The Media Archive for Central England is the public screen archive for the East and West Midlands. An independent charity and company based at the University of Lincoln, MACE acquires, catalogues, preserves and makes widely available moving image materials that inform our understanding of the diverse cultures and histories of communities between the Lincolnshire coast and the Welsh border.
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Bromsgrove Mini Houses
When rents for flats reach Π10 a week the need for affordable housing for first time home buyers becomes imperative.
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Overview
It might be short on space but it's a new, bright and clean roof over your head. Starter homes under construction on an estate at Bromsgrove. Reporter Peter Green is concerned that it's 'pygmy style living' but with space and money at a premium it may be the only way forward.
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