Municipal Dreams
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Social historian of housing. Author of 'A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates' (RIBA Books) and 'Municipal Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Council Housing' (Verso). I blog at https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/.
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![The Book of the Century : [edit] Frederick Avery : Centenary Sub-Committee : Wolverhampton Borough Council : 1948 : Housing 1. In 1948 Wolverhampton, then in Staffordshire, celebrated the Centenary of incorporation as a Borough; the rapidly growing Victorian industrial town, like many others, had no central form of local government, and so had successfully petitioned the Queen and Privy Council who on behalf of the Government agreed to their request. The Borough was raised to the status of a County Borough during the nationwide reform of 1889 and in more recent times has become a City.
The booklet, edited by the Borough's Public Relations and Industrial Development Manager, tells the story of the town in chapters written by L. du Garde Peach, and then looks at the municipal services, their origins and their development into post war-years.
Four pages are dedicated to the muncipal Housing Department and looks at the history of council or social housing that especially developed in post-WW1 years with the twin aims of clearing slum housing and catering for the growing population of the town. The two photos show at left the proposed "Civic Centre" area that was partially constructed and a "typical pre-WW2 scheme" houses in lawns retaining mature trees.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqh2atawixxlb6ncx2fh73r6/bafkreibg7hjmse6glxplidsmiiwvmd2bhvhljprw6nlhey2lbb27d6d3a4@jpeg)
![The Book of the Century : [edit] Frederick Avery : Centenary Sub-Committee : Wolverhampton Borough Council : 1948 : Housing 2. In 1948 Wolverhampton, then in Staffordshire, celebrated the Centenary of incorporation as a Borough; the rapidly growing Victorian industrial town, like many others, had no central form of local government, and so had successfully petitioned the Queen and Privy Council who on behalf of the Government agreed to their request. The Borough was raised to the status of a County Borough during the nationwide reform of 1889 and in more recent times has become a City.
The booklet, edited by the Borough's Public Relations and Industrial Development Manager, tells the story of the town in chapters written by L. du Garde Peach, and then looks at the municipal services, their origins and their development into post war-years.
Four pages are dedicated to the muncipal Housing Department and looks at the history of council or social housing that especially developed in post-WW1 years with the twin aims of clearing slum housing and catering for the growing population of the town.
This page looks at more contemporary developments as well as pre-WW2 work at Low Hill. This includes work on the East Park and Bushbury estates as well as types of construction that in post-war utility and austerity saw some favour including B.I.S.F. (British Iron & Steel Federation) homes, Orlit construction and W.K.2 homes as well as the well known "Pre-fabs". These are illustrated in a series of photographs on the right page.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqh2atawixxlb6ncx2fh73r6/bafkreicohcvo5pq3pzb5coz5jl56v6gwtjjb6fyst4bgz57lna2bcgxhx4@jpeg)
