Garden city movement Garden City, Ltd. in 1899 to create the garden city of Letchworth. However, these donors would collect interest on their investment if the garden city generated profits through rents or, as Fishman calls the process, ‘philanthropic land speculation’. Howard tried to include working class cooperative organisations, which included over two million members, but could not win their financial support. Because he had to rely only on the wealthy investors of First Garden City, Howard had to make concessions to his plan, such as eliminating the cooperative ownership scheme with no landlords, short-term rent increases, and hiring architects who did not
It Was Mighty This CD features recordings made between 1957 and 2001. The musicians in the Hibernian Ceili Band are Brendan McGlinchey, Roger Sherlock, Raymond Roland, Liam Farrell, PJ Hines, Brian Green It Was Mighty "It Was Mighty!" The Early Days of Irish Music in London (TSCD679T) is the first album in the fourth series of "The Voice of the People" from Topic Records and comprises three CDs. The selections are taken from Topic Records back catalogue, the Peter Kennedy archive in the British Library and many private collections. Topic records have issued compilations in the series "The Voice of the People" since