leisure and travel Flashcards

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when was the first broadcast of live football?

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1936 the FA (Football Association) was hesitant to do so incase it stopped people buying tickets however it increased the amount of veiws.

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2
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what occured during the 1920’s?

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spectator sports increased

- racing could be watched for free, and between 1920-1930, 22 million watched professional football every year,

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3
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what did the great depression cause?

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football and cricket clubs struggled to run due to not being able to sell tickets

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4
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how many of the middle class watched the rider cup final in 1933 ?

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50,000

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5
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what did the interwar years cause regarding transportation?

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decline in the use of trams and hourse drawn carriages
- 1934 there was 2.5 million cars on the road
- during the early 30’s car prices decreased which led to increased expansion of British roads.
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what was the 1930 Road traffic act?

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  • no speed limit accept on dangerous roads.
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how many accidents occurred between 1920-30 on the road?

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between 1926-1930 there were 124,000 car crashes and 4,800 deaths.

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how long did petrol rationing continue for ?

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until 1950

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9
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when did the first mini come out

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1959

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10
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what did the boom in cars create?

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a new industry that provided the jobs such as:

  • garages
  • workshops
  • manufacture
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11
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how many cars were on the road by 1972?

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13 million drivers on the road

  • huge growth
  • driving became safer due to increased regulations.
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12
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what was travelling like during 1918?

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very limited - travelling abroad and any types of holidays were mainly for the upper classes.

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what did the emergence of cars in the 30’s cause regarding travel?

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made British holidays more accessible

  • more youth hostels
  • peak district for caravaning was popular.
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14
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what happened in 1920 regarding travel?

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  • 4,000 boarding houses
  • billy butlin created the first holiday camp in Skegness with the slogan “a weeks holiday for a weeks wage”
  • butlin’s holiday camps in Skegness and Clacton provided 100,000 people a holiday a year.
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why was there a decline in butlin’s

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during the 60’s media coverage of youth drinking and sex scandals
- the emergence of other holiday camps making Butlins seem dated.

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16
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when did foreign tourism begin?

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the increased disposable income in the 60’s as well as employee’s being given holiday leave =

  • growth of holidays to the Mediterranean took up 4% of all holidays in 1968 to 8% in 1971
17
Q

what did governments do to keep the value of the £ high

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limited how much money they took out of the country to £50

18
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what was the hippy trail?

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rising living standards and levels of education led to alternative ideas about travel in 70’s:

  • young people who wanted a more authentic experience rejected materialism
  • travelled a route Nepal to India known as the Hippy trail,
  • they wanted to find themselves