Maisonettes, 1970 - Explored!
Across much of Europe, even holiday cottages can be classed as a maisonette. However, here in the UK, a maisonette is a self-contained two-floor flat, within a larger building, with its own staircase and entrance.
When I took this photo in early 1970, these maisonettes were part of an Army married quarters estate in Marchwood on the west side of the Solent. They provided housing for the families of NCOs and other ranks working at the nearby Marchwood Military Port. We lived in one of the upper-floor flats but were soon to leave for the first house my parents owned.
Today all the properties on the estate appear to be privately-owned. The wall on the left of the image was on the end of a line of garages. Today, they've all been been replaced with a line of houses; the maisonettes remain.
I'll let someone else try to identify the makes/marques of the cars! (See Mike.Dales below).
Scanned from a slide.
Maisonettes, 1970 - Explored!
Across much of Europe, even holiday cottages can be classed as a maisonette. However, here in the UK, a maisonette is a self-contained two-floor flat, within a larger building, with its own staircase and entrance.
When I took this photo in early 1970, these maisonettes were part of an Army married quarters estate in Marchwood on the west side of the Solent. They provided housing for the families of NCOs and other ranks working at the nearby Marchwood Military Port. We lived in one of the upper-floor flats but were soon to leave for the first house my parents owned.
Today all the properties on the estate appear to be privately-owned. The wall on the left of the image was on the end of a line of garages. Today, they've all been been replaced with a line of houses; the maisonettes remain.
I'll let someone else try to identify the makes/marques of the cars! (See Mike.Dales below).
Scanned from a slide.