Hockley Farm Road, Braunstone near Leicester
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Hockley Farm Road, Braunstone near Leicester
Image: © Kate Jewell Taken: 10 Aug 2006
Part of the North Braunstone slum clearance housing project of the late 1930s. The rents charged were higher than people were used to, and there was the additional cost of furnishing the new houses; the nickname 'Dodge City' referred to the amount of people in debt in the area.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.628322
Longitude
-1.195072