And then I found Town and Country Planning from 1947. Now country planning seems quite an ambitious aim but then I realised they seem to be trying to just sort out the green stuff in between the grey stuff. Although that in itself is a bit of a worry - last time I checked nature got along fairly well without being planned.

Some choice advertisements…

Data Processing

This new journal will provide the information which management must have today for higher efficiency tomorrow

Automatic aids to control administration and routine work in office and factory can bring rich rewards to those who first apply them

Here is the top executive’s guide to the choice of equipment and its correct application.

But even better two years after the Second World War and one year before the “Austerity Games”.

Electricity is basic in building

Electricity is no longer a luxury to be enjoyed by a few

Electricity wonderful thing

That is the sentiment of only 65 years ago…