My wife is Russian and Ive been away for 15 years. I was trying to explain to my wife how there used to be many different 'housing schemes' with different attitudes etc, house styles and people. Does anyone have any old pictures or old/new pictures or stories of the schemes to relate to her.

From my memory there was almost an unseen pride in having the toughest, roughest schemes and am wondering also if the new developments that have taken place have changed the scheme mentality.