The 10,000 neighbourhood idea was taken from the Abercrombie plan, but such neighbourhoods are too big to be communities: neighbours are strangers to each other.
Meg McCourt describes Tile Kiln Lane when she moved into her brand new house in 1956
Meg McCourt recalls the new houses built around her in Tile Kiln Lane
Mrs Galleris gets a visit from journalists who wants to show the 'anti-gossip' fences the Development Corporation has set up between the houses.