Milton Keynes
.... At the time Campbell handed over his chairman's baton to Chilver, the Corporation had witnessed the generation of 34,000 jobs and the building of 32,000 houses . Over 5 % of all houses going up in south-east England were then under construction in Milton Keynes. Jock Campbell had achieved something that is given to few individuals. He had taken a village and left it a city.......
Extract from Milton Keynes Image And Reality~~ By T Bendikson and J Platt.