The Changing Face of Falmouth > The Slum Clearance Programme // 1930s

The Housing Acts of the 1930s required every local authority to clear all remaining slum housing and to submit a programme of building and demolition aimed at eliminating slums from their area. The programme was interrupted by the Second World War but continued on through the 1950s. Falmouth developed a programme that concentrated on the older areas of Smithick Hill, Gyllyng Street, and the many courts and yards that led off the main street. The Falmouth History Archive has an extensive collection of the official Clearance Orders, Clearance Maps, and photographs of the buildings prior to demolition.