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Reasons to be Letchworth: what can we learn from the garden city movement?

Reasons Revisited

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The Myth of Lechworth

Every man and woman over 18 got the vote from 1907 to about 1958 on whether there should be a pub in the town center. And what happened? Well, they had to get over it. They voted narrowly against. There's this myth that Lechworth was a dry town. There's actually a town of home deliveries from the breweries in neighboring towns or things like that. If you were parachuted into one, how would you instantly know it's a garden city? You'd also know because all the housing is a good quality,. Whether it's for workers or for factory owners. The thing that sets him apart was that he wasn't a pugly wealthy or egotistical man

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