growth in leisure activities-why was more time spent on leisure activities in 1960s Flashcards
shorter working hours
average 48 hour week in 1940s fallen to a 40 hour week in the 1950s
how many industrial companies gave their employees 2 weeks paid holiday each year?
99% of industrial companies
-many professionals received more than 2 weeks
what was rising throughout1950s and 1960s?
incomes and standards of living
what allowed travel?
mass ownership of cars
what exposed Brits to adverts for leisure activities
mass ownership of TVs
increasing social mobility, increasing aspiration
indulging in leisure activities seen to be ‘middle class’
package holidays
growth of tourist companies, passenger aircraft, falling cost of overseas travel
saturday mornings + weekends could be given over for
leisure activities