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"Basildon will become a City which people from all over the world will want to visit. " - Rt. Hon. Lewis Silkin 1948. Basildon started as a small rural village, which, according...
Sep 17, 2016 · It was founded in 1949, when Lewis Silkin, the Minister of town and country planning at the time, ambitiously predicted that "Basildon will become a city which people from all over the...
- Ariana Zilliacus
Lewis Silkin, Minister of Town and Country Planning, came to Laindon on 30th September 1948 and addressed a large gathering at the High Road school with the words "Basildon will become a city which people from all over the world will want to visit.
23 hours ago · It would be rapidly followed by Basildon and Bracknell, Corby and Crawley and, later, Runcorn, Ravenscraig, Cumbernauld and Telford — some successful, others a little less so.
Jun 26, 2018 · Seventy years on, Basildon, of this first wave of new towns, is a challenging place that’s been through difficult times. According to recent research carried out by its council, Basildon houses one quarter of the most deprived areas in Essex.
Jun 22, 2023 · At a time of change for Basildon town centre, this project captures the history of how residents have lived with these buildings: recording interviews on audio and film and bringing them to life...
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Oct 25, 2023 · In 1948 Lewis Silkin, the then minister for town-and-country planning, proclaimed that “Basildon will become a city which people from all over the world will want to visit”.
