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Where does this come from ?

Hello. Hello morning. My, this is a grand way to start the day. Bit different from what it used to be, I can tell you. I can remember like it was yesterday. Coo, it wasn't half so comfortable. Took a bloke a good hour to get to work. As for the view - if you can call it a view - you needn't ask when you were getting near the town - you knew without looking. Still what could you expect with drab looking houses and ugly factories; not even a blooming place for the kids to play - poor little blighters. I tell you - by the time I got to work I was all in.

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LindyM said…
Was it
Public Information Films Charley in New Town?
12:41 PM
Alan Parkinson said…
It was indeed.
This is well worth watching for those looking at urban change...
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/1945to1951/filmpage_cint.htm
12:45 PM
LindyM said…
I didn't cheat! I really remembered it but used it last year when doing settlements with Y8. Its great isn't it?
2:12 PM
Alan Parkinson said…
It has a very nice 'feel' to it...
There are bound to be loads of other gems in the archives, and thankfully there are some people involved in projects to unearth them...
2:16 PM
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