Public meeting on Bengali housing in Brick Lane

Title

Public meeting on Bengali housing in Brick Lane

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

14 Jun 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:03:59

Description

Report on a public meeting on London housing, in which Greater London Council’s Chairman of Housing Management, Jean Tatham responds to angry residents. Tatham claims that the press has exaggerated proposals for exclusively Bengali housing. Michael Myers, Chairman of the Spitalfields Friends and Residents Association, also speaks at the meeting, on the need for better housing. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Michael Myers; Jean Tatham

Keywords

London; Local authorities; Interethnic relations; Housing; GLC; Council housing; Discrimination; Racial segregation; Ethnic groups; Housing needs; Asian peoples; Spitalfields; Brick Lane

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