Lichfield - New Style Houses For Renting (1965)

Title reads: "NEW STYLE HOUSES FOR RENTING". Lichfield, Staffordshire. L/S new houses under construction at Lichfield. C/U sign: "Centrally heated three-bedroomed houses to let, rent £4.15s 0d". L/S building work going on. M/S bricklayers at work. M/S prefabricated side walls of several of the houses. L/S one of the prefab sections being lifted from trailer by crane. C/U driver. L/S section is lowered into position on front of houses. M/S ditto. C/U Borough Building Inspector watching. L/S as section of roof is lowered down into position. L/S group of almost completed houses. Interior showing trellis room partitions. Panning shot ditto. L/S exterior one of the completed houses. Interior shot of woman in the kitchen of the completed house. Panning shot newly fitted bathroom. M/S woman going to cupboard in hall which houses the central heating system. C/U ditto. Pan down as woman alters one of the ducts below cupboard. Panning shot woman in lounge. L/S group of completed houses. Cataloguer's note: according to dope sheet woman's name is Mrs. Crumbleholme - not sure if this is genuine or if it is a cameraman's joke, given the subject of the story! Amendment November 2017: A visitor to the site has informed us that the name of the woman is Joan Dorothy Crombleholme, her husband William Crombleholme, was a Quantity Surveyor for Templefield Housing Association and was responsible for and worked upon this development. They were the first occupiers of this development on Gilbert Road in 1965. FILM ID:1802.33 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/