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1920s

1920s

The 1920s were the most prolific era for home building in the Association's history to date. By 1923 over 1,600 people were housed and each year between 50 to 100 new homes were being built. The decade will be remembered for the General Strike of 1926 and the depression that followed. These were lean years but the Association's fund-raising activities and building programmes were maintained.

Memorial homes for disabled soldiers and sailors who served in the Great War were being built and the cost of building new homes had doubled since the pre-war years.

  • 1922 - Tutankhamen's Tomb discovered
  • 1924 - Aged Miners Homes, Langley Park, Opening Ceremony, July 5th
  • 1924 - The Joseph Hopper memorial Trust Homes opened at Birtley
  • 1926 - The General Strike, one million miners on strike for a two shilling (10p) raise
  • 1926 - John Logie Baird gives first public demonstration of television.
  • 1927 - Al Johnson stars in 'The Jazz Singer', the first talking film
  • 1927 - BBC is created.
  • 1928 - Women over 21 get the vote.

DAMHA through the years