ATV Today: 27.08.1970: Corbett Street Flats

Summary

Sue Jay reports from the Boulton Place multi storey flat development at Corbett Street in Smethwick where tenants complain of slum like conditions.

Year:

1970

Duration:

0:03:16

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Outside the flats, that were built in 1956, Sue Jay interviews tenants whose complaints include 'filthy writing' and 'steps used as urinals' and blame the problems on local children. Sue Jay asks if it is the fault of the corporation or the people who live there and then interviews Alderman Fred Thornton, Chair of the Housing Development Committee, asking him if certain areas will always be slum areas because of the people who live there.


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