A pioneering nursery in a council tower block in Edinburgh is still going strong, as Barbara Millar climbs the stairs
When Edinburgh Corporation built Westfield Court in 1951, the development was immediately hailed in the press as a 'showpiece'. The eight-storey block of 88 'labour-saving' homes, at an average rent of 38 shillings and seven pence, was then - at 90 feet - the tallest block of flats to be built in Scotland. It boasted gas-operated incinerators in each apartment, to reduce refuse to ash, 'sun-trap' balconies overlooking a bowling green, constant hot water and a small, self-operated lift. To cap it all - literally -- on the top floor of the building, a purpose-built nursery was opened in 1953.
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