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THE CENTURY SPEAKS 2

THE CENTURY SPEAKS 2

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Essex people talk about renting property, the increasing popularity of buying houses, and the building of large new estates and new towns.

There is also discussion about the transformation of domestic life by new technology - improvements in heating, sanitation and food preparation.


Part of a 16-part series which explores how everyday life changed during the 20th Century, described by the people of Essex, in collaboration with the British Library.

Produced and first broadcast on BBC Essex in 1999.


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