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Official Opening of Highview Gardens, Southgate (c1960)
Fascinating film showing a new council high-rise in Southgate, and speeches concerning the responsibility of councils to provide social housing.
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Overview
Highview Gardens was the first tower block to go up in New Southgate, part of a wholesale reconstruction of the town after the destruction of the Second World War. This film shows the official opening, with dignitaries admiring the views, before one gives a speech discussing the shortage of London housing, rising prices, and what a council should do about it. The featured block is now called Swinson House.
Enfield Local Studies Library and Archive
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