Life in a ‘New Town’ 31/01/09
I travelled to Milton Keynes on Wednesday evening – Justin went into hospital for an operation and I was the ‘responsible adult’ to escort him home, but have been playing nurse since. Milton Keynes is one of the country’s ‘New Towns’ built in the late 1960s to 70s along with the likes of Telford and an expanded Northampton. The New Towns Act 1946 (later 1964) was an act which proposed the construction of meticulously planned complete towns to help with housing shortages in and around London after World War II. Since then, ‘New Towns’ have popped up all around the UK.