This is a self-pubished book by James Strike, an architectural historian and resident of Fieldend, a span estate.

Span was a housing developer that operated between 1948 and 1984. Their various schemes consisted of simple, modern houses set in well-considered landscaped areas and focused on providing a sense of community.

This small book aims to capture the spirit of Span housing, detailing all the estates and focusing on Fieldend as a typical example.

The book brings together material from various sources and this is treated in such as way so as to emulate the ephemeral/vintage feel of the content; black and white images appear as halftone dots and slides and colour photograhs appear as objects to give a sense of belonging. The book is simply laid out, produced and bound, in sympathy with the span ideals.