Editing West Ham (section)

===Post-war===
In March 1976, an [[West Ham station attack|IRA terrorist planted a bomb]] on a Metropolitan Line train, but it exploded prematurely, at West Ham station, injuring seven. The perpetrator shot and injured a member of the public and fled. The train driver, Julius Stevens, gave chase but was shot and killed. The terrorist ran into the street where he was confronted by a policeman; he turned the gun on himself but survived.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/15/newsid_2543000/2543605.stm |title=1976: Tube driver shot dead |website=BBC On This Day |year=2008 |access-date=11 November 2017 }}</ref>

In the 1970s and 1980s, the area suffered from [[Deindustrialization|deindustrialisation]], including closure of the [[Bromley-by-Bow gasholders|Bromley gasworks]] and [[West Ham Power Station]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Prof. Russell |date=2020 |title=The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/research/results/reports/8018/TheManufacturedGasIndustry_Volume3 |publisher=[[Historic England]] |pages=208–209}}</ref>