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The festival of Britain: when was it

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Summer 1951

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The festival of Britain: aims

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Cheer people up after post war austerity, raise British morale and promote the feeling of recovery

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What was it’s symbol

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The skylon tower

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The festival of Britain: main purpose according the Gerald Barry, director general

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To put Britain on show and exhibit what the country had achieved since the war

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The festival of Britain: dome of discovery

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One of main centrepieces showing scientific progress

Could see synthetic dyes, electrical instruments and a developing embryo

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The festival of Britain: what could visitors learn about in the health pavilion

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Blood, the nervous system, vaccination, training of nurses and surgical instruments

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The festival of Britain: what did it consciously imitate

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The 1851 great exhibition

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The festival of Britain: how many visitors were there

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8.5 million

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The festival of Britain: what was there at battersea Park

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AmericAn style rides on the sky wheel, bubble bounce and flyo plane

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The festival of Britain: when did festival close

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September 1951

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The festival of Britain: how did right wing daily express

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Social extravagance

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The festival of Britain: what did actor Kenneth Williams think

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Madly educative and very tiring

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Continuing austerity: when did bread and potato rationing end

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1948

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Continuing austerity: when we’re eggs and soap no longer restricted from

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1950

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Continuing austerity: what we’re still rationed

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Meat, cheese, fats, tea sugar and sweets

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Continuing austerity: what led to a weekly meet ration of four ounces beef or five ounces lamb chop per person

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Mistakes over imports made my ministry of food in 1950

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Continuing austerity: austerity other than food

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Another fuel shortage, food import prices went up following devaluation in 1949 and the housing shortage remained severe

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Continuing austerity: what was official gov estimate of houses a shortfall of

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700.000 but independent experts thought it was higjer

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Continuing austerity: what did bevan minister of health concentrate on

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Council house building and quality rather than quantity

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Continuing austerity: how many council houses built between 1945-51

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807,000

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Continuing austerity: how did fall in poverty become knows

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Rowntree’s survey in 1950

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Continuing austerity: how did poverty fall

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Welfare reforms financed by high taxation helped poorest part of working class and labour gov achieved clviteually full employment over time in office

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Labour divisions: who were contrasting opinions held by

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Herbert Morrison and aneurin Bevin

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Labour divisions: what did bevan want to continue further with

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Nationalisation and bring out a more fundemebtak reorganisation in society

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Labour divisions: what would bevans ideas on nationalisation appeal to

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The working classes

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Labour divisions: what did Morrison want to focus on

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Consolidation to ensure that labour continued to win the support of middle class voters

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Labour divisions: why did Morrison win the argument to hold back on promising more nationalisation in the 1950 election

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His ideas were more representative of the cabinet

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Labour divisions: who else did bevan fall out with

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Hugh Gaitskell, chancellor of the exchequer

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Labour divisions: what did the bevanites criticise

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Charges for spectacles dental treatment and prescriptions

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Labour divisions: what did bevan argue that charges contravened with

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The founding principle of NHS that it should be free at point of treatment

Went against basic labour values

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Labour divisions: how did bevan criticise the rearmament programme

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He and his supporters felt attlees gov had developed too close an association with Cold War politicise of US

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Labour divisions: when did bevan resign

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23 April 1951

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Labour divisions: why was bevanite rebellion disastrous for labour

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Encouraged other labour MPs to speak out openly which further encouraged conservatives in their attacks

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Labour divisions: what was labours lajority after 1950 election

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5

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Conservative reorganisation and elections of 1950 and 1951: why were conservatives in much better shape by 1951

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Lord Woolton reorganised party’s electoral machine and began a great fundraising scheme and a new membership drive

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Conservative reorganisation and elections of 1950 and 1951: what did conservatives exploit and oppose

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Labours setbacks and opposed nationalisation of road haulage and steel

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Conservative reorganisation and elections of 1950 and 1951: how did conservatives effectively agree to a post war consensus

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Committed to Preservig NHS and other welfare reforms as well as maintaining most of nationalised industries in state hands

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Conservative reorganisation and elections of 1950 and 1951: how many houses did they agree to build per year

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300,000

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Conservative reorganisation and elections of 1950 and 1951: what did Hugh dalton state about labours positok in 1950

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We have office without power

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Conservative reorganisation and elections of 1950 and 1951: why did Attlee call a new election in October 1951

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Carrying on governing with such a small parliamentary majority proved very difficult

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Conservative reorganisation and elections of 1950 and 1951: who won overall majority 1051 election

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Conservatives

42
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Reasons for labours loss of support: what did result of 1950 election prove despite labour not suffering a sudden or massive drop in voter support

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A serious handicap

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Reasons for labours loss of support: what was the issue with the election being held in February

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It was before the full extent of recovery was fully realised

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Reasons for labours loss of support: what were many voters still influenced by at 1951 election

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1949 devaluation

45
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Reasons for labours loss of support: why else was economic recovery faltering again in 1951

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Impact of Korean War

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Reasons for labours loss of support: which gov controls had some voters grown tired of

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Associated bureaucracy, red tape and high levels of taxTion

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Reasons for labours loss of support: what did many years of strict rationing and austerity convince people that

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It was time for a channge

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Reasons for labours loss of support: how did conservatives play on fact that it was time for change

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Promises more freedom and home ownership with a property owning democracy

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Reasons for labours loss of support: why were many labour leaders ill and exhausted

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Attlee, Morrison and Bevin had been continuously in gov, in high pressure situations since formation of Churchill’s wartime coalition gov

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Reasons for labours loss of support: how many voters had conservatives gained 1945-51 to
Labours 2 million

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4 million

51
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Reasons for labours loss of support: how did conservatives benefit from liberals decision to only put up 109 candidates

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Nearly 2 million ex liberal votes that became available went largely to conservatives

52
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Reasons for labours loss of support: impact of internal divisions over economic, welfare and foreign policies

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Weakened positions

53
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Reasons for labours loss of support: what was defeat of labour by in 1951

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A relatively small margin

54
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Reasons for labours loss of support: what wa labours defeat largely down to

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First past the post

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