Central News East: 01.07.1988: Yuppie Housing Threat

Summary

Malcolm Munro report about fears that all the new houses currently being Malcolm Munro report about fears that all the new houses currently being built at Hamilton in Leicestershire will be bought by people from the south planning to commute to London.

Year:

1988

Duration:

0:02:20

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

Shots of new housing estate at Hamilton under construction including sign for David Wilson Homes ‘Swallow Meadow’. Interview with Keith Vaz MP for Leicester East who said that there was a danger of the new development becoming ‘Yuppie Land’ because of the cost of the properties. Interview with Tony Greasley, spokesman for David Wilson Homes about the project. He thought that the majority of enquiries so far had come from Leicester or East Midlands people. Interview with Tony Wilmott of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England.


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