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unusual facts about council house



Arthur Mullard

So popular was Mullard's character that a sequelYus, My Dear — was broadcast in 1976, in which Wally and his wife Lily (Queenie Watts) had moved out of their caravan into a council house.

Birmingham Civic Society

The Birmingham Civic Society was founded at an inaugural meeting on 10 June 1918 in The Council House, Birmingham, England and is registered with The Civic Trust.

Enfield Poltergeist

The Enfield Poltergeist was the name given to claims of poltergeist activity at a council house in Brimsdown village, borough of Enfield, England during the late 1970s.

Gross annual value

In Falkirk in Scotland the Gross Annual Value is used to calculate Council house rent based on factors such as house type, age, structure, number of apartments, overall floor area, location and type of heating.

Howlett and Bailey Architects

Howlett and Baileys Architects’s major projects included the Public Suite, the Beatty Park Pool kiosk and Manager’s house (now demolished), and the two Australian landmarks the Council House (1962) and the Perth Concert Hall (1973).

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

Shortly after the tragedy, Hindley and Brady move with Hindley's grandmother Ellen Maybury, to a new council house: 16 Wardle Brook Avenue, on the Hattersley estate near Hyde.


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Carl Christoffer Gjörwell

Some of his buildings include Garnisonssjukhuset ("The garrison hospital", a hospital building on Kungsholmen, today a council house), the main building of the Royal Academy of Turku, the Old Academy Building in Turku and the Haga Palace.

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

In June 1968, Dungannon Rural District Council was accused of discriminating against a Catholic family when it allocated a new council house in the Caledon area to a young single Protestant woman with links to a local Unionist politician.

Rayleigh, Essex

The Dutch Cottage, the smallest and oldest council house in the United Kingdom, can be visited on Wednesdays by prior appointment.