Description

Live, Work and Play uses real-life memories to tell the history of Welwyn Garden City in its centenary year. Created from the hundreds of reminiscences of the residents of the town gathered by the Welwyn Garden City Heritage Trust and put into historical context by Professor Mark Clapson, one of the UK’s leading social historians, the book offers a unique insight into the creation of the UK’s second garden city.

As Welwyn Garden City achieves its 100th year, the history of Sir Ebenezer Howard’s final masterpiece, with all its imperfections, is laid out for all to read. Now thriving and at ease with itself, the city is an example of how to create homes from its community. Created as a garden city in 1920 and developed as a new town from 1948, the lessons it offers are invaluable to both developers and governments alike.

Hardback: 240 pages
Publisher: The History Press, 2020
ISBN: 978 0 7509 9401 9
Product Dimensions: 1.8 x 16 x 23.8 cm