Moms family are what she called true Telford people aka families from the villages before Telford new town was invented. She told me places like Woodside got built to encourage folks from the Midlands towns and cities to come here to generate wealth into the area they promised them good jobs in factories etc but most were lied to and ended up in homes they struggled to pay for then the poverty set in and the areas became rundown.
I don't many of them had much choice. It was due to the slum clearances. They built 2 large housing estates in Birmingham, Chelmsley Wood and Castle Vale very similar to Brookside,Woodside and Sutton Hill. They all ended up as to put it politely "dumps"
I moved into Woodside from Coalbrookdale in 1970 when the Houses were built but the footpaths still under construction . I still live here 53 years later .Woodside has not been without it's problems over the years .But to call it rundown now in 2023, is somewhat of an exageration.The courts were indeed a ''no go'' area at one time and we often lament the loss of the old shops and some of the green belt area that has now been built on .Myself and my familey have grown up and grown old here and with zero regrets .
I had a little flat in Walney Court when I was about 20 in the mid 70s I lived very close to the Elizabethan pub it wasn’t a bad place to live at the time
My family and i lived on Woodside for about 9 years, first on Wantage then Willowfield, and it's a shame the local authority ran out of money before they got to these parts of the estate, Willowfield is one of the areas that needed it most imo!
I lived on Waltondale in Woodside for two years in the eighties. It was decent LA housing. Having spent 12 of my preceding 14 years on grim, outdated West Yorkshire council estates, it was a good home.
I like arcitechture and can appreciate many styles, I even think the Asda building in theTown Centre is a beautiful feat of engineering but those Nuplace house designs are just awful and UGLY. Surely new houses, even those for rent, can be built aesthetically pleasing.
It is a very ruff and let down area now .its nice to see the past it brings many memories of me and my mates messing around around there
Same here. I lived here from 83-5. Went to Ab Dab school. Fascinating film.
Agree with you. There are a lot of decent people living in Woodside, but like a lot of Telford, parts are drug and gang ridden.
Even though I now live in Hull I will always be a Woodside lad
i realize Im kinda randomly asking but does anybody know a good website to watch newly released series online ?
Moms family are what she called true Telford people aka families from the villages before Telford new town was invented. She told me places like Woodside got built to encourage folks from the Midlands towns and cities to come here to generate wealth into the area they promised them good jobs in factories etc but most were lied to and ended up in homes they struggled to pay for then the poverty set in and the areas became rundown.
I don't many of them had much choice. It was due to the slum clearances. They built 2 large housing estates in Birmingham, Chelmsley Wood and Castle Vale very similar to Brookside,Woodside and Sutton Hill. They all ended up as to put it politely "dumps"
Cool video brilliant info
I moved into Woodside from Coalbrookdale in 1970 when the Houses were built but the footpaths still under construction . I still live here 53 years later .Woodside has not been without it's problems over the years .But to call it rundown now in 2023, is somewhat of an exageration.The courts were indeed a ''no go'' area at one time and we often lament the loss of the old shops and some of the green belt area that has now been built on .Myself and my familey have grown up and grown old here and with zero regrets .
I had a little flat in Walney Court when I was about 20 in the mid 70s I lived very close to the Elizabethan pub it wasn’t a bad place to live at the time
Used to stay with my cousin in Walney Court Woodside mid 70s ...I wonder if it's still there I have looked on line but its seems to have changed
Yh
I lived there then too at number 21 lol
My family and i lived on Woodside for about 9 years, first on Wantage then Willowfield, and it's a shame the local authority ran out of money before they got to these parts of the estate, Willowfield is one of the areas that needed it most imo!
I lived on Waltondale in Woodside for two years in the eighties. It was decent LA housing. Having spent 12 of my preceding 14 years on grim, outdated West Yorkshire council estates, it was a good home.
I like arcitechture and can appreciate many styles, I even think the Asda building in theTown Centre is a beautiful feat of engineering but those Nuplace house designs are just awful and UGLY. Surely new houses, even those for rent, can be built aesthetically pleasing.
I quite like our Nuplace house..
Is that Toyah Wilcox narrating.?.