Hillcroft Mythbuster:The Crofts
Fircroft today It is possible that a further planning application affecting Hillcroft may be submitted in the future, perhaps when we least expect it or when many of us are away on holiday. In anticipation of that possibility, it is important that the history of Hillcroft is properly documented and made publicly available. The heritage report submitted with the RHAAC application was, in many respects, inadequate. One of its most significant omissions was the failure to acknowledge that Powell House at Hillcroft was named in honour of Margaret Joyce Powell OBE . This omission is particularly painful because it reflects a wider pattern in which women's contributions are rendered invisible. Margaret Joyce Powell OBE was one of the founder members of Hillcroft, and Powell House was officially opened in her honour by Joan Lester MP. To omit any reference to this history is not merely an oversight; it obscure...