In 1942 twelve prefabricated houses were erected for workers north of Cowbridge House in what would become Cowbridge Crescent. These were added to at a later date. After the war they were given to the Borough Council on the understanding that Ekco employees would have the chance of first refusal on them. Even into the 1960s there were complaints of 'queue jumping' by Ekco employees over other council tenants as 41 of the 240 council houses were covered by this agreement.
Hobbes Close was built in 1952 and many of its 32 houses were occupied by Ekco employees including No.13 above where Colin Forward a Draughtsman for Ekco Cowbridge Lived.
Number Thirteen is just a ten minute walk from the town centre, three minutes from a supermarket and five minutes from the school and leisure centre. It is located in a cul-de-sac with wide spacing between the two rows of houses and has its own garage and sixty foot rear garden. Malmesbury is situated ten minutes North of junction 17 of the M4 and twenty minutes West of the main line station at Swindon.
David Forward
