SCUNTHORPE SQUATTERS

(5 Aug 1946) A disused Army Camp has been taken over by families urgently in need of housing.
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[@Dan-ky5es]

0:24 The girl in the black dress over the bicycle is my nan, and the toddler on the ground my uncle (her brother). Also spotted them both at 0:48 on the left-hand side. :-)

[@svpsurrey]

Great footage Dan ...our bloodline on film

[@andreafry3428]

I've watched this as I am reading a book by David Olusoga 'A House Through Time ' and he has just mentioned this newsreel .Great to see the real people. A lady I knew lived in an army hut in Oxfordshire with her Mum after the war . I love social history ,it's fascinating !