Here are just a few sites from the last 400 years!
- Bletchley Park National Codes Centre
- Bletchley Park ‘is the historic site of secret British codebreaking activities during WWII and birthplace of the modern computer.In 1938 the Government Code and Cypher School, then based in London, needed a safer home where its intelligence work could carry on unhindered by enemy air attacks. At a junction of major road, rail and teleprinter connections to all parts of the country, Bletchley Park was eminently suitable.’ FROM WEBSITE!!!!!!
- Battersea Power Station
- Battersea Power Station was the first in a series of large coal-fired electrical generating facilities set up to solve the problems of Britain’s inefficient and fragmented electricity supply in the 1930s. FROM THE WEBSITE!!!!
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach
- Alderman William George Bean founded Pleasure Beach, Blackpool in 1896 and bought the forty two acre site on which the Pleasure Beach now stands. Various rides, including the still popular Sir Hiram Maxim Flying Machines, were introduced to the area. During the 1930s was the introduction of many new rides, including The Rollercoaster, The Pleasure Beach Express, and the world-famous twin track coaster, The Grand National. The ’60s saw a resurgence of development projects and it was during this era that Britain’s first commercial Monorail was built at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool and new rides - The Monster, The Astro Swirl and the Log Flume were introduced. FROM THE WEBSITE!!!!!!
- Dudley Zoo
- The Third Earl of Dudley of Dudley Castle (11th century castle) decided to convert 40 acres of his castle grounds into zoological gardens. The Tecton Group, modernist architects designed the zoo within the 200-acre densely-wooded site and it opened to the public in May 1937. Today the Tecton buildings are boosted by a variety of animal housing, paddocks and enclosures which are home to 170 species and more than 1300 creatures.
- Lloyd’s of London Building
- The Lloyd’s of London Building, sometimes known as the Inside-Out Building was designed by architect Richard Rogers and built between 1978 and 1986. It is currently the youngest building to be listed Grade I with English Heritage The building was innovative having its services such as staircases, lifts, electrical power conduits and water pipes on the outside, leaving an uncluttered space inside. The twelve glass lifts were the first of their kind in the UK. POSSIBLE REWORD!!!!!
- Park Hill Flats, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- The Park Hill flats were built from 1957 to 1960, to replace an area of slum housing. Slums were areas of very poor housing with bad health conditions. In all there are 995 flats in high blocks on the hillside, built out of concrete, glass and brick in a very functional design. The idea was that they would be streets in the sky, and they were seen as a revolutionary new way of house people at the time. They are very controversial today, some people hate their design and see them as ‘rabbit hutches’ for people, while others admire them for the better life they gave thousands of people who used to live in bad housing.
