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Philanthropy is not dead, it just takes different forms now. These days people would probably object to living in a 'company house'...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 21, 2009 at 6:23 PM
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Pat
It sounds familiar, Pat. What did the plant manufacture? We lived in a house built by the owner of the shale pits, and in fact I was born in one. The owner was James (paraffin) Young. We didn't have all the community assets that you had but we did have jobs, homes, electricity, running water and flushing toilets - heady stuff.
posted by
johnmacnab
on October 21, 2009 at 12:49 PM
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A world all about profit can't have things like this.
posted by
Ciel
on October 20, 2009 at 8:01 PM
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What a wonderful man with a wonderful dream where eeryone can prosper and
live in dignity and hope. Thanks for sharing this wonderful history with us dear Pat.
posted by
Kabu
on October 19, 2009 at 6:59 PM
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That was a great post. I enjoyed it immensely. It reminded me that when I was growing up, my parents' monthly house payments were $15. HAHAHAHA I can remember later, around 1960's that I thought we were doing good to be making $150 a month house payments. Now one is doing good to find a house for less than $1,500 a month. Now I'm going to go check out that site that elinjo so graciously shared with us.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 19, 2009 at 11:46 AM
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Dear Pat, I have just paid a virtual visit to that delightful town Le Claire. http://www.historic-leclaire.org/index.html
Thank you for the very interesting blog entry that inspired my visit. I looked at the festival photos and read about the history.
Many years ago I visited a similar kind of village in Yorkshire also started by an industrial philanthropist. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1028
posted by
elinjo
on October 19, 2009 at 11:19 AM
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