{"id":10527365645,"title":"Homes Fit For Heroes: the Aftermath of the First World War","handle":"homes-fit-for-heroes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt was supposed to be the war to end all wars and it was hoped the years that followed would usher in a new era. This book describes the re-building of Britain in the decades after 1918. And in this centenary year, the themes explored here are more relevant than ever. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose returning home required jobs, and with them clean and modern homes for their families. The slums and tenements of the pre-war years would not enable a healthy workforce to tackle the challenges of the new post-war world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin a fortnight of signing the armistice Prime Minister David Lloyd George’s famous speech spoke of the future ‘What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in’. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBold advances were made, with ambitious schemes undertaken by local authorities. These early developments were not always able to keep ahead of the economic realities of the time, and many faltered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut through such pioneering improvements, housing was fixed firmly at the centre of British politics, and of course it remains so today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrank Field MP, lifelong anti-poverty campaigner and formerly the minister for welfare reform, has kindly written the foreword, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/countrysidebooks.co.uk\/blogs\/news\/home-fit-for-heroes-an-exclusive-extract\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Homes Fit For Heroes - Foreword by Frank Field\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ewhich you can read here\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA5 (softcover) 96 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Trevor Yorke\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 9781846743498\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-08-24T09:41:25+01:00","created_at":"2017-08-09T10:43:38+01:00","vendor":"Countryside Books","type":"Books","tags":["Trevor Yorke"],"price":795,"price_min":795,"price_max":795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41062441613,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Homes Fit For Heroes: the Aftermath of the First World War","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":795,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":-13,"inventory_management":null,"inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781846743498","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/countrysidebooks.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Homes_Fit_For_Heroes.jpg?v=1518249002"],"featured_image":"\/\/countrysidebooks.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Homes_Fit_For_Heroes.jpg?v=1518249002","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Homes Fit For Heroes book cover. The aftermath of the First World War. ","id":296123203715,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.705,"height":709,"width":500,"src":"\/\/countrysidebooks.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Homes_Fit_For_Heroes.jpg?v=1518249002"},"aspect_ratio":0.705,"height":709,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/countrysidebooks.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Homes_Fit_For_Heroes.jpg?v=1518249002","width":500}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt was supposed to be the war to end all wars and it was hoped the years that followed would usher in a new era. This book describes the re-building of Britain in the decades after 1918. And in this centenary year, the themes explored here are more relevant than ever. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose returning home required jobs, and with them clean and modern homes for their families. The slums and tenements of the pre-war years would not enable a healthy workforce to tackle the challenges of the new post-war world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin a fortnight of signing the armistice Prime Minister David Lloyd George’s famous speech spoke of the future ‘What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in’. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBold advances were made, with ambitious schemes undertaken by local authorities. These early developments were not always able to keep ahead of the economic realities of the time, and many faltered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut through such pioneering improvements, housing was fixed firmly at the centre of British politics, and of course it remains so today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrank Field MP, lifelong anti-poverty campaigner and formerly the minister for welfare reform, has kindly written the foreword, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/countrysidebooks.co.uk\/blogs\/news\/home-fit-for-heroes-an-exclusive-extract\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Homes Fit For Heroes - Foreword by Frank Field\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ewhich you can read here\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA5 (softcover) 96 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Trevor Yorke\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 9781846743498\u003c\/p\u003e"}