HISTORY ON AN
ENGLISH
STREET

On an English street, there is often a variety of houses from different periods of history.

A

The Victorian era is the start of industrial Britain and many people move to the cities. There are many houses from that era. There is a fireplace in each room for heating in the 1850s. Victorian terraced houses have neighbours on both sides.

B

Semi-detached houses are very popular in the 1950s. Downstairs, there is usually a kitchen, a living room and a dining room. Upstairs, there are usually two or three bedrooms and a bathroom. There are more cars on the roads in the 1950s, so these houses have usually got a garage. On one side a neighbour’s home joins their house.

C

In the 1990s, old factories in the city are empty, so they become flats. Young people like living near the city centre and they rent these flats. They are very big, but they aren’t expensive. There isn’t a garden, but there is a lot of space. There is a kitchen, a bathroom and bedrooms.

3.Write the answers to the questions below in your notebook.

1 Why have Victorian terraced houses got fireplaces?
2 Why has the 1950s semi-detached house got a garage?
3 Why do young people like living in flats in the 1990s?
4 Which type of house has neighbours on one side?

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