14.With the Best of Intentions
Corby in Northampton: This was one of the first round new towns, although more accurately it was an expanded town because it already had a population of 18,000 and was known for its steel industry. The masterplan was prepared by the architect William Holford in 1951, and it remains one of the most successful examples of new town planning and is today the fastest growing town in the UK.
There is a famous photograph taken in 1972 of the Milton Keynes New Town Development Corporation team posing in front of and within the branches of a great oak tree, most of them with long hair and flares.227 Milton Keynes is, ...
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