| Description | The front cover of this edition of 'The Torch' states that the magazine was the 'official organ of the industrial Christian fellowship'. Notably, an advertisement for Cadbury's Bournville Cocoa also features on the first page of the magazine.
Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's article relates to housing problems and work being undertaken to reform conditions. Taylor Cadbury refers to housing schemes being carried out by the Ministry of Health, advocating 'a National long-run Building Programme' to meet housing shortages.
With reference to Birmingham, Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury explores how far measures already implemented in the city had served to solve housing problems. Considering her involvement with the development of community life in Bournville village, it is significant that Taylor Cadbury highlights the need for a 'central place in which the inhabitants can foregather' on municipal and county council housing estates. She also emphasises the importance of provision for 'social amenities' which provided opportunities 'to foster communal life', suggesting that the presence of a Church or Chapel was the 'most important' aspect of this.
Taylor Cadbury concludes her article with reference to the importance of 'carefully considered town planning'. |