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ONE SHORT OF A TRINITY

05 Sep ONE SHORT OF A TRINITY

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Father Jellicoe his uncle, Lord Jellicoe, Admiral of the fleet, the 1st Earl of Scapa. sSeen here on a visit to St. Mary’s Flts, Drummond Crescent. The Admiral had alaid the foundation stone in 1928.

Father Jellicoe his uncle, Lord Jellicoe, Admiral of the fleet, the 1st Earl of Scapa. seen here on a visit to St. Mary’s Flats, Drummond Crescent. The Admiral had laid the foundation stone in 1928.

John Jellicoe’s brother, Frederick, was not only an outstanding counter cricketer and bowler, he was also a man of the cloth. As was his nephew, Father Basil Jellicoe. I was able to visit Somer town (now run by Origin Housing). Basil Jellicoe’s vision of creating social housing builtas a community was showed an extraordinarily humanitarian vision well before its time. The flats each had a creche for the residents to use. They were the first social housing flats in the UK that had electricity. I was very kindly showed me around the estate by Sahil Kahn.

For more information : originhousing.co.uk

 

Basil Jellicoe showing his guests around the development

Basil Jellicoe showing his guests around the development

Father Basil Jellicoe's pub, The Anchor.

Father Basil Jellicoe’s pub, The Anchor.

 

 

1Comment
  • BOPOH Voron
    Posted at 11:19h, 04 October Reply

    An interesting and useful example of shoreline experience and vision.

    Of course, social housing requirements have changed. As does the shoreline.

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