"Municipal Housing" from the Book of Wolverhampton, 1948
Possibly the first post-WW2 edition of the official handbook to the County Borough of Wolverhampton and the pages showing municipal housing and "internal transport", a rather quaint description of the County Borough's municipal transport department that, unusually, included many miles of 'country bus' routes out into surrounding areas.
The hosuing includes a useful description of the post-war situation as the borough, in the face of national austerity, grappled with continuing pre-war slum clearance programmes, attempted to manage the development of homes that would have included those suffering from wartime damage or neglect. The text mentions "temporary bungalows" that I'm sure relates to "pre-fabs" and also, along with an image to a semi of traditional construction notes the "permanent pre-fabricated" styles of construction including the B.I.S.F. type. The "British Iron & Steel Federation" house was seen as a permanent structure, not a short term 'pre-fab" solution and many were constructed after 1946.
The picturs show development in Bushbury, probably on the Underhill estate, that fomred part of the council's continued development of the suburb.
"Municipal Housing" from the Book of Wolverhampton, 1948
Possibly the first post-WW2 edition of the official handbook to the County Borough of Wolverhampton and the pages showing municipal housing and "internal transport", a rather quaint description of the County Borough's municipal transport department that, unusually, included many miles of 'country bus' routes out into surrounding areas.
The hosuing includes a useful description of the post-war situation as the borough, in the face of national austerity, grappled with continuing pre-war slum clearance programmes, attempted to manage the development of homes that would have included those suffering from wartime damage or neglect. The text mentions "temporary bungalows" that I'm sure relates to "pre-fabs" and also, along with an image to a semi of traditional construction notes the "permanent pre-fabricated" styles of construction including the B.I.S.F. type. The "British Iron & Steel Federation" house was seen as a permanent structure, not a short term 'pre-fab" solution and many were constructed after 1946.
The picturs show development in Bushbury, probably on the Underhill estate, that fomred part of the council's continued development of the suburb.