Foden Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:July - October 1936 (c.)

Description:A view of numbers 9 to 19 Foden Street, Newcastle-under -Lyme. These houses were considered to be slums and were demolished following the Housing Act of 1930.

There is a noticeable lack of cars on the street as few people could drive in the in 1930s, instead there is a single bicycle. You can see a little boy, possibly a resident, standing near the front door of one of the houses.


Timeline

The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.

1890s
Parade to the opening of the Municipal Hall, Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Parade to the opening of the Municipal Hall, Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This photograph shows the parade that went through the town to the official opening ...

1930s
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 26 - Foden Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 26 - Foden Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This is a plan of houses that were demolished under the Housing Act, 1930 in Foden ...

1960s
Taylor's Stores, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Taylor's Stores, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A streetscene painted in 1965 by Jack Clarkson depicting the shop front of Taylor's ...

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Image courtesy of: Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council

Donor ref:Nm.2010.31.10 (22/49177)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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