Buying Security - Building Societies

Learn about Victorian Britain and the rise of the building societies.

Britain is a nation of home-owners - but it wasn't always like that. In the 19th century, building societies changed the way we live, for good.

Discover what housing conditions were like in the Industrial Revolution and how working people clubbed together to build themselves better homes. See how the dream of home-ownership has been sold over the past 100 years.