Level: Category
Sound Archive
Level: Fonds
BBC ESSEX
Scope and Content:
TiTle: Harlow -The Early Years : 40th Anniversary Programme
Date of broadcast: 28/12/87
Addl.documentation: Cue sheet
Length of tape 27 minutes
Depositor: BBC Essex
Restrictions: BBC
Synopsis of tape: Interviews with various residents and news extracts; Times article reporting Order to establish town under New Towns Act, 24th March 1947; plans of Sir Frederick Gibberd, Architect; target population of 60,000; setting up of Development Corporation (first as a Committee); architect's aim to preserve valley landscape; separation of town into districts with neighbourhoods; beginning of building work 1950; attitude to 'new townies'; improvement of shopping facilities; initial high birth rate; opening of Mark Hall Comprehensive School; visit of Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in 1957, through newspaper reports and personal reminiscences; final verdicts on Harlow; shortcomings include lack of car parking space.
Dates of Creation:
1987

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Education Harlow -The Early Years : 40th Anniversary Programme 1987
Subjects New Towns Harlow -The Early Years : 40th Anniversary Programme 1987
Subjects Retail trade Harlow -The Early Years : 40th Anniversary Programme 1987
Subjects Royalty Harlow -The Early Years : 40th Anniversary Programme 1987
Subjects Sound recording Harlow -The Early Years : 40th Anniversary Programme 1987