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100 Years of a South London Suburb by Jill Whitehead

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Much has been written about pre-20th century history in the London Borough of Sutton, but little after 1900, except perhaps the two world wars. Much has also been written about the suburbanisation of North London, and very little in South London. It is assumed that South London followed on from North London and that development started later in the 1930s. But this is far from the truth – South London was a leader in suburban development as attested by the mad scramble to build new housing estates in the period between 1924 and 1930. This was helped by two key sets of movers of different types of homes namely the Suenson-Taylor family who built middle class housing and the Carshalton Ex-Servicemen’s Housing and Provident Society who built homes that the working man could afford to buy – with the help of government which provided very generous subsidies.
 
Lloyd George’s Coalition government post WW1 was acutely aware it had to provide for those coming back from the war, and to keep a population satisfied that could otherwise fall prey to revolution, as had happened in Bolshevik Russia in 1917. His aim was for a healthy, well-housed, well-educated and gainfully employed workforce. And so new household units were built which catered for smaller families, women workers who needed labour-saving devices, and leisure space for their families. It was all about modernisation – not only of homes, but of jobs and the workforce, and transport and communications etc. Above all, it was about upward mobility.
Jill’s new book, published by The Friends of Honeywood Museum, describes the evolution of the new estates, and the people who built or lived in them, and where they came from (all parts of the UK, and beyond), to be part of this 1920’s explosion of “suburbia”. 

The book is now available at Honeywood Museum’s shop.

Paperback, 24.6cm x 18.9cm, ​174 pages, £16
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        • Horse Play 2007
        • Top Sutton Attraction 2007
        • VE Day 2007
        • Yarn Bombers
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