Housing Conditions

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Date:1975

Description:Another variation on internal plumbing. Toilet and tin bath that would have to be filled from jugs and, if there was no heated water, kettles. Several families in George Street and Homer Street forced the council to re-house them. These are the conditions of their original homes.
This was the cover story in the November 1975 edition of The Heathan which can be accessed at <a href="http://www.search.digitalbalsallheath.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?txtKeywords=heathan&lstContext=2&lstResourceType=-1&lstExhibitionType=&chkPurchaseVisible=&txtDateFrom=&txtDateTo=&originator=%2Fengine%2Fsearch%2Fdefault_hndlr%2Easp&page=&records=&direction=&pointer=5137&text=0&resource=9935">this address</a>

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Urban Regeneration 1976 - 1999 (Late 20th Century)

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