Effects Of Increased Car Ownership

Question 1

Britain had to invest in ring roads and dual carriageways such as

Answer 1

Preston bypass 1958 and first stretch of M1
Watford to Yorkshire in 1959 = broke up farmland,estates and residential districts
- made creations of service stations a necessity (e.g Watford gap on m1)

Question 2

What suffered a decline as more people travelled by car

Answer 2

Bus,coach and train travel

Question 3

By 1962 British rail was making how much worth of losses?

Answer 3

£104 million which was growing year on year

Question 4

Dr Richard breeching published breeching report. What did this recommend

Answer 4

-closure of all non-major lines
-closure of 2,359 stations
-reduction of the network from 21,000 km to 13,000km
-loss of 160,000 jobs over 7 years

Question 5

Prime minister at time, Harold Macmillian’s reaction to Breeching report

Answer 5

Agreed to the recommendations despite fierce public opposition

Question 6

A shift from communal activities to private/family activities example

Answer 6

Touring holidays and caravanning

Question 7

Out of town supermarkets forced smaller markets to close. How many out of town supermarkets in 1958 than in 1972

Answer 7

300 in 1958 compared to 5000 by 1972

Question 8

People could work in a town without

Answer 8

Living there + easily access better schools
- lack of mobility increasingly = symbol of the ‘underclass’