespective of age, race, gender and nationality, shared the same memories and stories of life on the estate since 1962. Ostensibly trivial recollections took on a more profound importance as filming continued, both affecting the residents personally and enriching the Beaumont narrative. Smells of cooking wafting down corridors, eavesdropping through walls, water fights fought, and fireman rescuing trapped residents from broken lifts became poignant tales of an East End soon to disappear.

"A poignant obituary" The Observer