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Four years ago, he said, he suffered a stroke and lost the movement of his right arm and therefore his job as a polisher at a metal shop.

He’s single, works with family members and “up until two weeks ago, I had no worry about anything,” he said.

The original estate at Brook House, in Gunnersbury Lane, opposite Acton Town station, was built more than 90 years ago, with additional homes and blocks added in the 1970s.

Two years ago, with England 2-0 down in a home Ashes, reputations and possibly jobs were on the line.

It was one of the largest bombardments of the capital since the beginning of the full-scale invasion more than three years ago.