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Thatched cottage EFC01_01_05_007_26489

BLACKPOOL COTTAGE, BLACKPOOL VALLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, STOKE FLEMING, SOUTH HAMS, DEVON. The exterior of Blackpool Cottage.
Blackpool Cottage was built in the late 18th or early 19th century. Originally a pair of cottages, it was converted into a single dwelling in the late 19th or early 20th century.

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Future Home 2000 JLP01_09_810281

Future Home 2000, Coleshill Place, Bradwell Common, Bradwell, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. An elevated view from a cherry picker of progress at the Future Home 2000 construction site in Milton Keynes.
The Future Home 2000 was built by Super Homes specifically to be featured on the BBC's The Money Programme. It was part of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation's Home World 81 exhibition. 36 show homes were built by 22 companies from around the world for the exhibition, on the theme of energy conservation. The structure features a south facing double height conservatory to make passive solar gains and contains panels for water heating. The building was equipped with a variety of heating and power generation systems and The Money Programme monitored its performance for a year following its sale.
This photograph was used in the July 1981 issue of Team Spirit, the Laing company newsletter

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Moving in JLP01_08_062630

Leyfields, Tamworth, Staffordshire. The Mayor, Councillor E. Collins, welcomes a family of six into their new home which is the first four-bedroom house to be handed over to tenants on the Leyfields housing estate.
This house was one of 563 Easiform houses being constructed as part of Tamworth's scheme to house some of Birmingham's overspill population

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