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'''Woodgate''' is part of [[Birmingham]], between [[Bartley Green]] and [[Harborne]]. It is split up into 3 parts, Woodgate Valley South (also known as South Woodgate), which is the gateway to Harborne. Woodgate, which is next to Bartley Green, and Woodgate Valley North, often referred as part of [[Quinton, Birmingham|Quinton]]. |
'''Woodgate''' is part of [[Birmingham]], between [[Bartley Green]] and [[Harborne]]. It is split up into 3 parts, Woodgate Valley South (also known as South Woodgate), which is the gateway to Harborne. Woodgate, which is next to Bartley Green, and Woodgate Valley North, often referred as part of [[Quinton, Birmingham|Quinton]]. |
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Revised plans disclosed by Birmingham Council's Public Works Committee in 1968 show new housing for 20,000 people (17,000 in council-built and 3,000 in private-built homes), double the original number put forward two years earlier. The plans also show a proposed Woodgate/Edgbaston Expressway road from the M5 junction 3 routed along the southern part of Woodgate Valley, and a boating lake north of [[Hillcrest School, Birmingham]], known then as Bartley Green Grammar School.<ref>{{Cite news |first=John |last=Lewis |date=2 February 1968 |title=Building in the Woodgate valley to be doubled |page=26 |work=Birmingham Daily Post |issue=34,086 |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19680202/615/0026 |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 December 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> At a public meeting held at [[Four Dwellings Academy|Four Dwellings School]] in April 1968 the chairman of the Public Works Committee explained the housing scheme was essential to eradicate Birmingham's remaining slums.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 April 1968 |title=Woodgate valley plan 'essential' to clear slums |page=2 |work=Birmingham Daily Post |issue=34,160 |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19680430/950/0042 |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 December 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> |
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The first residents of Woodgate Valley South moved on to the housing estate in 1971.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Christine |last=Williams |date=3 August 1971 |title='Just like real pioneers' |page=6 |work=Birmingham Evening Mail |issue= |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002139/19710803/006/0006 |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 December 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> |
The first residents of Woodgate Valley South moved on to the housing estate in 1971.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Christine |last=Williams |date=3 August 1971 |title='Just like real pioneers' |page=6 |work=Birmingham Evening Mail |issue= |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002139/19710803/006/0006 |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 December 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:23, 28 December 2023
Woodgate is part of Birmingham, between Bartley Green and Harborne. It is split up into 3 parts, Woodgate Valley South (also known as South Woodgate), which is the gateway to Harborne. Woodgate, which is next to Bartley Green, and Woodgate Valley North, often referred as part of Quinton.
Revised plans disclosed by Birmingham Council's Public Works Committee in 1968 show new housing for 20,000 people (17,000 in council-built and 3,000 in private-built homes), double the original number put forward two years earlier. The plans also show a proposed Woodgate/Edgbaston Expressway road from the M5 junction 3 routed along the southern part of Woodgate Valley, and a boating lake north of Hillcrest School, Birmingham, known then as Bartley Green Grammar School.[1] At a public meeting held at Four Dwellings School in April 1968 the chairman of the Public Works Committee explained the housing scheme was essential to eradicate Birmingham's remaining slums.[2]
The first residents of Woodgate Valley South moved on to the housing estate in 1971.[3]
References
- ^ Lewis, John (2 February 1968). "Building in the Woodgate valley to be doubled". Birmingham Daily Post. No. 34, 086. p. 26. Retrieved 28 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Woodgate valley plan 'essential' to clear slums". Birmingham Daily Post. No. 34, 160. 30 April 1968. p. 2. Retrieved 28 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Williams, Christine (3 August 1971). "'Just like real pioneers'". Birmingham Evening Mail. p. 6. Retrieved 28 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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