EPW036836 ENGLAND (1931). Housing estate adjacent to Melland Playing Field, Gorton, 1931
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| Title | [EPW036836] Housing estate adjacent to Melland Playing Field, Gorton, 1931 | 
| Reference | EPW036836 | 
| Date | October-1931 | 
| Link | |
| Place name | GORTON | 
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND | 
| Easting / Northing | 388638, 395081 | 
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.1711123803099, 53.452110094732 | 
| National Grid Reference | SJ886951 | 
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| Taken in 1931, this image shows a different kind of home - the dawn of the Council House Estate.  Wide, crescent-shaped roads (people walking, no cars)new shopping units and for the first time many people had their own gardens.  It was a huge improvement on the back-to-back houses in the heavily industrialised areas.  We believe that the playing fields are still well used...but did they ever complete that road? |   BFA Crowcroft Tatton Project | Friday 4th of July 2014 11:17:54 AM | 
 
             
  ![[EPW036836] Housing estate adjacent to Melland Playing Field, Gorton, 1931](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/036/EPW036836.jpg) 
  
                                          ![[EPW036827] Housing estate to the east of Melland Playing Field, Gorton, 1931](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/036/EPW036827.jpg) 
 ![[EPW035591] Sandown Crescent and environs, Gorton, 1931](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/035/EPW035591.jpg) 
 ![[EPW035595] The Suttons Estate, Gorton, 1931](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/035/EPW035595.jpg) 
 ![[EPW035592] Sandown Crescent and environs, Gorton, 1931](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/035/EPW035592.jpg) 
 ![[EPW035594] Hemsworth Road and environs, Gorton, 1931](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/035/EPW035594.jpg) 
 ![[EPW036828] Housing estate adjacent to Melland Playing Field, Gorton, 1931](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/036/EPW036828.jpg) 
 ![[EPW036837] Housing estate adjacent to Melland Playing Field, Gorton, 1931](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/036/EPW036837.jpg) 
 ![[EPW036832] Melland Playing Field and adjacent housing estate, Gorton, 1931](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/036/EPW036832.jpg) 
 ![[EPW036833] Housing estate adjacent to Melland Playing Field, Gorton, 1931](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/036/EPW036833.jpg) 
 