Aneurin Bevan greeting a crowd of people on the Patchway Estate, Bristol

Aneurin Bevan was Minister for Health from 1945 to 1951. He created the National Health Service in 1946 and became a popular public figure. He also had responsibility for housing. This photograph was taken at the official opening of a new housing estate built by John Laing plc. The crowd shows how important new housing was to people following the Second World War.

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