Pop culture - Going away

Question 1

How did holidays become so popular?

Answer 1

Growing middle class - People had a means of disposable income and can now partake in leisure activities.

Bank Holidays Act 1871.

Changing social expectations and class relations post WWI - Different classes have met leading to cultural shifts (not so much of a divide). Growth of trade unionism and wider societal changes.

Holidays with Pay Act 1938.

Liberalisation of politics post WWII.

Question 2

What led to mass tourism after WWII?

Answer 2

Increase in holiday camps in the UK. Many were formerly barracks from the war effort and converted.

Satirisation of ‘HI-de-hi’.

Working class and middle coming together in certain places creating a shared understanding.