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Bit of a thread coming up. Predictable though I am, how could I be in Fulham and NOT take photos of Mary Macarthur House, Field Rd, opened by the Mayor in 1939, on the site of slum clearance? @MunicipalDreams @lccmunicipal @ToursHistoric @TUC_Library @CHistorians @HistoryWM
Pretty certain that Mary Macarthur would have approved of these 40 2,3 & 5 roomed flats built on 718 acres with laid out gardens with space for children to play. Pram sheds & drying room with warm air supplied to cubicles. Kitchen with tiled dado, ventilated larder
with slate slab shelf, a flap table, draining board, clothes airer & serving hatch. Coal fire to heat oven & provide constant hot water to sink, copper, bath & basin. Each balcony with gate for privacy
The Mayor of Fulham, himself a builder, said it used to be said that those who worked in the building trade used to build mansions & walk out of them & build workhouses & walk into them. Now they built houses and lived in them
In her life time (1880-1921), Mary Macarthur visited a great many women living & working in cramped and unhealthy houses. The choice of her name for these new dwellings was spot on.
The new scheme also included Holman Hunt House
The new scheme also included Holman Hunt House
In 1948 the name of Mary Macarthur's friend & Labour leader Arthur Henderson (1863-1935) was chosen for the first flats to be built by Fulham Council since the war. Here they are on the Fulham Road
