Karl KölleyOct 24
Documenting the dismantling of municipal dreams and social progress, a relic of the post-war consensus - the demolition of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, accompanied by some suitably analogue dirge.



Watch in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgcgrkizJIg



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HerefordrobNov 16, 2024

Aneurin Bevan, born on this day in 1897. As Labour's Minister of Health and Housing, 1945-51, he built 805,000 council houses whilst insisting on high standards: homes were one-third bigger than the pre-war average, a three-bed home had two inside toilets.

He saw council housing as serving general needs and famously aspired to it re-creating the 'living tapestry of a mixed community'. The Moorlands Estate in Bath, which he officially opened in February 1948, came close to his ideal. #MunicipalDreams

That's because we weren't spending all our tax money on "Bullshit Jobs" and unnecessary beaurocracy. #DavidGraeber

https://r.dallaway.com/posts/aneurin-bevan-memorial-stones @d6y

Aneurin Bevan memorial stones - Richard Dallaway's Blog

As we were in Blaenau Gwent we stopped by the Aneurin Bevan Memorial Stones. I was not expecting much, but it is a special place.  I challenge you to not...

Richard Dallaway's Blog
Paul SimpsonDec 1, 2022
Scoured files from 50s/60s today from old Hartley Wintney Rural District Council in #HampshireArchives in Winchester. #ExploreYourArchive Inspired by @municipaldreams #MunicipalDreams - John Boughton's "A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates": Mine is Manor Park council estate, Yateley, Hampshire: Nan moved in Day 1, 1952; Mum soon follows; I'm back again years later - it's home. Hope to discover much more; not sure where it will take me.