Homes Fit For Heroes by Trevor Yorke

Homes Fit For Heroes by Trevor Yorke

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Summary

In 1918, at the end of the 1st WW, Britain believed she had been victorious. But victory had come at a colossal price, and Prime Minister David Lloyd George knew he must also win the peace. Within a fortnight of signing the armistice his famous speech spoke of the future `What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in'.

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Homes Fit For Heroes by Trevor Yorke

After the trauma of the war, those returning home required jobs, and with them clean and modern homes for their families. The slums and tenements of the pre-war years were not going to enable a healthy workforce that was fit to tackle the challenges of the new post-war world. At all cost Britain had to avoid the riot and revolution that had swept Europe in the later stages of the war. This book describes the re-building of the country during the decades after 1918. Bold advances were made in social provision, especially in housing, with ambitious schemes by local authorities, no longer solely through private builders. These early developments were not always able to keep ahead of the economic realities of the time, and many faltered. But through such pioneering improvements, housing was fixed firmly at the centre of British politics. It remains so today.
Trevor Yorke is an experienced author and artist who specialises in period architecture. His many books include British Architectural Styles, Georgian & Regency Houses Explained, and The English Village Explained
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ISBN 13 9781846743498
ISBN 10 1846743494
Title Homes Fit For Heroes
Author Trevor Yorke
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Countryside Books
Year published 2017-10-16
Number of pages 96
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