This week on We Are History, Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell look at the origins of the Green Belt, what is it and why do we have it? Spoiler alert, it’s not for holding up your green trousers. The Green Belt is a phrase we’ve heard politicians talking about forever, so we wanted to find out whose idea it was, how it has evolved over the last 100 or so years and how it affects the relationship between town and country.
Reading List:
Outskirts by John Grindrod
Repurposing the Green Belt in the 21st Century by Peter Bishop, Alona Martinez Perez, Rob Roggema, and Lesley Williams
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We Are History is written and presented by Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell. Audio production by Simon Williams and artwork by James Parrett. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Group Editor is Andrew Harrison. We Are History is a Podmasters Production.
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The Brighton Bomb – 1984
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The French Revolution
The Story of Live Aid
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The Glorious Revolution of 1688
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