Chapter 3 - key dates and stats Flashcards
When was the ‘baby boom’?
1946-1964
Which new towns were created to replace slums?
Harlow in Essex, Kirkby on Merseyside.
How much did wages go up between 1951 and 1961?
£8.30 to £15.35 - nearly double
When did rationing fully end?
1954
When did ITV launch?
1955
How much did TV ownership rise between 1957 and 1959?
32%
By 1960, how much of the population had TV?
10 million sets in use, 50% watched TV in the evening.
Apart from TV, which other home leisure activities were there?
DIY and gardening
How much did car ownership rise between 1957 and 1959?
25%
When did the first motorway begin construction?
1958 - Preston Bypass, followed by M1
Between 1957 and 1963, how many miles of main roads were completed?
1200 miles.
In the 1950s, how many people holidayed with Butlins each week?
60,000 per week
What percent of the population enjoyed foreign holidays in the fifites?
less than 2%
In the 1951, what percentage of the working class voted Labour?
65%
In 1951, what percentage of the middle class voted Conservative?
80%
When did the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament begin growing?
1958
By what year was there a ‘satire boom’
1960
When did the Private Eye become prominent?
1961
Which ground-breaking TV show began in 1962
‘That Was The Week That Was’
Which social scientists criticised the ‘class-ridden society’ of Britain?
Richard Hoggart, Anthony Sampson, C.P Snow
What is an example of a play written by the ‘angry young men’?
‘Look Back in Anger’ by John Osborne, 1956.
What was the average age of marriage for women in the 1950s?
21
What percent of women were married in the 1950s?
75%
How many women, on average, worked in 1951?
1 in 5
When was equal pay for teachers achieved?
1952
When was equal pay for civil servants achieved?
1954
Between 1957 and 1959, how much did the percentage of those owning a washing machine rise by?
54%
Between 1957 and 1959, how much did the percentage of those owning a fridge rise by?
58%
When did the Empire Windrush arrive in Britain?
1948
How many new migrants from the West Indies came on the Empire Windrush?
492
By 1958, how many New Commonwealth immigrants settled in Britain?
210,000
Of the Commonwealth immigrants (1951-60), how many were from the Caribbean?
132,000, over half
Of the Commonwealth immigrants, how many were from India and Pakistan?
72,000
In the 1950s, what was the scale of emigration and immigration?
676k settled in the UK, 1.32 million left
In the 1960s, what was the scale of emigration and immigration?
1.25 million arrived, 1.92 million left
When were the Notting Hill riots?
August 1958
In which election did Oswald Mosley stand on a platform of repatriation in Kensington North?
1959
When was the Commonwealth Immigrants Act passed?
1962
When was the Nationality Act passed?
1948
When did National Service end?
1960
In 1959, how many teenagers were in Britain?
5 million, 10% of the population.
When were ‘Teddy Boys’ prevalent?
The 1950s
What replaced the Teddy Boys in the late 1950s?
The Mods and the Rockers
When did Rock and Roll reach Britain?
1955, with Rock Around the Clock
What did Rockers do?
Rode heavy motorcycles, wore leather and listened to rock and roll.
What did Mods do?
Rode scooters, wore suits and listened to pop music
In which places was there organised rioting in the early 60s?
The holiday resorts of Clacton, Margate and Brighton
How long did rioting last for in Brighton in May 1964?
2 days
In which crime Thriller was racial tension portrayed?
Sapphire, 1959
Where was Z Cars set?
Merseyside
Which novel was produced by Anthony Burgess in 1962?
A Clockwork Orange
Which novel helped Penguin Books win a high-profile court case over the Obscenity Act?
Lady Chatterley’s Lover, 1962
Who led the campaign against ‘immorality’ during the 1950s and 60s?
Mary Whitehouse
