▁Island . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Begin nings ▁ ▁Its ▁construction ▁was ▁prompt ed ▁by ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁housing ▁available ▁for ▁the ▁workers ▁at ▁Bar row ' s ▁ship yard , ▁owned ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁by ▁V ick ers . ▁Some ▁workers ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁live ▁on ▁board ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁l iner ▁, ▁which ▁was ▁mo ored ▁in ▁the ▁do cks . ▁Pl ans ▁for ▁its ▁development ▁were ▁begun ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁and ▁V ick ers ▁bought ▁out ▁the ▁Is le ▁of ▁Wal ney ▁Est ates ▁Company ▁to ▁handle ▁the ▁construction . ▁ ▁Hom es ▁were ▁designed ▁to ▁last , ▁with ▁the ▁houses ▁in ▁a ▁T ud or ▁Rev ival ▁terra ce ▁style . ▁Lar ger ▁houses ▁over looking ▁Wal ney ▁Channel ▁were ▁reserved ▁for ▁man agers ' ▁families . ▁The ▁good ▁construction ▁of ▁this ▁estate ▁meant ▁that ▁Wal ney ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁sl ums ▁that ▁pl ag ued ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁and ▁even ▁Bar row ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s . ▁Most ▁streets ▁in ▁V icker st own ▁are ▁named ▁after ▁ships ▁built ▁at ▁V ick ers ▁( including ▁HMS ▁E ury alus , ▁HMS ▁Jun o , ▁HMS ▁Lat ona , ▁, ▁HMS ▁N io be ▁and ▁) ▁and ▁other ▁port st own s ▁and ▁cities ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁( including ▁Br istol , ▁Fol k estone , ▁H ast ings , ▁Liverpool ▁and ▁South am pton ). ▁ ▁Development ▁The ▁first ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁houses ▁were ▁completed ▁in ▁