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... And Cheaper Than Steel!

Date released

19 Mar 1925

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1173

NoS ID

084179

Story no

5 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

Sir John Gilmour - Secretary for Scotland - opens housing scheme, built by Corporation Tramways Housing Department.

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Cook’s Camden: London’s Great Experiment in Urban Housing (2010)

Subject

Architecture

The housing projects built by Camden when Sydney Cook was borough architect (1965-73) constitute not just the last great output of social housing in the UK but also arguably the most substantial...

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Housing figures (1984)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a Government housing spokesman (poss. Patrick Jenkin) on the Government’s housing figures and the plans for next year. Female interviewer not identified.

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60 Minutes: report on housing with MPs Michael Heseltine and David Orton (1980)

60 Minutes: report on housing with MPs Michael Heseltine and David Orton. They talk about cutting budget on housing programme by the Government. [Box 5]

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Housing bill defeated (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Labour MP Ann Taylor, on a defeat for the Government’s Housing and Building Control Bill intended to give tenants of charitable housing trusts the right to buy their rented properties....

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Housing shortage in Brixton (1981)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Chairman of the Federation of Housing Associations George Barlow about housing shortage in Brixton and belief poor housing was a contributory factor in the Brixton race riot. Following his...

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Camden Housing Association events week (1982)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified female representative of Camden Housing Association on a week of events to get more people into housing. Male interviewer not identified.

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Your Chance of a House This Year

Date released

23 Jan 1947

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

47/7

NoS ID

101568

Story no

6 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Housing survey in the Midlands. Interviews with builders, members of the public, housing directors, newspaper editor, at Wolverhampton, Coventry and Sheffield.

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Hackney housing renovation (1986)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Hackney Council housing chairman Pete Chowney, in one of the council’s properties, on using a dedicated team to renovate empty properties, the housing crisis, and future plans for housing....

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Scarman on housing (1987)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Lord Scarman urging Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Government to ensure more revenue from the sale of council houses goes into improving housing standards. Reporter not...

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