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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/.

Joined September 2023

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Municipal Dreams handle.invalid · May 5
Towerhill, Gomshall: early post-Second World War council housing built by Guildford Rural District Council

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The turtles are fallen and the rain stands still fritzdrybeam.bsky.social · May 6
Probably selling at 400k, now, out of the hands of people who need them.

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LCC municipal handle.invalid · May 5
From 1951, extracts from a “Facts & Figures” booklet produced by the London County Council, featuring Hainult housing estate, Waterloo Bridge and the LCC in session.

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LCC municipal handle.invalid · May 4
We went to see Witness for the Prosecution at County Hall today - I hadn’t been inside the Council Chamber before, so I have ticked that off my list… Some pics from earlier:

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Municipal Dreams handle.invalid · May 4
Pathfields, Shere, Surrey: council housing built by Guildford Rural District Council - the first built under the 1919 Housing Act, the last completed in the 1930s.

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Dr Dave McKenna drdavemckenna.bsky.social · May 4
There is similar ‘two-tone’ council housing built by Cuckfield UDC in West Sussex, late 1920s to early 1930s. Must have been trendy at the time.

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Municipal Dreams handle.invalid · May 3
This week's new Substack post: Hornsey Town Hall, Crouch End: ‘the quintessential English modern public building of the decade’ municipaldreams.substack.com/p/hornsey-to...

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For @municipaldreams.bsky.social and other social housing connoisseurs, homes built for Witney RDC, Cotswold vernacular design and materials encouraged by local benefactor Sir Stafford Cripps

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