1964-the birth of Kenton Bar Estate

By ghost of mensforth -
In Rutter's book in the 'List of Works' section it dates the construction of the estate as 1964 for Newcastle Corporation...8 house & flat types & over 600 dwellings...the pilot scheme at St Cuthbert's Green in Fenham is listed as 1963 for Newcastle Corporation...4 of the 8 types subsequently used on Kenton Bar Estate & 22 dwellings...(Incidentally something I think I missed-an article in the Journal dated 7th September 1967'Good housing designs take top awards', St Cuthbert's Green, Fenham...I have a new mission!)

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  1. El PatronTuesday, May 24, 2011 at 8:34:00 PM GMT

    0/10 for punctuation and grammar - see me later.

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  2. ghost of mensforthTuesday, May 24, 2011 at 11:50:00 PM GMT

    damn your eagle eyes...

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  3. ghost of mensforthSunday, May 29, 2011 at 2:08:00 PM GMT

    alas this mission was pointless...I found the article, but it was not worthy...no photos and only a sentence on St Cuthbert's Green...wittering on about other housing designs... :(

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