Saturday 27 October 2018


Social Progress? What went wrong?


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These new developments embodied all the latest innovations in hygienic living in stark contrast to earlier overcrowded slums. Wide roads and pavement with trees. Piped drainage and water supply to each house individually. Large airy rooms with high ceilings. Big opening windows to allow in the sunlight. Large gardens to grow vegetables and flowers. The provision of kitchens and bathrooms with all facilities including hot water! Electricity and even the occasional telephone. This was truly a social revolution enjoyed by the fortunate sector able to afford it from their professional salaries and trading incomes. What proportion of these buildings are today occupied by one family? How many are actually affordable by the same cohort that bought them? Which raises the question how much better off are we now than then?

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This area was originally called Little Clifton or New Clifton  Pre 1924 map. The Photo of Coldharbour Rd is at the junction with Linden Rd. It show that only half of Linden Rd has been built.

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1870 before it was all built.My family lived at 56 Linden Rd for 40 years. The house was built 1924c


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