Changes Of Family Leisure

Question 1

1885

Answer 1

John Kemp Starley launches ‘Rover’ first commercially safety bicycle

Question 2

1896

Answer 2

Gullielmo Marconi patents the radio in Britain
First demonstration of moving images in Britain
First British fiction film made

Question 3

1912

Answer 3

British Board of Film Censors established

Question 4

1922

Answer 4

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) makes its first radio broadcast

Question 5

1929

Answer 5

The BBC makes its first television broadcast
Travel Association is established to attract foreign tourists to the UK

Question 6

1936

Answer 6

Regular television broadcasts begin from Alexandra Palace, London
First Butlin’s holiday cap set up at Skegness

Question 7

1938

Answer 7

Holidays with Pay Act
Boeing 307 offers the first pressurized cabin
Frank Whittle’s jet engine first demonstrated

Question 8

1947

Answer 8

Transportation Act: nationalizes railways and leads to creation of the British Transport Commission in 1948

Question 9

1950

Answer 9

Horizon Holidays offers the first overseas package holidays, taking students and teachers to camps in Corsica

Question 10

1960

Answer 10

Civil Aviation (licensing) Act: allows for the growth of non-scheduled flights

Question 11

1963

Answer 11

Benching Report (The reshaping of British Railways) recommends the closure of 2,363 stations and 5,000 miles of track

Question 12

1967

Answer 12

First Colour Television broadcasts begin
BBC Radio 1 launched and private radio banned

Question 13

1973

Answer 13

Independent broadcasting Authorty Act: allow the establishment of commercial radio stations in Britain
BOAC and BEA merge to form BA

Question 14

1977

Answer 14

Apple launches the first mass-produced personal computer

Question 15

1985

Answer 15

Ryanair launched after the USA’s 1978 Airline Deregulation Act: promotes the growth of European budget airlines

Question 16

1991

Answer 16

Tim Berners-Lee creates the first website using his invention, the World Wide Web