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1/ THREAD: 'The New Towns of Britain' published by the Central Office of Information in 1964. 'The New Towns are one of the most striking developments in post-war Britain.' 2/

1/ THREAD. What did the London County Council ever do for us? ‘Housing Londoners, 1945-60’ suggests quite a lot (with special thanks to @LCCmunicipal) for supplying my copy). For a

1/ THREAD: a walk through Camden from Kentish Town West Overground station to Hampstead Heath station. First up one I couldn't find much about: 63 Prince of Wales Road -

1/ THREAD: a bike ride through Islington to Canonbury, starting at the new Packington Estate, designed by Pollard Thomas Edwards for the Hyde Housing Association. It's a mixed development scheme

1/ THREAD: a virtual tour of some exceptional housing in the East End. Starting in Fieldgate Street, Tower House: A ’Rowton House’, completed 1902, to house the homeless. Stalin stayed

1/ A short thread on housing in the Rodings, rural Essex. In non-chronological order, first up 'Swedish Houses' in High Roding - two of around 2450 permanent prefabricated timber homes

1/ East Tilbury is remarkable - a Czech modernist factory town built in rural Essex. Begun in 1933, it was built by the Bata Shoe Company led by Tomáš Baťa,

1/ THREAD: A walk into Bethnal Green, starting at the 19th century carpenters’ and furniture makers’ workshops in Padbury Court at the northern end of Brick Lane. The nearest has

1/ THREAD: A government-prescribed, socially-distanced walk through the Isle of Dogs. First up, the Manchester Estate, a London County Council estate - designed by its Architect's Department and built by

1/ THREAD: A government prescribed, socially distanced walk into Shoreditch and Hoxton, #Hackney. Beginning at Shoreditch House, approved 1961, a 16-storey block built by Tersons for Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council.

Thread: Looking at the Ministry of Health's 1949 Housing Manual, it's striking the emphasis on good quality rural council housing. Illustrations and captions follow. First up, Ulverston Rural District Council

A short thread on Huddersfield: a textiles town whose growth was boosted by the arrival of rail. The station, designed in Classical Corinthian style by JP Pritchett in 1848, is