tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654263913151683.post5491685421224035989..comments2023-04-18T09:48:43.023+01:00Comments on Instances of a changed society: When the Nolans were GodIan Waiteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02206249594257365864noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654263913151683.post-46053833784591175992021-09-22T17:01:34.285+01:002021-09-22T17:01:34.285+01:00My parents, Janet and Mark Slater, moved from She...My parents, Janet and Mark Slater, moved from Sheffield to open the Parkhill off-licence, working for the owner of another off-licence in Sheffield. I was 7 and have photos of myself and my younger sister sat on Pat Phoenix's knee at the grand opening. Our home was the maisonette above the shop and it felt really quite luxurious, with central heating, an indoor toilet, bathroom, and hot water, - amenities our two-up-two-down in Sheffield had none of!Mark Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07438281081428485883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654263913151683.post-5914812478168741512014-09-01T22:36:34.140+01:002014-09-01T22:36:34.140+01:00The Precinct, The Green, no less than two playgrou...The Precinct, The Green, no less than two playgrounds marked on your little map - this was indeed a brave social experiment, and one with the public welfare at heart. Sadly, the problem of using areas as "sink estates" is not uncommon: I grew up in the older part of Gainsborough, and in the 1960s we were lucky to live there - the houses were spacious, had nice gardens, and were tenanted by "respectable" - and often long-term residents. By the 1980s the area was becoming less fashionable, and fell into the old syndrome of private landlords buying the houses cheaply as older residents died, and renting out cheaply to people with no stake - emotional, financial or moral - in the area.<br />In an ideal World we'd all live in well-planned, and probably publicly-owned dwellings - what is nowadays pejoratively called “Social Housing”.<br /><br />Allen WalkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com