“Sport and General*’ Theta. Two empty houses in Alpha Place, Kilburn, London, were set on fire recently by order of the Willesden Council. The council, decided to burn the houses as an experiment to prevent the spread of vermin in a slum clearance scheme. It was intended to carry out the burning in secret, but Press photographers found out and took the picture
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 78, 2 April 1938, Page 3
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63“Sport and General*’ Theta. Two empty houses in Alpha Place, Kilburn, London, were set on fire recently by order of the Willesden Council. The council, decided to burn the houses as an experiment to prevent the spread of vermin in a slum clearance scheme. It was intended to carry out the burning in secret, but Press photographers found out and took the picture Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 78, 2 April 1938, Page 3
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