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Sport and travel Flashcards

1
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How big were the crowds that Epsom, Aintree and Derby race courses could draw in the interwar years?

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Between 200,000 and 500,000

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How many people watched football annually throughout the interwar years?

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22 million

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What happened to sport during the depression?

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many sports clubs had to shut down due to low ticket sales, all rugby clubs outside of Lancashire and Yorkshire shut down, middle-class sports managed to retain viewership.

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What sports maintained large audiences during the depression?

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Tennis, show jumping and golf.

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What did BBC broadcasts initially do for sport?

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Got people more invested meaning more went to games.

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What happened to the sale of football tickets between 1948 and 1958?

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Declined from 41 million to 30 million.

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Why was there a decline in sport and football attendance?

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There were other competing leisures such as TV. Hooliganism began in the 60s which turned many people away from football matches as they viewed it as violent.

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What happened to cricket during the 50s and 60s?

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Went from being the nations favourite game to being one with a stigma of middle/upper classes and colonialism.

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Why did more people start going to watch sport during the 20s and 30s?

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More people had disposable income and more people had the time.

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10
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What was sport used for in the war?

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Mainly morale. Military could form highly trained teams. Many games were used in aid of charity e.g match at Chelsea raised £8,000 for naval warfare charities

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11
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What kind of matches were played during the war?

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Cricket matches between the London Counties XI and the colonies XI. Fa services football team played matches in newly liberated France and Belgium

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12
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What fraction of the working class took regular holidays abroad in the 60s as opposed to the middle class?

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One third of middle class, one fifth of working class

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How many holidayed abroad in 1951 compared to 1972

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1.5 million compared to 8.5 million

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How many working class employees had access to paid holidays and bank holidays by 1925?

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1.5 million

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What influence did car ownership have on domestic tourism in the interwar period?

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Meant people could travel to the coast not by train. people were starting to drive to the lake district and cultural sites such as Stratford Upon Avon.

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16
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How many people did coaches transport in 1936?

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82 million to rural parts of Britain

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17
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By 1939 how many cars were on the road?

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2 million

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What holidays were more and more people taking in the 30s?

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Cultural holidays such as Stratford Upon Avon and holidays to the lake district.

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What is a boarding house and how many of these were in Blackpool by the 1920s?

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Somewhere that people could stay when they went on a beach holiday. 4,000

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How many annual visitors did the Skegness and Clacton Butlins camps have in 1939

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100,000

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What happened when Butlins tried to shift to a younger demographic?

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It completely ruined their image of a family holiday area. There were reports of inappropriate behaviour.

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What were the main reasons for the decline of Butlins?

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The rise in package holidays and general holidays abroad. The declining image of Butlins due to it seeming to military and then its image being ruined by youth.

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23
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How much paid leave did most employees have in the 1960s?

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2 weeks

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24
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How many holidays abroad did Brits take in 1971 as opposed to 1981?

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4 million, rising to 13 million.

25
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Why did the number of people taking holidays abroad increase?

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People could take £25 out of the country. People were richer, foreign holidays were cheaper. People had more time off.

26
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What other holidays became popular in the 1960s?

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Caravan holidays (20%), the ‘hippy trail’ - something that young people would go on.

27
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By 1965 what % of adults had two weeks paid holiday a year and what % had none?

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60% and 25%

28
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What happened to public transport in the interwar period?

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Trains remained extremely popular, there was a rise in buses but a decline in trams.

29
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By 1934 how many cars were on British roads?

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2.5 million.

30
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What were car prices like in the 30s as compared to the 20s?

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Very expensive in the 20s- £250 got a lot cheaper in the 30s at around £100-125

31
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How could working class people get cars?

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They would save up together ton buy a car. Second hand would cost between £40 and £70

32
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How many cars were in London by the end of the 60s?

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2.2 million

33
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How many drivers were on British roads by 1972?

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13 million

34
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What % of cars were imported by 1979?

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50%

35
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How many Km did people travel in cars in 1952 and 1969?

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58 billion - 286 billion

36
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When did the M1 open and where did it go between?

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1959 between London and Birmingham

37
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What did the Beeching Axe do?

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Significantly cut down on the amount of rail. Removed 5,000 miles of railway. This eventually led to Britain having half of its pre war rail capacity.

38
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What were the consequences of the Beeching axe?

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More congestion on the roads, decline in people using rail.

39
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How many air passengers were there in 1937, 55 and 70?

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fewer than 250,000, fewer than 1 million, 14 million.

40
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What % of cars bought during the 30s were for leisure purposes?

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75%

41
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How many owned cars by 1970?

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11.8 million

42
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When was peak football attendance and what were the rates of ticket sales?

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1948/49. 41.2 million

43
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When did Walthamstow dogs open and how many could attend its events?

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1933, 100,000

44
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How many paid to see the Ryder cup in 1933?

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50,000

45
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How many watched the 1966 world cup on TV?

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32 million

46
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How many annually visited the lake district in the 30s?

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72,000

47
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What happened to the % of British holidays to the Mediterranean between 1968 and 72?

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Rose from 4% to 8% of British holidays

48
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What % had gone caravanning by the 1970s?

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Over 50%

49
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What road developments took place in the 30s?

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The Mersey Tunnel opened in 1934 and the great North Road was finished in 1939

50
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What did the 1930 road traffic act do?

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Removed the speed limit, introduced compulsory 3rd party insurance, introduced the highway code, gave power to local authorities to control traffic through traffic lights, roundabouts, one way streets.

51
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between 1926 and 1930 how many car crashes were there?

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124,000

52
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In 1934 how many injuries were there due to car accidents?

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231,603

53
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Why did the car industry not grow much in the 40s?

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a lot of industrial production was focussed on making planes and Warcraft rather than cars, petrol was also rationed until 1950.

54
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What was the most popular car of the late 50s early 60s?

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The mini

55
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When did the first motorway open and how big was it? What followed the year after?

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1958- The Preston Bypass, 8 mile track of motorway.

1959- the M1 connected London and Brimingham

56
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What cuts to railway were made before the Beeching axe

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3,000 miles had been cut in the 1950s

57
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What happened to railway passenger KM between 1956, 65 and 82

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Went from 994 million to 865 million to 31 million.

58
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When did the first international air service begin?

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1919 - one passenger was transported to France.

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