book list
This is one of a series of booklets which were published by the Commission in the '70s which report on the progress of the New Towns.
From the foreword by Sir Henry Wells, Chairman, Commission for the New Towns:
"The new towns of Britain - there are now 27 of them at various stages of development - represent a major achievement in town planning, an achievement which is recognised and acclaimed throughout the world.
This booklet describes briefly the development of Welwyn Garden City - a new town started by private enterprise in 1920, and in 1970 marking its Golden Jubilee with a series of events and special functions which include a visit by H. M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Welwyn Garden City was the forerunner of the new towns to be established under the 1946 Act and is now one of the four substantially completed towns in which the assets of the former development corporation have been transferred to the Commission for the New Towns..."
The booklet is illustrated with an outline plan of the town, and twelve photographs, mostly of housing and street scenes in the town. Inside the front cover are listed the members of the Welwyn Garden City Local Committee (of the Commission) who are:
Mr S. R. Collingwood J.P. (Chairman)
Mr W. F. Hodson
Mr F. J. Jordan
Mr A. E. Luddington
Mr D. Newton
Mrs M. M. Vick
Mr R. S. Walton
Manager: Brigadier M. W. Biggs C.B.E.
The text of the booklet is arranged under the following headings:
Historical Background -The Master Plan - Housing - Town and Unit Centres - Industry - Commerce - Health Services - Education - Places of Worship - Community Development - Open Spaces - Conclusion.
There is a pocket inside the back cover which originally held a fact sheet
which had numeric information such as population, numbers of houses, factories
and schools etc. The sheet is missing from my copy.
(click on the images for a better view)
Howardsgate
Howardsgate - another view
Parkway
Hollybush House - one bedroom and bed-sittingroom flats