Wednesday, 14 October 2009

BBC - Today - Audio slideshow: Selling the suburbs LONDON

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As the tentacles of the London Underground network started to spread out at the start of the 20th Century, thousands of new homes were built - and suburbia was born.

The London Transport Museum is hosting a suburban celebration - and Evan Davis met museum director Sam Mullins, and writer Miranda Sawyer, to see how public transport helped families in search of a bay window.

BBC - Today - Audio slideshow: Selling the suburbs