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'Bigger, Brighter, Better' Script Act 1 Scene 11.

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Scene 11 Bletchley Council emphasised in all its publicity that the newcomers were not Londoners anymore but Bletchley people, equal members of the local community. Integration was remarkably successful, but there were occasional clashes of style and accent. This scene is set in the Shoulder of Mutton on the comer of Shenley and Buckingham Road, ...
'Bigger, Brighter, Better' Script Act 1 Scene 2.

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Act 1 Scene 2 In London, damage from Hitler’s bombs means that many young families are living in unsatisfactory housing conditions. Song : I want a little more from life Words: Lyn Dawes and Neil Mercer. Music: Neil Mercer (Description adapted from the script notes in ‘Bigger, Brighter, Better’ programme – 1997)
'Bigger, Brighter, Better' Script Act 1 Scene 3.

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Act 1 Scene 3 Realising that there would be post-war housing problems, the Wartime Government started exploring ways in which the problem could be tackled. The Abercrombie Report (published in 1944) recommended Bletchley as a potential site for a new community of 60,000 people, but further investigation revealed problems with freshwater provision and sewage disposal. The ...
'Bigger, Brighter, Better' Script Act 1 Scene 4.

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Scene 4 It wasn’t just in London where there were post-war problems. In Italy too people faced desperate poverty and lack of opportunities. The London Brick Company went out to Southern Italy to recruit labour for their brickworks. Giovanni Palmiero originally got a job at the Marston Valley Brickworks in Lidlington in Bedfordshire. Song : I ...
'Bigger, Brighter, Better' Script Act 1 Scene 5.

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Act 1 Scene5 Bletchley’s post-war house building went exceptionally well and councillors and their officials were keen to up and the town further and offer accommodation to Londoners in housing need. But to do this they needed help from the Government to finance the building of the new houses, factories and other amenities. Councillors had promised ...
'Bigger, Brighter, Better' Script Act 1 Scene 6.

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Act 1 Scene 6 In London, people on long local housing waiting lists were offered alternative housing else where, at new towns and other places they’d never even head of – like Bletchley but the head of the household had to get a job locally to qualify for a house of their own. Song I ...
'Bigger, Brighter, Better' Script Act 1 Scene 7.

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Act 1 Scene7 The first new housing development for Londoners in Bletchley was the Saints estate and the first settlers started to arrive in early September 1952, leaving family and friends behind , coming from a city environment to a little country town. (Act 1 scene 7 summary adapted from the script notes in the ...
'Bigger, Brighter, Better' Script Act 1 Scene 8.

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Act 1 Scene 8 A new house in a new town, new neighbours, new friends. The Londoners started settling in to Bletchley. Getting a house of your own meant furnishing it and money was short and you had to improvise. Unfamiliar DIY and gardening activities were tackled, often with more enthusiasm than knowledge. Song : ...
'Bigger, Brighter, Better' Script Act 1 Scene 9.

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Scene 9 The brand new sewage works for Bletchley (opened in 1955) night have solved some problems, but it brought others, particularly that of an unpleasant aroma that drifted over the town. In 1957 the Council installed a deodoriser to counteract the smell and an intrepid Bletchley Gazette reporter went to investigate. At about the ...
'Bigger, Brighter, Better' Script Act 2 Scene 1.

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Act 2 Scene1 Whilst working at Vauxhall on the night shift (where he slept!) newcomer Bobby Bunn decided to get into business during the day. He bought washing machines and hired them out on an hourly basis to local housewives on the Saints, Castles and neighbouring estates. Washing days were never easy for the new ...
'Bigger, Brighter, Better' Script Act 2 Scene 2.

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Act 2 Scene 2 After the collapse of his washing machine business Bobby Bun turned to window cleaning and then heard about the retirement of somebody who was running a mobile fruit and veg van. Because there were few local shops in the early days of the new estates and because the bus service to ...
'Bigger, Brighter, Better' Script Act 2 Scene 3.

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Act 2 Scene 3 In March 1964, with their record Not Fade Away at No.3 in the Hit parade, the Rolling Stones performed at the Wilton Hall in Bletchley. Song : The night the Stones rolled in to town Words and Music by Kevin Adams and Neil Mercer (Description adapted from the script summary ‘Bigger, ...

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