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1940s through 1950s - Post-Second World War
An understanding of the times:
1939 saw the end of house-building for nearly a decade. After
the end of the Second World War, public opinion polls revealed that
housing was the issue on which people felt most strongly. The
building industry was in disarray, new materials were in very short
supply, and only 806,000 houses were built between 1945 and 1950. At
that time local authorities were allowed to authorise only one
privately built house for every four they built themselves for the
people.
When the Conservatives gained
power in 1951, private houses could be built up to the same quantity
as council houses, thus triggering the real start in private
post-war building. However, by 1954 only around a quarter of all new
houses were privately built, and it took until 1957 for the boom in
private house- and bungalow-building to really take off.
| Nothing to get really excited
about, but here is a picture of us giving this 1953 house a
windows makeover. It's March 2001 and it's raining -
again! |
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| Look at the house next door and
you can imagine how wonderful the double-glazing is going to
be after the old single-glazed steel Crittall windows. |
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I like 1950s-built properties,
maybe because I was brought up in a 1950s house and am very fond of
the 1957-built bungalow in which I now live. These properties were
generally very well built, although originally badly lacking in
insulation standards, but that's easily remedied.
Jump to other house-building eras of this century
Late 1800s - the 2 up, 2 down
Edwardian/Victorian – pre-First World War
Late 1920s/late 1930s – pre-Second World War
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s – present day
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