My Deep Links for Harold Hill: A People's History

ID: 119 Title: Harold Hill A Peoples History - http://www.haroldhill.org Pagerank: 2 Description: The suburbs have never sounded so alive! Local history in Romford, Essex (UK). Site includes photos, articles and interviews. Category: Society: History Indexed Pages: Traffic Statistics:

Web design - Cheap web design services in Essex for community groups and small businesses. Content management and full design service
http://www.haroldhill.org/web-design.html

Guestbook - Recollections of former and current residents of the Harold Hill council estate
http://www.haroldhill.org/memories/guestbook.htm

Margaret Thatcher: Reggae, Royalty and Riots - How Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government in the 1980s brought in the Right to Buy and dramatically increased home ownership amongst the working class
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-three/margaret-thatcher-reggae-royalty-riots.htm

More Crime Here Than in Liverpool - More Crime Here Than in Liverpool, Romford Times, July 29, 1953
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-two/romford-times-july-29-1953.htm

Interview with John Beavis - Former Harold Hill residents John Beavis remembers playing in the building rubble, the pea soup smog, Quarles school and the 11-plus exam
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-two/interview-with-john-beavis.htm

The Glamorous Grandmother - he Glamorous Grandmother - Romford Recorder, March 29, 1957. An article that focuses on the residents of Gooshays Drive.
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-two/romford-recorder-march-29-1957.htm

A Crime Ace Keeps the Saxon King - A Crime Ace Keeps the Saxon King. Romford Recorder, September 14, 1956. An article that focuses on Petersfield Avenue
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-two/romford-recorder-september-14-1956.htm

Do you know people who live – DOWN YOUR STREET? - o you know people who live - DOWN YOUR STREET? Romford Recorder, September 30, 1956. Focuses on the residents of Chippenham Road.
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-two/romford-recorder-september-30-1956.htm

Recollections of a New Town Planner - David Grove reflects on his involvement with the New Town planning movement in Crawley in the years after the Second World War
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-two/reflections-of-a-new-town-planner.htm

When German POWs built Harold Hill - Up until 1948 a large number of German POW's were used as labour to built the foundations of the Harold Hill estate
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-two/when-german-pows-built-harold-hill.htm

Never Again! Aneurin Bevan, Housing and Harold Hil - A biography of Aneurin Bevan and an account of his visit to Harold Hill in 1948 when he was Minister for Health and Housing
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/never-again-aneurin-bevan-housing-and-harold-hill.htm

The First Family - Romford Times, Wednesday December 1, 1948
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/romford-times-december-1-1948.htm

Memories of Maisie Lambert - The story of how Maisie Lambert grew up in poverty in Greenwich and after the Second World War moved to Harold Hill in Romford, Essex
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/memories-of-maisie-lambert.htm

Memories of Doreen Walpole - The story of how one woman survived World War Two and poverty in Hackney and eventually moved to Harold Hill in Romford
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/memories-of-doreen-walpole.htm

‘First’ of L.C.C. Estate Settlers - ‘First’ of L.C.C. Estate Settlers – Meet the Newmans of Magnolia Close – Romford Times, July 16, 1947
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/romford-times-july-16-1947.htm

Dagnam Park Being Planned As New Style Suburb - Dagnam Park Being Planned As New Style Suburb. LCC Pass Big Romford Scheme. Mixed Social Community. Romford Times, May 7, 1947
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/romford-times-may-7-1947.htm

The New Despotism Marches On - The New Despotism Marches On - Romford Times editorial, January 15, 1947
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/romford-times-january-15-1947.htm

New Housing Estate “Not Second Dagenham” - New Housing Estate Not Second Dagenham. Romford Times, October 17, 1945
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/romford-times-october-17-1945.htm

L.C.C Reports on Mammoth Romford Estate - L.C.C Reports on Mammoth Romford Estate, Romford Times, October 10, 1945
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/romford-times-october-10-1945.htm

Now We Must Rebuild: The Greater London Plan, 1944 - A close look at the Greater London Plan, 1944 written by Patrick Abercrombie
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/now-we-must-rebuild-the-greater-london-plan-1944.htm

Hippies, Freaks and the Summer of Love - How the hippie ethos and music made an impact amongst Harold Hill and Romford youth
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-four/page-five-hippies-freaks-and-the-summer-of-love.htm

The Albemarle Report leads to First Youth club - How the ground breaking Albemarle Report in the 1960s lead to Harold Hill's first youth club on Gooshays Drive
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-four/page-four-the-albemarle-report-leads-to-the-first-youth-club.htm

Mods: Fire 'n' Skill - The music, clothes and scooters of the Mods movement in the 1960s
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-four/page-three-mods-fire-n-skill.htm

Teddy Boys: New Suits & New Songs - How Teddy Boys exploded onto British society in the 1950s and their presence in Romford, Essex
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-four/page-two-teddy-boys-new-suits-and-new-songs.htm

Youth Movements: An Introduction - How British post-war youth absorbed different cultures and music and then exported it back to the rest of the world
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-four/page-one-youth-movements-an-introduction.htm

The Conservatives Start Selling Council Houses - How the Conservative Party changed housing policy by selling council houses and how it changed society on the Harold Hill estate
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-three/page-five-conservatives-start-selling-council-houses.htm

Religion: Protestants, Catholics and the Rest - How Catholics and Protestants played a crucial role in early Harold Hill society
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-three/page-four-religion-catholics-protestants-and-the-rest.htm

Tenants' Association - The role of the Harold Hill Tenants Association in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and beyond
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-three/page-three-tenants-association.htm

Community Association - The role of the Harold Hill Community Association in the 1950s
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-three/page-two-community-association.htm

Community Activists in Harold Hill - Community activists in Harold Hill whether Labour, Fabians, Communists or Quakers
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-three/page-one-community-activists.htm

Women Make the Best of the New Estate - How women found the positive side to their new life on the Harold Hill estate
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-two/page-six-women-make-the-best-of-the-new-estate.htm

Prejudice from the Rest of Romford - ight from the beginning residents in the surrounding areas in Romford have considered Harold Hill to be a high crime area
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-two/page-five-prejudice-from-the-rest-of-romford.htm

Happiness Found in the Post-War Reconstruction - Harold Hill provided the quality housing and schooling that the early residents appreciated
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-two/page-four-happiness-found-in-the-post-war-reconstruction.htm

“I’ve been trying to get away from here ever since - The disillusionment that many early residents of Harold Hill felt and which lead to many trying to return to London
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-two/page-three-returning-back-to-london.htm

Harold Hill Horticultural Club - How the early Harold Hill residents preoccupied themselves with voluntary clubs and particular by joining the Harold Hill Horticultural Club
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-two/page-two-harold-hill-horticultural-club.htm

Work Starts on the New Towns and Estates - Building Harold Hill with German POW labour and rubble from the Blitz
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-two/page-one-work-starts-on-the-new-towns-and-estates.htm

The Beginnings of Harold Hill - The attitudes of those in surrounding areas towards the new residents living in Harold Hill, the erecting of the prefabs and Aneurin Bevan visits the estate
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/page-five-the-beginnings-of-harold-hill.htm

The Greater London Plan, 1944 - Although the Labour Party came to power in 1945 and instigated new housing developments, replanning during the war was already well advanced
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/page-four-the-greater-london-plan-1944.htm

World War Two: Replanning and Construction - The creation of the Greater London Plan 1944 by Patrick Abercrombie to plan out the slums that existed in London before World War Two
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/page-three-world-war-two-replanning-and-construction.htm

Ebenezer Howard and the Garden Cities Movement - The creation of the Garden Cities movement by Ebenezer Howard and which lead to the creation of Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/page-two-ebenezer-howard-garden-cities.htm

Victorian Undercurrents - Robert Owen - The influence of Robert Owen and others that led to the post-war New Towns movement
http://www.haroldhill.org/chapter-one/page-one-victorian-undercurrents-robert-owen.htm

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