BBC Archive | 1968: How COMPULSORY PURCHASE reshaped a TOWN | Man Alive | Voice of the People | BBC Archive @BBCArchive | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Like many local authorities across the country, Oldham Borough Council used compulsory purchase powers when redeveloping and modernising areas of the town in the 1960s. Man Alive spoke to some of those affected, including Mrs Quinlan, who faced losing her family home, and gentlemen's outfitter Danny Corallo, who had to relocate his business.
Clip taken from Man Alive, originally broadcast on BBC One, Tuesday 25 June, 1968.
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Like many local authorities across the country, Oldham Borough Council used compulsory purchase powers when redeveloping and modernising areas of the town in the 1960s. Man Alive spoke to some of those affected, including Mrs Quinlan, who faced losing her family home, and gentlemen's outfitter Danny Corallo, who had to relocate his business.
Clip taken from Man Alive, originally broadcast on BBC One, Tuesday 25 June, 1968.
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