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"A recent BBC on-line Magazine article looked back at the era of radical concrete - where the post-war landscape came to be dominated by high-rise buildings and new towns.
A collection of slides in the article provided a window into a time when optimistic town planners believed that society could be reinvented - although the period remains massively controversial.
Many accuse the town planners of having destroyed traditional neighbourhoods in an attempt to modernise society. Streets of terraced houses with tight-knit communities were torn down.
But for many people leaving slum housing these new towns and concrete blocks were often initially welcome.
The article prompted a significant response from readers, who wrote in with their own memories and experiences of living in these areas ..."
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