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Manuscript collections

Eastside Community Heritage

-   2018_esch_RoPo_04, Interview transcript between James King and Sam Webb, 20 March 2019.

-   2019_esch_RoPo_03, Interview transcript between James King and Frances Clarke, 8 March 2019.

London Metropolitan Archives

-   GLC/AR/ENG/SE/1/1-9, Ronan Point inquiry papers, technical studies, correspondence and press cuttings.

Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

-   MSS.346/4, Fire Brigades Union policy and administration papers, campaigns and reports of annual conference.

-   MSS.346/81-119 and MSS.346/4/239/6-33, The Firefighter, <https://wdc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/fbu>, accessed 7 March 2023.

Newham Borough Archives, Stratford Public Library

-   363.5 Newham Tower Block Tenants Campaign: leaflets and ephemera.

-   728 Ronan Point: miscellaneous news cuttings.

-   VF/NEW/728 Housing: miscellaneous news cuttings.

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Archives

-   [unreferenced] Lancaster West Estate: site plans and correspondence, 1970–1.

-   [unreferenced] folder of misc. newspaper cuttings from 1975.

-   Acc/2001/002/Box 14: council planning documents.

-   Acc/2001/003/Box 24: Notes for tenants, newsletters and miscellaneous ephemera.

The National Archives, Kew

-   AT/49, AT/66, AY/21, CAB/129, DSIR/4, DSIR/36, HLG/51, HLG/52, HLG/117-118, HLG/157, HO/45, HO/346, HO/363, MH/154, MH/160, WORK/75.

Parliamentary papers and other official publications¹

• Annual reports of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Fire Services since 1947.
• Annual reports of the Building Research Establishment, 1972–97.
• Annual reports of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1947–64.
• Annual reports of the Department of the Environment, 1990–7.
• Annual reports of the Joint Fire Prevention Organisation’s Fire Research Board, 1945–71.
• Sir George Bain, The Future of the Fire Service: Reducing Risk, Saving Lives (London: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2002).
• Building Regulations Advisory Committee, First Report, Cmd. 2279 (London: HMSO, 1964).
• Cabinet Office, Better Accounting for the Taxpayer’s Money: The Government’s Proposals, Cmd. 2929 (London: HMSO, 1995).
• Cabinet Office, One-in, One-Out: Statement of New Regulation (London: HMSO, 2011).
• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Reforming the Framework for Better Regulation: Summary of Responses to the Consultation (London: HMSO, 2022).
• Department for Communities and Local Government, The Building Regulations 2000. Fire Safety. Approved Document B. Volume 2 – Buildings Other Than Dwellinghouses (London: NBS, 2006).
• Department of the Environment, White Paper on the Future of Building Control in England and Wales, Cmd. 8179 (London: HMSO, 1981).
• Department of the Environment, The Building Regulations: Mandatory Rules for Means of Escape in Case of Fire (London: HMSO, 1985).
• Department of the Environment, The Building Regulations 1985: Approved Document B – Fire Spread (London: HMSO, 1985). See also The Building Regulations: Approved Document B – Fire Safety, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2019, 2020 and 2022 editions.
• Department of the Environment, The Building Regulations 1985: Manual to the Building Regulations 1985 (London: HMSO, 1985).
• Department of the Environment, Consultation Paper on Houses in Multiple Occupation (London: HMSO, 1988).
• Department of the Environment, Houses in Multiple Occupation: Guidance to Local Housing Authorities on Standards of Fitness under Section 352 of the Housing Act 1985 (London: HMSO, 1992).
• Department of the Environment, Houses in Multiple Occupation: Consultation Paper on the Case for Licensing (London: HMSO, 1994).
• Department of the Environment, Improving Standards in Houses in Multiple Occupation (London: HMSO, 1995).
• Department of the Environment and Fire Offices’ Committee, United Kingdom Fire Statistics (London: HMSO, 1972–80).
• Department of the Environment, Home Office and Welsh Office, Guide to Means of Escape and Related Fire Safety Measures in Certain Existing Houses in Multiple Occupation (London: HMSO, 1988).
• Department of the Environment, Trade and the Regions, Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation – England: A Consultation Paper (London: HMSO, 1999).
• Department of Trade and Industry, Burdens on Business: Report of a Scrutiny of Administrative and Legal Requirements (London: HMSO, 1985).
• Department of Trade and Industry, Competitiveness: Forging Ahead, Cmd. 2867 (London: HMSO, 1995).
• Edmundson, P.R. and Hubbard, G.I., A Review of the Fire Precautions Act 1971 (London: Home Office, 1993).
• Fennell, D., Investigation into the King’s Cross Underground Fire, Cmd. 499 (London: Department of Transport, 1988).
• Griffiths, H., Report of the Inquiry into the Collapse of Flats at Ronan Point, Canning Town (London: HMSO, 1968).
• Hackitt, J., Building a Safer Future: Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety – Interim Report, Cmd. 9951 (London: HMSO, 2017).
• Hackitt, J., Building a Safer Future: Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety – Final Report, Cmd. 9607 (London: HMSO, 2018).
• Home Office, Guide to the Fire Precautions Act 1971. 1 Hotels and Boarding Houses (London: HMSO, 1972).
• Home Office, Future Fire Policy: A Consultative Document (London: HMSO, 1980).
• Home Office, Fire Statistics United Kingdom (London: HMSO, 1981–88).
• Home Office, A Review of the Fire Precautions Act 1971: A Consultative Document (London: HMSO, 1985).
• Home Office, Fire Safety Legislation for the Future: A Consultation Document (London: HMSO, 1997).
• Home Office, Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans in High-Rise Residential Buildings – Recommendations from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report: Government Response (London: HMSO, 2022).
• Joint Committee of the Building Research Board, Fire Grading of Buildings Part I: General Principles and Structural Precautions (London: HMSO, 1946).
• Joint Fire Research Organisation, Effects of Draughts on the Burning of Portable Oil Heaters (London: HMSO, 1960).
• Jupp, K., Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Fire at Fairfield Home, Edwalton, Nottinghamshire, on 15 December 1974, Cmd. 6149 (London: HMSO, 1975).
• Minister without Portfolio, Lifting the Burden, Cmd. 9571 (London: HMSO, 1985).
• Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Model Bye-Laws, Series IV: Buildings (London: HMSO, 1952).
• Moore-Bick, M., Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report – Volume 1 (London: HMSO, 2019).
• Moore-Bick, M., Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report Overview (London: HMSO, 2019).
• Morgan, P., Jones, D. and Clinch, S., Summary of Fires Investigated: April 1991 to March 1992 (London: HMSO, 1992).
• Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Our Fire and Rescue Service, Cmd. 5808 (London: HMSO, 2003).
• Popplewell, O., Committee of Inquiry into Crowd Safety and Control at Sports Grounds: Interim Report, Cmd. 9585 (London: HMSO, 1985).
• Rogowski, F.W., Ramaprasad, R. and Southern, J.R., Fire Performance of External Thermal Insulation for Walls of Multi-Storey Buildings (Watford: Building Research Establishment, 1988). See also 2nd edition (2003) and 3rd edition (by Colwell, S. and Baker, T., 2013).
• Thomas, A. and Hedges, A., The 1985 Physical and Social Survey of Houses in Multiple Occupation in England and Wales (London: HMSO, 1986).
• Vowden, D., Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Fire at Coldharbour Hospital, Sherborne on 5 July 1972, Cmd. 5170 (London: HMSO, 1972).
• Wilson, H., ‘Labour’s Plan for Science’, 1 October 1963, <http://nottspolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Labours-Plan-for-science.pdf>.

Other contemporary published reports

• Association of District Councils, The Challenges of Multiple Occupancy: A Fresh Look at HMOs (London: ADC, 1988).
• Binney, V., Harkell, G. and Nixon, J., Leaving Violent Men: A Study of Refuges and Housing for Battered Women (London: Women’s Aid Federation, 1982).
• British Standard Definitions for Fire Resistance, Incombustibility, and Noninflammability of Building Materials and Structures, Including Methods of Test, No. 476 (London: British Standards Institution, 1932).
• British Standard Code of Practice CP 3: Chapter IV: Precautions against Fire. Part 1: Flats and Maisonettes (London: British Standards Institution, 1971, 1978 editions).
• Building Research Establishment, Large Panel Systems: The Structure of Ronan Point and Other Taylor Woodrow – Anglian Buildings (Watford: BRE, 1985).
• Building Research Establishment, Housing Defects Reference Manual (London: E & FN Spon, 1991).
• Cameron, D., Conservative Party conference speech, 5 October 2011, <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15189614>.
• Campaign for Bedsit Rights, Bedsit Rights: A Handbook for People Who Live in Bedsits (London: CHAR, 1989).
• Campaign for the Homeless and Roofless, CHAR Report 1981/92 (London: CHAR, 1982).
• Cantlie, J.D., Report of the Summerland Fire Commission (Isle of Man: Government Office, 1974).
• Clingan, G.P., ‘National building regulations’, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, 93:4688 (1945), pp. 205–14.
• Critchley, R., Fire Safety Guide (London: Campaign for Bedsit Rights, 1991).
• Elder, J., Guide to the Building Regulations 1985 (London: Butterworth Architecture, 1986).
• Fire Brigades Union, Who Will Pick Up the Pieces? FBU Response to the Government’s Interdepartmental Review of Fire Safety Legislation and Enforcement (Kingston upon Thames: FBU, 1994).
• Fire Brigades Union, The Grenfell Tower Fire: A Fire Caused by Profit and Deregulation (Kingston upon Thames: FBU, 2019).
• Harrison, P., Inside the Inner City: Life under the Cutting Edge (London: Penguin, 1983).
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• Hotel and Catering Industry Board, Act Quickly! Seconds Count! (London: Hotel and Catering Industry Board, 1984).
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• Mitchell, G.E., Model Building Byelaws Illustrated, 2nd edition (London: B.T. Batsford, 1947).
• National Consumer Council, Deathtrap Housing: Tacking Fire Hazards for Tenants of Houses in Multiple Occupation (London: NCC, 1991).
• Raynsford, N., Substance Not Spin: An Insider’s View of Success and Failure in Government (Bristol: Policy Press, 2016).
• Read, R.E.H., ‘Fire Risks in High-Rise Buildings’, Building Research Establishment Information Paper (1979).
• Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry on the Fire at the Stardust, Artane, Dublin on the 14th February, 1981 (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982).
• Seabright, D., Fire and Care: An Enquiry into Fire Precautions in Residential Homes (London: Personal Social Services Council, 1979).
• Taylor, J. and Cooke, G., eds., The Fire Precautions Act in Practice (London: Architectural Press, 1978).
• Watson, S. and Austerberry, H., Housing and Homelessness: A Feminist Perspective (London: Routledge, 1986).
• Webb, S., Annual Spot Safety Survey (London: National Tower Blocks Network, 1990).
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News sources

-   BBC News

-   Bedsit Briefing

-   Bedsit Rights

-   BRE News

-   Building

-   Camden New Journal

-   Chartered Municipal Engineer

-   Construction News

-   Daily Express

-   Daily Mail

-   Daily Mirror

-   Daily Telegraph

-   Evening Standard

-   Financial Times

-   Fire

-   Firefighter

-   Fire Prevention

-   Fire Protection Association Journal

-   Fire Research Notes

-   Inside Housing

-   Journal of the Royal Society of Arts

-   Kensington News & Post

-   Liverpool Daily Post

-   Liverpool Echo

-   Liverpool Evening Express

-   New Civil Engineer

-   Newham News

-   Newham Recorder

-   Private Eye

-   RICS Building Control Journal

-   Roof

-   The Builder

-   The Guardian

-   The Municipal Journal

-   The Spectator

-   The Standard

-   The Surveyor

-   The Times

-   The View

-   Willesden and Brent Chronicle

Websites

• Disability Rights UK: <https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org>.
• Fire Brigades Union: <https://www.fbu.org.uk>.
• Fire Safety Science Digital Archive: <https://publications.iafss.org/publications/frn/info>.
• Grenfell Tower Inquiry, proceedings and evidence: <http://www.grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk>.
• Grenfell United: <https://grenfellunited.org.uk>.
• HM Government: <https://www.gov.uk>.
• Labour Party manifestos: <http://www.labour-party.org.uk/manifestos>.
• London Fire Brigade: <https://www.london-fire.gov.uk>.
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