[audiobook] The Pathetick Musician: Moving an Audience in the Age of Eloquence by Bruce Haynes; Geoffrey Burgess in Arts-Photography

Description

At the end of the Second World War Winston Churchill promised to manufacture half a million prefabricated bungalows to ease the housing shortage; in the end more than 156;000 temporary prefabs were delivered. Nicknamed Palaces for the People; and with convenient kitchens; bathrooms and heating systems; they proved popular and instead of being demolished as intended they were defended by residents who campaigned to keep their family homes and communities. Nearly seventy years later; as the last of these two bedroom homes are being demolished; Elisabeth Blanchet tells the story of these popular dwellings and their gardens and shows the various designs that were produced. Through the stories and memories of residents; she also reveals the communities who were pleased to live in the prefabs.