Living Back-to-backUsing a mixture of documentary evidence and oral history, Chris Upton uncovers a fascinating corner of our common past and tells the story of the folk who lived in Court 15 in central Birmingham. |
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A Maximum of Rent for a Minimum of Outlay | 12 |
Living at the Bottom of Wells | 28 |
Running to Stand Still | 46 |
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19th century 52 Inge Street 55 Hurst Street 6d a week accommodation Artisans average back houses back-to-back court back-to-back house bedroom Bingham Birmingham Bournville Village Trust brew-house builders building built Butcher button bye-laws called Castle Vale cellar census cent centre Corporation cost council houses Court 15 damp death Deritend Digbeth door Dwellings Enquiry early Edgbaston factory floor front garden George George Holyoake Harry Cohen Hurst Street industrial inner city Jewish John Joseph Joseph Chamberlain labour land landlord lease Leeds Liverpool living room lodgers London maker Medical Officer Midlands Mitchell mother Nechells occupied plans population privies rates books recalls rent residents Richard Biddle River Rea Robert Rawlinson Sheila Gordon slum Street frontages supply tailoring tenants Thomas to-back toilet town trade urban Victorian wages wall wash-house washing water-closets William Willmore window women workers Working-Class Housing workshop World yard