leisure and travel

Question 1

when was the first broadcast of live football?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

what occured during the 1920’s?

Answer 2

spectator sports increased

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

Question 3

what did the great depression cause?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

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

Answer 4

50,000

Question 5

what did the interwar years cause regarding transportation?

Answer 5

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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Question 6

what was the 1930 Road traffic act?

Answer 6

• no speed limit accept on dangerous roads.

Question 7

how many accidents occurred between 1920-30 on the road?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

how long did petrol rationing continue for ?

Answer 8

until 1950

Question 9

when did the first mini come out

Answer 9

1959

Question 10

what did the boom in cars create?

Answer 10

a new industry that provided the jobs such as:

• garages
• workshops
• manufacture

Question 11

how many cars were on the road by 1972?

Answer 11

13 million drivers on the road

• huge growth
• driving became safer due to increased regulations.

Question 12

what was travelling like during 1918?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

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

Answer 13

made British holidays more accessible

• more youth hostels
• peak district for caravaning was popular.

Question 14

what happened in 1920 regarding travel?

Answer 14

• 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.

Question 15

why was there a decline in butlin’s

Answer 15

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

Question 16

when did foreign tourism begin?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

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

Answer 17

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

Question 18

what was the hippy trail?

Answer 18

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