Council Housing
In the local history collections of Edgar Storer and Alan Cooke was a handwritten document listing the dates the Council Housing in Blackwell, Newton and Westhouses was built and modernised. It is transcribed here:
Pre War Blackwell
1919 Scheme- 52
House Nos Street Date Modernised
April -October 1922
231-247 (odd) Alfreton Road (9) May -Nov 1971
10-13 ( inc) Central Drive (4) May -Nov 1971
30-33 (inc) Central Drive (4) May -Nov 1971
72-76 (inc) Central Drive (5) May -Nov 1971
14-29 (inc) Oxford St (16) May -Nov 1971
59-71 (inc) Cambridge St (13) May -Nov 1971
34 Gladstone St (1) May -Nov 1971
1924 Scheme- 72
Mar 1925-Dec 1931
35-49 (inc) Gladstone St (15) 1974
50-53 (inc) Central Drive (4) May -Nov 1971
88-91 (inc) Central Drive (4) May -Nov 1971
54-58 (inc) The Ridge (5) 1974
92-124 (inc) The Ridge (33) 1974 ( see note 1 below)
77-87 (inc) Cromwell Ave (11) 1974
1930-6 Scheme 24
261-265 (odd) Alfreton Road (3)
267-271 (odd) Alfreton Road (3)
1-18 (inc) Wilson Ave (18) ( no 5 sold)
(Note 1 At the time of the writing of the document nos 97-124 on The Ridge had not yet been modernised.)
Post War Blackwell
First and Last Completion Certified
25 June- 25 Oct 1948
19-31 (inc) &33 Wilson Avenue (14)
1-4 (inc) Deamon St (4)
16 Dec 1949-13 Jan 1950
79-89 (odd) Alfreton Road (6)
28 July 1953- 8 Mar 1954
5-28 (inc) Deamon St (24)
30-56 (even) Deamon St (14)
1 Nov 1958- 23 April 1959
1-20 (inc) Victoria Drive ( 20)
22-32 (even) Victoria Drive (6)
1-27 (odd) Gloves Lane ( 14)
252-278 (even) Alfreton Road ( 14)
5 Dec 1964- 25 Feb 1965
21-39 (odd) Victoria Drive ( 10)
11 April -18 Sept 1973
2-10 (even) Fern Bank Ave (5)
209-213 (odd) Alfreton Road (3)
15-24 (inc) &26 Glinton Ave ( 11)
25 Oct 1974- 26 Mar 1975
1-14 (inc) Woburn Close (14)
2-12 (even) Primrose Hill (6)
19 May 1975
All Rooms Primrose Hill ( 32)
26 April 1974-19 Jan 1976
1-11 (inc) Pendean Close ( 11)
15-21 (even) Pendean Close ( 4)
1&3 Fernbank Ave (2)
1-12 (inc) &14 Glinton Ave (13)
1-11 (odd) Primrose Hill ( 6)
15-21 (odd) Primrose Hill (4)
Total houses (237)
Post War Newton
First and Last Completion Certified
20 Aug -24 Oct 1949
20-34 (even) Littlemoor Lane (8)
2-4 Wire Lane ( 2)
20 Oct – 17 Nov 1961
132-146 (even) Main St (8)
1-19 (odd) Green Close ( 10)
13 Nov 1961-15 Jan 1962
10-40 (even) Charnwood Crescent ( 16)
18 Sept- 12 Nov 1964
1-16 ( inc) Crich View (16)
24 Feb 1967
102-110 (even) Main St ( 5)
5 July -19 July 1968
66 &68 Main St (2)
2-8 (even) Bamford St ( 4)
27 Oct 1970- 4 Oct 1971
6-32 (even) Wire Lane ( 14)
1-79 (odd) Charnwood Crescent ( 40)
42-90 (even) Charnwood Crescent ( 25)
Post War Westhouses
First and Last Completion Certified
29 Oct 1973- 19 April 1974
1-12 (inc) Church Close (12)