(4c) Leisure and travel Flashcards

Question

When was the M1 constructed?

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It used to be a railway line before the Beeching Axe of 1963

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1 million passengers in 1955 14 million by 1970

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There was a dramatic shift away from horse-drawn carriages Rapid decline in tram usage - town & city councils switched to buses instead

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1923 - over 200,000 | 1937 - 12,000

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Nearly 2.5 million Half were privately owned

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They were very expensive - far beyond anything most families could afford The Rover 10/25 cost £250 (approx. £11,000 today)

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Car prices fell considerably An Austin Seven cost £125 & the Morris Minor SV was the first £100 car

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It was overwhelmingly to preserve the middle classes - the prices were affordable to the middle class However second hand sellers would sell cars for £40 and £70 for those who couldn't afford new ones

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Several families would form syndicates where they shared the cost & usage of the car

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It removed speed limits from all but the most dangerous stretches of road The normal 20mph speed limit was almost unenforcable

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- Compulsory third party insurance - The Highway Code - Powers for local authorities to control traffic with traffic lights, roundabouts & one-way streets

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Finished in 1939

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It led to Britian's road network expanding FINISH THIS CARD

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Football, rugby, cricket

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Radio being able to broadcast outside from the 1920s onwards. This built interest and excitement around organised sport. Instead of reducing the amount of people wanting to watch matches, it actually increased attendance.

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A need for distraction, beginning in the 1930s, it was clear that the economic hardship of the country meant that people needed an escape. This cultural idea of sport being the “most important of the least important things” is now embedded in British culture.

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Cheap stadia. Before the Hillsborough disaster in the 1980s, football stadiums had been able to “cram people in”. The record figure for people at one match was 118,567 at Ibrox in Glasgow. Today, Ibrox’s capacity is 50,817.

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with the advent of television and the rise in television ownership in the 1950s, it developed fandom but also made it aspirational to attend a game in the flesh. Developments in technology educated people in sport. Events like the Olympics and the World Cup in football were beamed into people's homes. The 1966 World Cup Final received 32 million viewers.

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Youth culture. Sadly, some groups saw spectator sport as the perfect opportunity to mix and get excitement from violence and hooliganism. This became an issue from the 1960s onwards.

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spending in sport in the 1960s and 1970s. The government developed the Sports Council of Great Britain in 1972.

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Sport became linked to the Public Health strategy of the country and was more of the soft move towards more focus on preventative health measures as a way of taking pressure off the NHS, which by the 1970s was clearly a victim of its own success.

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2% of the UK’s GDP.

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Spectator sport helped shed light on issues in British society such as racism. The reception some black players such as John Barnes and Cyrille Regis received led to open discussions about racism and some gradual social changes in what was acceptable behaviour.

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Sport played a role in breaking down class barriers. Spectator sports led to the growth of sports stars and many footballers in particular came from working class backgrounds.