Allotments in the Thorpe era Browse records within Allotments in the Thorpe era Agricultural slums Allotment decline Allotment Inspection Committee (1953) Allotments in times of crisis Beautification schemes Birmingham - allotment capital of Britain Description of work completed Flowers and lawns Green urban spaces Harry Thorpe, Professor of Geography at the University of Birmingham Leisure Gardens aerial photograph (1976) Leisure Gardens revolution begins Manicured veg Mrs Thorpe Obituary Parcels of land for the labouring poor Princess Alice (1976) Princess Alice attends tree planting (1976) Ramshackle huts Resistance! Plot holders rebel The ‘Weekend Garden'