Welwyn, where a terrible railway accident hes occurred in England, 1s Hertfordshire "Garden City" which has taken its origin from the Town, Planning Act passed in 1909. Letch-worth was the frst product of the. idea of founding an ideally planned residential "city" on a vacant site, in contradistinction to the development of urban areas on "town. planning" lines. Ina senso Welwyn. iso "satellite" town to London for its position was selected 0 as to enable: Ins inhabitants to go backwards and forwards in approved suburban fashion. In short Welwyn. is the dormitory of a large number of London workers of the professional Jand clerical classes. Letchworth, perhaps, was planned on more Ditious lines in that it included the establishment of industries in model surroundings, notably the bookbinding and publishing trade. The spread jot) London's urban tentacles has
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