ABSTRACT
The microscale change examines not only for the eight study areas, but also for the eight individual roads for which it has been possible to compile detailed information of changes to the physical fabric and the occupiers of houses. Initial house types and layouts and, to a lesser extent, the forms taken by early changes have been influential. The different aspects of the relationship between household mobility and building change can be illustrated by contrasting Orchard Drive and Grand Avenue. The physiognomic histories of inter-war suburbs reflect not least the general ageing of the population and the long-term decline in the size of households that has impinged upon so many aspects of society. A striking factor is the way in which differences in the initial development of roads, and to a lesser extent in the form taken by early changes, have assumed major significance as the post-war period has progressed.
