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Category: Swindon History

Swindon’s first council estate – The Addison Act and the building of Pinehurst

  Pinehurst was Swindon’s first council housing estate. Building started under the 1919 Housing and Planning Act introduced by Liberal … More

The centenary of the “Addison Act”

“The money we propose to spend on housing is an insurance against Bolshevism and revolution” Introduction The year 2019 marks … More

Christopher Addison, Council Housing and Swindon

80 years ago, in the 1929 General Election, for the first time a Labour MP was elected in Swindon. Who … More

Alfred Williams Heritage Society

An Alfred Williams Heritage Society is being launched in Swindon on December 8th at 7.00 p.m. In Swindon Central Library. … More

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