Housing Collection (page 3)

The Manchester Blitz (also known as the Christmas Blitz), the heavy bombing of the city of Manchester and its surrounding areas in North West England during the Second World War by the German

Flying bomb incident at Petherton Road, Highbury, London, causing fracturing of water mains and flooding of basements in nearby housing, Sunday 2nd July 1944

The Clydebank Blitz, comprised two devastating Luftwaffe air raids on the shipbuilding and munition-making town of Clydebank, Scotland on 13th and 14th March 1941

Damage to a house in Pype Hayes, Erdington, Birmingham. This was the first air raid on the city, carried out by a single aircraft. One person was killed, and six injured in the raid. 9th August 1940

Womens Land Army Girls, womans work is never done, especially when a girl needs a stitch in the seat of her pants, its her number one priority, October 1943

Troops assist rescue workers to release bomb victims trapped under the ruins of their homes in Scarborough Street, Hull May 1942

Scenes among the bombed out houses of Silverdale Road in Hull during the Second World War. 25th October 1944

Cantril Farm Estate, Mab Lane, West Derby, under construction, 15th August 1946

Archie Street, Manchester. Archie Street was the inspiration behind Coronation Street. 12th June 1967

Children playing football in Archie Street, Manchester. Archie Street was the inspiration behind Coronation Street. 12th June 1967

Andy Summers, guitarist with the rock band, The Police, pictured in October 1980

Mr. Bob Torr and wife Valerie with their children Julie, 5, and Michael, 3, in their flat at Park Hill, Sheffield. 2nd October 1967

Sandy Park, Brislington, Bristol, Circa 1900

Peter Street, Bristol, also known as Little Peter Street, Circa 1890s

Aerial view of Pennywell Road, Bristol, 1928

Eldon Grove, Liverpool, Merseyside. 1st April 1975

Mr John McGuire points to flood damage to his kitchen. Tower Hill Estate, Kirkby, Knowsley, Merseyside. March 1977

Prime Minister, Harold Wilson opens the converted Eldon Grove flats, Liverpool, Merseyside. 5th April 1975

Tower Hill Estate, Kirkby. Circa 1982

Cantril Farm Estate, Knowsley, Merseyside. The large unused field which borders the north side of the Cantril Farm Estate

Houses at the corner of Queen Mary Drive and The Causeway, Port Sunlight, Merseyside, 18th November 1966

Houses, Port Sunlight, Merseyside, 13th September 1993

Oak and Eldon Gardens, Birkenhead. Workmen preparing the flats for demolition. 26th September 1979

Slum housing in Salford. Brothers of the Logan family, Thomas, 9, John, 3, and Peter 7. 3rd April 1960

Slum housing in Salford. This is an English bedroom. Left to right, Rita Logan, 11, her sister Margaret, 13, and brothers Thomas, 9, John, 3, and Peter 7. 3rd April 1960

Slum housing in Salford. Mrs Moore and her 1 year old son Peter. Their home has two rooms up and two rooms down. There is no bath or hot water. There is one tap

Slum housing in Salford. Four year old Lyn Greenhalgh. The rubble is hers to play with. The worn steps are hers to sit

Slum housing in Salford. Seven year old Carol Moore. Paper peels from the ceiling and the woodwork is rotten. Her home has two rooms up and two rooms down. There is no bath or hot water

Slum living conditions in Salford. 3rd April 1960

Ruperra Street, Butetown, Cardiff. 27th February 1960

The skyscraper flats at Channel View Road, Grangetown, Cardiff. Circa 1977

Number 19 Ferry Road, Grangetown, Cardiff, empty since 1950 and possible before that. 23rd January 1975

Children playing indoors by dustbins in a house in Hull. 9th July 1953

A mother of No. 198 Colman Street, Hull, with her children in one bedroom. 9th July 1953
A mother of No.198 Colman Street, Hull, with her children in one bedroom. 9th July 1953

Children playing on play equipment on land between flats at Hillfields, Coventry, West Midlands. 11th October 1971

Away with the old, and all that is left of Cornelia Street, Splott, is the brick and timber rubble that was once the home of many families, now gone to other districts of the city

Dereliction in Pontypridd Street, Splott. 11th September 1975

Southampton FC winger and England international Terry Paine pictured outside his luxurious home in Southampton, holding his out dog Dixie. 14th December 1966

Ponteland Cottage Homes. Ponteland is a village to the north-west of Newcastle, Cottage Homes were established there in 1903

The Rector of St Botolphs Church, Chevening, Rev Maurice Hewett seen here with Bob Tenton going over the plans for Denesfield Court. A development of 16 sheltered living flats. Circa July 1981

Oakeys Cottages which are included in Stanley Councils £100
Oakeys Cottages which are included in Stanley Councils £ 100, 000 slum clearance scheme, Stanley, County Durham. 2nd May 1933

Trehafod, village and community in the Rhondda Valley between Porth and Pontypridd in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, 23rd July 1969. Our Picture Shows

Housing units on the Southgate Estate, Runcorn. Circa 1977

Open space at Spon End, Coventry, anyone can have a go at landscaping it into a place where children can play. 19th January 1977

A medieval property in Spon Street which nearby residents say is an eyesore and a danger to children. The unoccupied property has been boarded up for several years waiting for a "

Spon End flats, in surroundings softened by lawns and trees. 5th June 1974

A deserted scene in tram-lined Garrison Lane, showing the old style of flats of the 1920s. Birmingham, West Midlands. Circa 1920

Mrs Williams, who has moved to a house further away from her mother, in Liverpool. The journey to visit family now involves a train journey. 16th August 1968

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