tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post6737200037291951782..comments2024-02-10T12:12:06.028+00:00Comments on The Real Blog: School and town cramming all over againDavid Boylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11410159311875228620noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post-66293207482706262302013-09-09T21:44:30.198+01:002013-09-09T21:44:30.198+01:00Same here!Same here!David Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11410159311875228620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post-4491286817287011532013-09-09T21:03:47.158+01:002013-09-09T21:03:47.158+01:00Sadly, although I've read Austerity Britain, a...Sadly, although I've read Austerity Britain, all I can remember now is that I finished the book feeling slightly less enamoured with post-war town planners than when I'd started...Stuartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post-31502321362643537332013-09-08T22:46:37.846+01:002013-09-08T22:46:37.846+01:00That is quite true, but you can't read about t...That is quite true, but you can't read about the Attlee years in David Kynaston's brilliant book Austerity Britain without realising that the seeds of the disastrous flats policy were sown during his years in office.David Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11410159311875228620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post-25280367852947062222013-09-08T17:30:42.124+01:002013-09-08T17:30:42.124+01:00To be fair to the Attlee government, the more '...To be fair to the Attlee government, the more 'monstrous' high rise type of flats were built in the 50s and 60s after a conservative government brought in lower specs and subsidies for high rise. Stuartnoreply@blogger.com