Stevenage Woman shows how fast our priorities in politics have changed

In 1946 there was a referendum in Britain, which the governing party lost 52 per cent to 48 per cent. It took place in Stevenage, over the proposed 1946 New Towns Act. When Lewis Silkin, the minister in charge of the expansion of Stevenage, arrived at the railway station, he was greeted with jeers and banners declaring the town should henceforth be known as “Silkingrad”.

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