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Radio London,5 mins

Inside the Barnet housing block only for older women

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In the leafy suburb of Chipping Barnet there's a housing block that's been described as a "feminist utopia". With residents aged from 58 to 94, New Ground is the UK’s first housing community exclusively for older women. Setting it up was an 18-year battle, but now the purpose-built development is entirely managed by the women who made it possible, as an alternative to living alone. Âé¶¹Éç Radio London's Anna O'Neill has been to meet resident Jude Tisdall, who has been living there for 7 years, to find out what it's really like to live in a block without men.

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