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Ratcliffe Power Station

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Description: Space, Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture, 1945–1975
Britain sacrificed its economy to win the Second World War. The balance of payments moved so far into deficit that borrowing reached £10,000 million, of which half was met by disinvestment in overseas securities and much of the remainder by interest-free loans (Lend-Lease) from the United States. The new Labour Government in July 1945 looked to America, hoping for a transitional period in...
PublisherPaul Mellon Centre
Related print edition pages: pp.335-371

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