Abstract
Abstract The research reported here examines changes to the social and family networks of elderly people in three urban areas of England: Bethnal Green, Wolverhampton, and Woodford. The areas were the locations for major research studies in the 1940s and 1950s which provided rich material about the lives of elderly people (Sheldon 1948; Townsend 1957; Young and Willmott 1957; Willmott and Young 1960). These studies were carried out during a period when major concerns were being raised about the growing numbers of elderly people in the population. A variety of reports focused on the problems associated with population ageing, specifically its impact on economic growth, and expenditure in areas such as pensions and health (Royal Commission on Population 1949).
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