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Description: | This aerial view of the London County Council's White Hart Lane estate shows the development of terraced and semi-detached houses and a recreation ground.
The estate was built in 1920 on one of the last rural areas in Tottenham. It was part of the public housing programme begun by the government after the end of the First World War. The programme, 'Homes for Heroes', was intended to provide decent accommodation for the men who returned from war, having risked their lives for their country.
Tottenham councillors paid close attention to the details of the houses, including the heights of the rooms, the look of the wardrobes and house numbers.
People would have probably moved here from inner-city tenement slums. The estate is now a conservation area. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Copyright unknown - London Transport Museum collection | Subjects: | Cityscape Home and Family | Temporal: | 1920 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Photographer : Air Co | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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