Chapter 3 - key dates and stats

Question 1

When was the ‘baby boom’?

Answer 1

1946-1964

Question 2

Which new towns were created to replace slums?

Answer 2

Harlow in Essex, Kirkby on Merseyside.

Question 3

How much did wages go up between 1951 and 1961?

Answer 3

£8.30 to £15.35 - nearly double

Question 4

When did rationing fully end?

Answer 4

1954

Question 5

When did ITV launch?

Answer 5

1955

Question 6

How much did TV ownership rise between 1957 and 1959?

Answer 6

32%

Question 7

By 1960, how much of the population had TV?

Answer 7

10 million sets in use, 50% watched TV in the evening.

Question 8

Apart from TV, which other home leisure activities were there?

Answer 8

DIY and gardening

Question 9

How much did car ownership rise between 1957 and 1959?

Answer 9

25%

Question 10

When did the first motorway begin construction?

Answer 10

1958 - Preston Bypass, followed by M1

Question 11

Between 1957 and 1963, how many miles of main roads were completed?

Answer 11

1200 miles.

Question 12

In the 1950s, how many people holidayed with Butlins each week?

Answer 12

60,000 per week

Question 13

What percent of the population enjoyed foreign holidays in the fifites?

Answer 13

less than 2%

Question 14

In the 1951, what percentage of the working class voted Labour?

Answer 14

65%

Question 15

In 1951, what percentage of the middle class voted Conservative?

Answer 15

80%

Question 16

When did the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament begin growing?

Answer 16

1958

Question 17

By what year was there a ‘satire boom’

Answer 17

1960

Question 18

When did the Private Eye become prominent?

Answer 18

1961

Question 19

Which ground-breaking TV show began in 1962

Answer 19

‘That Was The Week That Was’

Question 20

Which social scientists criticised the ‘class-ridden society’ of Britain?

Answer 20

Richard Hoggart, Anthony Sampson, C.P Snow

Question 21

What is an example of a play written by the ‘angry young men’?

Answer 21

‘Look Back in Anger’ by John Osborne, 1956.

Question 22

What was the average age of marriage for women in the 1950s?

Answer 22

21

Question 23

What percent of women were married in the 1950s?

Answer 23

75%

Question 24

How many women, on average, worked in 1951?

Answer 24

1 in 5

Question 25

When was equal pay for teachers achieved?

Answer 25

1952

Question 26

When was equal pay for civil servants achieved?

Answer 26

1954

Question 27

Between 1957 and 1959, how much did the percentage of those owning a washing machine rise by?

Answer 27

54%

Question 28

Between 1957 and 1959, how much did the percentage of those owning a fridge rise by?

Answer 28

58%

Question 29

When did the Empire Windrush arrive in Britain?

Answer 29

1948

Question 30

How many new migrants from the West Indies came on the Empire Windrush?

Answer 30

492

Question 31

By 1958, how many New Commonwealth immigrants settled in Britain?

Answer 31

210,000

Question 32

Of the Commonwealth immigrants (1951-60), how many were from the Caribbean?

Answer 32

132,000, over half

Question 33

Of the Commonwealth immigrants, how many were from India and Pakistan?

Answer 33

72,000

Question 34

In the 1950s, what was the scale of emigration and immigration?

Answer 34

676k settled in the UK, 1.32 million left

Question 35

In the 1960s, what was the scale of emigration and immigration?

Answer 35

1.25 million arrived, 1.92 million left

Question 36

When were the Notting Hill riots?

Answer 36

August 1958

Question 37

In which election did Oswald Mosley stand on a platform of repatriation in Kensington North?

Answer 37

1959

Question 38

When was the Commonwealth Immigrants Act passed?

Answer 38

1962

Question 39

When was the Nationality Act passed?

Answer 39

1948

Question 40

When did National Service end?

Answer 40

1960

Question 41

In 1959, how many teenagers were in Britain?

Answer 41

5 million, 10% of the population.

Question 42

When were 'Teddy Boys' prevalent?

Answer 42

The 1950s

Question 43

What replaced the Teddy Boys in the late 1950s?

Answer 43

The Mods and the Rockers

Question 44

When did Rock and Roll reach Britain?

Answer 44

1955, with Rock Around the Clock

Question 45

What did Rockers do?

Answer 45

Rode heavy motorcycles, wore leather and listened to rock and roll.

Question 46

What did Mods do?

Answer 46

Rode scooters, wore suits and listened to pop music

Question 47

In which places was there organised rioting in the early 60s?

Answer 47

The holiday resorts of Clacton, Margate and Brighton

Question 48

How long did rioting last for in Brighton in May 1964?

Answer 48

2 days

Question 49

In which crime Thriller was racial tension portrayed?

Answer 49

Sapphire, 1959

Question 50

Where was Z Cars set?

Answer 50

Merseyside

Question 51

Which novel was produced by Anthony Burgess in 1962?

Answer 51

A Clockwork Orange

Question 52

Which novel helped Penguin Books win a high-profile court case over the Obscenity Act?

Answer 52

Lady Chatterley's Lover, 1962

Question 53

Who led the campaign against 'immorality' during the 1950s and 60s?

Answer 53

Mary Whitehouse