20. Britain By 1951 Flashcards
The festival of Britain: when was it
Summer 1951
The festival of Britain: aims
Cheer people up after post war austerity, raise British morale and promote the feeling of recovery
What was it’s symbol
The skylon tower
The festival of Britain: main purpose according the Gerald Barry, director general
To put Britain on show and exhibit what the country had achieved since the war
The festival of Britain: dome of discovery
One of main centrepieces showing scientific progress
Could see synthetic dyes, electrical instruments and a developing embryo
The festival of Britain: what could visitors learn about in the health pavilion
Blood, the nervous system, vaccination, training of nurses and surgical instruments
The festival of Britain: what did it consciously imitate
The 1851 great exhibition
The festival of Britain: how many visitors were there
8.5 million
The festival of Britain: what was there at battersea Park
AmericAn style rides on the sky wheel, bubble bounce and flyo plane
The festival of Britain: when did festival close
September 1951
The festival of Britain: how did right wing daily express
Social extravagance
The festival of Britain: what did actor Kenneth Williams think
Madly educative and very tiring
Continuing austerity: when did bread and potato rationing end
1948
Continuing austerity: when we’re eggs and soap no longer restricted from
1950
Continuing austerity: what we’re still rationed
Meat, cheese, fats, tea sugar and sweets
Continuing austerity: what led to a weekly meet ration of four ounces beef or five ounces lamb chop per person
Mistakes over imports made my ministry of food in 1950
Continuing austerity: austerity other than food
Another fuel shortage, food import prices went up following devaluation in 1949 and the housing shortage remained severe
Continuing austerity: what was official gov estimate of houses a shortfall of
700.000 but independent experts thought it was higjer
Continuing austerity: what did bevan minister of health concentrate on
Council house building and quality rather than quantity
Continuing austerity: how many council houses built between 1945-51
807,000
Continuing austerity: how did fall in poverty become knows
Rowntree’s survey in 1950