The high-rise flats in Shieldfield, Newcastle, that opened to replace slums 60 years ago
In April 1961, three 15-storey blocks of flats opened in Shieldfield, Newcastle, replacing nearby tenement slums, reported the Chronicle
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Sixty years ago the Evening Chronicle ran an advert on its pages.