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Clinkett's Village

Catalogue Reference:(PRO) INF 10/50/003

A view of the new houses built at Clinkett's Village, St Lucy, Barbados in the early 1950s. These homes were part of a pilot scheme to enable families, working in groups, to build modern homes for themselves with materials provided at a reduced price by the government. This aided self-help scheme halved the cost of house-building.

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