Public meeting on Bengali housing in Brick Lane
- Title
- Public meeting on Bengali housing in Brick Lane
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- 14 Jun 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:03:59
- Description
- Report on a public meeting on London housing, in which Greater London Council’s Chairman of Housing Management, Jean Tatham responds to angry residents. Tatham claims that the press has exaggerated proposals for exclusively Bengali housing. Michael Myers, Chairman of the Spitalfields Friends and Residents Association, also speaks at the meeting, on the need for better housing. Female reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Michael Myers; Jean Tatham
- Keywords
- London; Local authorities; Interethnic relations; Housing; GLC; Council housing; Discrimination; Racial segregation; Ethnic groups; Housing needs; Asian peoples; Spitalfields; Brick Lane
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