1969: The Cost of BRITISH MOTORWAYS | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive YouTube video by BBC Archive

This is such an interesting bit of archive footage, touching on infrastructure, planning, road safety, and (in a way) local decision making from the 1960s

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I'm really pleased about this! Our big local housebuilding data digitisation project has been recognised in MHCLG's newest housing statistics release

It was a massive effort from the team @antbreach.bsky.social @jrevans.bsky.social @xuanrulin.bsky.social

I did this during my DPhil and learned a lot. Do apply!

GitHub - CentreforCities/local_housebuilding_1946_2022: Local authority housebuilding data 1946-2022, digitised in 2024 by Centre for Cities Local authority housebuilding data 1946-2022, digitised in 2024 by Centre for Cities - GitHub - CentreforCities/local_housebuilding_1946_2022: Local authority housebuilding data 1946-2022, digitis...

My former workplace @centreforcities.bsky.social have published the historical local housebuilding data (1946-2022) underpinning their latest reports. A fantastic resource for researchers. Grateful I got to work on this during my time there github.com/CentreforCit...

This was a really interesting read. The declining strength of local government has also probably played a role; maybe devolution will change things in the long run?

The work by @mauricelange.bsky.social @xuanrulin.bsky.social on public housebuilding is here: bsky.app/profile/maur...

A summary of the private housebuilding paper by @antbreach.bsky.social is here: bsky.app/profile/antb...

This morning @centreforcities.bsky.social has put out reports on public and private housebuilding, with one more (on land value capture) to come! The work builds on a rich dataset that I am proud to say I helped to assemble. I am sure it will be a valuable resource for future research

...all of which had an impact on employment opportunities for working-class people. I will decide how to disseminate the research once everything is finalised in a month or so, but please do drop me a line if you have questions! #EconHist

My thesis is a quantitative — if not inaccessibly econometric — account of how deindustrialisation processes played out after 1921. Rather than a sudden shock, deindustrialisation played out gradually as a result of the changing fortunes of different industries and places...

Pleased to say that yesterday I passed my viva examination. The list of people to whom I owe thanks is enormous, but I would like to give a shoutout to my supervisors Jane Humphries and Stephen Broadberry, as well as my examiners Jim Tomlinson and Aled Davies