Paradise Lost: The Rise and Fall of the Eldonian Dream

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Eldonian Village in the heart of Liverpool.

A few hundred yards from the shiny new waterfront of the City Centre, there is a unique urban oasis, carved out of the post-industrial dereliction of 80’s Liverpool. 

The Eldonian Village, created a community the residents would be proud to call home,  catering for their lives from the cradle to the grave. Matt O'Donoghue speaks to some of the residents, many of whom have lived there since the 1980's, to find out what has happened since.

*This programme has been edited since its radio broadcast to clarify that the decision to bring in security to a meeting in September 2021 was taken by the Eldonian Community Housing Association and not Anthony McGann and residents were asked to provide proof of holding a share to enter that meeting only if their names were not on a list on the door. It has also been clarified that when the Eldonian Group Limited sold assets in 2017 it was no longer a subsidiary of the Eldonian Community Trust.

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