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Government money helped and by the autumn of 1924 almost 500 houses had been or were being built.
Many people had gardens for the first time, grew their own vegetables and the council ran competitions for the best displays.
Mile Cross Gardens, the city s first civic gardens planned on a council housing estate which were opened in 1929. Dated: July 27th, 1993.
- Credit: Archant Library
Roads were often named after famous Norfolk and Norwich people from days gone by such as:
Edward Valpy, former high master at Norwich Grammar School, who was also rector at All Saints, Thwaite, and vicar of St Mary, South Walsham.