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Social Developments 1951-64 Flashcards

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1
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How we’re living standards changing?

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More jobs 
Extra income 
Tech - labour saving 
Higher education 
People more segregated - less social activities 
Decline in sexual morality 
Young sceptical of traditional values
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What are the problems with the affluent society?

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Materialistic values
Increase in juvenile delinquency
Prostitution and illegitimacy - decline in sexual morality

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Name two popular magazines on the 60s

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The practical householder

Man about the house

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How many homes have a garden in the sixties?

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4 out of 5

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When is the worlds first hover - mower?

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1969 - Flymo

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What was a popular woman’s magazine in the sixties?

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Stitchcraft

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What were the changes in leisure outside the home?

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Pubs 
Outdoor games + cinema declined 
Eating establishments appeared 
Shopping centres 
Caravanning
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8
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Who is Barry bucknell?

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Bbcs own diy expert

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What was Barry’s 1950s series and how many people watched it?

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Do it yourself
7 million people
He’s a household name

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10
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What was Barry’s new series in 1962?

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Bucknells house

32 week series of him restoring it

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11
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What show did Percy thrower do?

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1969 gardeners world

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12
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How many homes had a TV in 1964?

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17 million

13 million had itv

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13
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What were the reasons for the growth in leisure?

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Shorter working hours 
Paid leave of two weeks 
TVs 
Improved education - social mobility 
Rising incomes 
Cars 
Tourism industry
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What were the working hours in the 60s?

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Pre 1945 48hours
1950s 40 hours
1960s weekends off

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15
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How many industrial companies had increased their workers paid leave to two weeks?

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99%

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What had the men’s weekly wage risen to in 1961?

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£8.30 1951

£15.35 1961

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17
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How many families had a car by 1964?

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38%

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What was the growth of the tourism industry?

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Butlins
Package holidays
Cheaper air travel

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What does having a car mean?

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People can travel easier and quicker than train - more direct routes

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What bypass was being built in 1959?

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St. Albans bypass
132 new bridges built for it eg bridge over river ooze
17miles service roads built

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What was good about the work created by St. Albans bypass?

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4000 men employed

Workers had to be brought in from the commonwealth because there weren’t enough people in Britain

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22
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How many holidays were being taken in 1971 compared to 1961 and 1951?

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41 million
61 - 34 million
51 - 27 million

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How many holidays were taken abroad in 1971 compared to 1961?

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7 million

61 - 4 million

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Why did butlins ban single teenagers in 1968?

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Dens of vice and vandalism were being reported in newspapers driving families away

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25
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What did the issue of new passports do in 1956-66

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Double

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When did British overseas air corporation begin its first regular Boeing 707 service from London to New York?

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1960

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Which airways served holidaymakers traveling to Spain?

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Britannia airways 1964

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28
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How much did two weeks at Benidorm cost in the 60s?

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£20

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29
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How did mass tourism impact British culture?

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Wine more popular (sales double 1960s)
Lager replaces British bitter
Continental foods appear in shops 
Cookbooks widely bought eg 
Elizabeth David's French provincial cooking 1960 
Foreign restaurants open
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30
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What did ringo arrive in India with?

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Two suitcases one filled with clothes the other with cans of baked beans

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What did the war do to the aviation industry?

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Created lots of experienced pilots
Lots of people had flown
Increased knowledge of weather
Improved maps and knowledge of foreign terrain
Thousands of aircrafts made
Large assortment of surplus aircraft designs
Jet aircraft

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32
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When were the jumbo jets developed?

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Late 1960s

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33
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When was American expresses first credit card?

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1958

34
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What was the advantages of the Boeing 747?

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Flew further with more passengers in a shorter time and at a cheaper price

35
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What was the attitude to women in the 1960s?

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House wives - 75% married 
Average marriage age 21 
80% don't work 1951 
Family allowance - don't need to work
Mortgages and bank accounts in man names
Trade unions don't support women
Lives changed from labour saving devices
36
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Why didn’t women with children want to work?

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Thought it would damage the children

37
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Why didn’t trade unions support the women?

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Thought it would lower wages

38
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When was equal pay for teachers?

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1952

39
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Between 1957 and 1959 how many more households had a washing machine and a refrigerator?

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54% washing machine

59% refrigerators

40
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How long would washing have taken without a washing machine?

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A day

41
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How many immigrants had entered the country by 1958?

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210 000 - working men

42
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What were the problems with immigration?

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Racism - August 1958 white Nottingham gangs hunted down black people
Notting hill riot of 1958

43
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What shows that not many people supported racism?

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Oswald Moseley tried to get elected on anti immigration 1959 - won 8.1% of vote
1994 screaming lord satch won 4.2% of votes and his manifesto included socks being sold in packs of 3 in case lost one

44
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Give an example of a washing machine in the 60s

A

Hot point liberator

45
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What were the immigrants living conditions like?

A

Run down
6 or 7 people to a room
Weekly rent 30 shillings
Manual labour even though they were qualified for other jobs

46
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What did pathe news refer to the immigrants as?

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Our Jamaican problem

A pathetic sight

47
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How did mass tourism change attitudes to race?

A

Experienced foreign culture
Benidorm had a British flavour people took their own food
Most migrants fro the commonwealth so holidays to Europe don’t help people understand their culture

48
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How did mass tourism change attitudes to social mobility?

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Mixed with other people on a package holiday
More free time
Community feel

49
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What did caravan clubs membership do over the 60s?

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Double

50
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Ow did the motor car change attitudes to community?

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Less bus and public transport - less mixing - independence and isolation

51
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How did the motor car change attitudes to social mobility?

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Mini meant the average worker could afford one

Split in society - car owners and non car owners

52
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When was the mini created?

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1959

53
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How much was the mini?

A

Under £500

54
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When was the Chatterley ban lifted?

A

1962

55
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What did the political scandals do?

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Break down attitudes towards sex
Change people’s attitudes of govt
Establishment could be questioned

56
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Who created the mini?

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Alec issigonis - commissioned to design cheap economical Britsh car to rival bubble cars

57
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What did purchasers of esso get in 1963?

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A mini tiger tail for for their arial or petrol cap

58
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Who drove a mini?

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Lord snowdon
Peter sellers
Twiggy

59
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When was the m1 built?

A

1959

60
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What was the environmental impact of the roads?

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Demolition of historic buildings
Sprawling development
Residential districts sacrifices for straight roads

61
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How many journeys by 1974 were by cars?

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77%

62
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What was the first motorway service station?

A

Watford cap m1 1959

63
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What was 1/5th of all holiday accommodation in 1970?

A

Caravans

64
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When was the e type jag made?

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1961
£2 200
Fastest speed of 150 mph

65
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What was the choice of affluent professionals for a car?

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Ford cortina at £639

66
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What loss did British rail face in 1960 and 1962?

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1960 - £68 million

1962 - £104 million

67
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What was the effect of the motor car on the rail industry?

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Closure of all branch lines
5000 miles of track dismantled
2359 stations closed
160 000 jobs lost

68
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How many people a year are killed in roads in 1965?

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8000 people

69
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How much of cinema admissions were the youth?

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1/3rd

70
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How much of the youths spending was on entertainment?

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1/2

71
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How many bicycles and motorbikes were sold to the youth?

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1/3rd

72
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How much of the record market were the youth?

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40%

73
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Between 1961 and 1969 how many students were in higher education?

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Doubled

74
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Why did the youth have loads of money?

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Plenty of job opportunities - low skilled labour in demand
Hourly pay rates growing faster than adults
Live with parents - no fixed financial commitments
Increase in wages
More spare time (appliances)

75
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What was a 1959 science fiction film about an et space ship landing on earth to use it as a farm for its food supply called?

A

Teenagers from outer space

76
Q

When was rebel without a cause?

A

1955
James dean
Shows generational divide
Film huge influence to teens

77
Q

When was the wild one?

A

1957

Marlon Brando

78
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What’s a famous quote from the wild ones?

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“What are you rebelling against?

What have you got?”

79
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Who did that was the week that was?

A

Oxbridge graduates

80
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Name 7 new stuff that was available in the sixties

A 
Cars 
TV 
Radios & LPs 
Home cooking appliances 
Telephones 
Frozen food 
Pubs used more

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