"Little boxes on the hillside . . .
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"Little boxes on the hillside . . .
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 8 Mar 2009
. . . and they're all made out of ticky-tacky And they all look just the same." Many people will remember these words sung by Pete Seeger, but the inhabitants of these houses mainly didn't get to University, or become doctors or lawyers. Although an improvement on the cramped terraces from the early part of the 19th century, the redevelopment of St Anns from the late 1960s hasn't prevented the area from being one with a poor reputation, although it has improved recently.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.965233
Longitude
-1.140292