Homes for London exhibtion : Charing Cross Underground station : 1949
A reminder of several things here - most notably the increasing post-World War 2 housing crisis in the UK - a subject that a serious politcal as well as social issue at the time. The backlog of pre-WW2 slum clearance along with war damage meant that there was an acute shortgae particularly of social or 'council' housing at a time when local authorities played an immense role in housing.
This phamphlet was issued by the old London County Council along with the Metropolitan Borough Councils who between them were responsible for housing as described here. The foreword is by the Labour Minister for Health, Rt Hon Aneurin Bevan, and the exhibition, like many others pre- and post-war was held inthe then very spacious ticket hall at Charing Cross Underground station (now Embankment).
Homes for London exhibtion : Charing Cross Underground station : 1949
A reminder of several things here - most notably the increasing post-World War 2 housing crisis in the UK - a subject that a serious politcal as well as social issue at the time. The backlog of pre-WW2 slum clearance along with war damage meant that there was an acute shortgae particularly of social or 'council' housing at a time when local authorities played an immense role in housing.
This phamphlet was issued by the old London County Council along with the Metropolitan Borough Councils who between them were responsible for housing as described here. The foreword is by the Labour Minister for Health, Rt Hon Aneurin Bevan, and the exhibition, like many others pre- and post-war was held inthe then very spacious ticket hall at Charing Cross Underground station (now Embankment).