Thursday 18 July 2013

why can't we build Council Homes now? Becontree estate developed between 1921 and 1932 by the London County Council as a large council estate of 27,000 homes,

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becontree

 Flickr set from Valence House (excellent museum)  (which is a moated manor house within the estate http://londonunveiled.com/2013/02/18/valence-house/)
http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/MuseumsAndHeritage/LocalHistoryResources/Documents/Infosheet16BecontreeEstate.pdf
"...Still, over the years, the streets of Becontree have been home to some formidable names, among them Alf Ramsey, Terry Venables, Max Bygraves, Dudley Moore, and the former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey." &film http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/oct/09/bartons-britain-becontree-estate



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