HPC, Slum Decor

HPC, Slum Decor

Interwar Slums

An extract from the "Housing the People" compilation describing efforts to decorate

Carter Buckingham

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English

I’d painted the mantelpiece in the house, where we were, and this young lady, you know, then, she wanted to go up the stairs and she actually brushed against this mantelpiece and there were paint all over her blouse. But people were, did try ever so hard to try and make their surroundings better. Painting, for instance. Mind you, at that time of day your choice wasn't very, you didn't have a very good choice because it was just after the war and it was very hard to get various things, you know, I mean, for instance, the furniture, there was only one sort of furniture and that was called utility furniture. And it was a really bare minimum of comfort, you know. And it was, it wasn't very nice to look at either. And then, of course, the wallpapers were only just coming back then.

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