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An experimental, post WWI housing development, just a stone’s throw from Amersham Station, is one of Amersham’s best kept secrets. The Elm Close Conservation Area is a private estate built around a central green. It is entered by a single-track road and hidden behind tall laurel hedges. Few people even know it is there. Living conditions in 1918 Home ownership was rare in the early 20th century and 90% of householders were tenants. Housing became a hot topic during the war when it was reported that the army had to reject many potential recruits due to poor health caused by insanitar...

Forgotten fire: Logie School in Dundee was engulfed in flames 20 years ago Time stood still as the former Logie School in Dundee was engulfed by flames 20 years ago. © DUNDEE PRESS Logie School went up in flames 20 years in a blaze which would later be overshadowed by the Morgan Academy blaze. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Time stood still as the former Logie School in Dundee was engulfed by flames 20 years ago.

Letters Lie-down In 2017 I wrote a critical review of Domenico Losurdo’s book on western Marxism for New Left Review, in response to which Gerry Downing posted a rambling, 11,000-word long blog post calling me a Stalinist. Decorated with a photo of him and me together at a demonstration, Gerry’s article systematically failed to tell the difference between quotes from Losurdo’s book, claims which I attributed to Losurdo, and my own comments. Thus, each of Losurdo’s claims for Togliatti’s greatness, on which I poured cold water, was furiously cited as evidence of my own Stalinist ren...

Our Aberdeen: Addison act paved way for new city homes © Margaret Sweetnam This week Aberdeen City Council announced a planning application has been submitted for 99 homes to be built in Kincorth as part of a major project delivering 2,000 new council houses across the city. It’s now more than 100 years since the passing of the Housing and Town Planning Act, also known as the Addison Act, which was conceived as a way of providing “homes fit for heroes” in the aftermath of the First World War. Subsequent Housing Acts in 1924 and 1930 encouraged further housing schemes by local authoriti...

L to R, Chris Usher, Cllr Frogg Moody, John Abbott, Cllr John Walsh and Chris Healy at the unveiling a blue plaque on Macklin Road Picture by Spencer Mulholland A SPECIAL plaque has been unveiled to mark the 100th anniversary of Salisbury's first council housing scheme. The Mayor of Salisbury, Councillor John Walsh along with members of the Macklin Road Residents Association attended a small ceremony to mark the occasion on yesterday (Monday, December 21). The Macklin Road estate was built as a result of the Addison Act of 1919, which among other things was the then government’s wi...