THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
1944 – BUTLER EDUCATION ACT
1945 – ELECTION ATLEE WON
1945 – END OF WW2
1946 – NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT
1946 – NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE ACT
1946 – ATOMIC ENERGY ACT (US) BLOCKED COLLABERATION
1947 – 140,000 HOUSES BUILT
1947 – WITHDREW FROM INDIA
1948 – NHS
1948 – NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT
1948 – 284,000 HOUSES BUILT
1948 – BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT
1949 – B HELPED FOUND NATO
1951 – CHURCHILL ELECTED
1951 – CON MANIFESTO TO BUILD 300,000 HOUSES
1951 – IMPORT 25% + SAME NUMBER EXPORTS
1951 – CONFORMIST SOCIETY
1951 – 1 IN 5 WOMEN WENT TO WORK
1951 – MENS WAGE £8.30
1951 764,000 HAD TV/RADIO LISENCES
1950 – START OF KOREAN WAR
1950 – THE SCHUMAN PLAN
1951 – BURGESS AND MACLEAN AFFAIR
1952 – FIRST BRITISH ATOMIC BOMB
1952 – EQUAL PAY FOR TEACHERS
1952 – STARTED ATOMIC TESTS (5 YEARS = 12 ATMOSPHERIC TEST)
1952 – MAU MAU REBELLION KENYA
1953 – THE QUEENS CORINATION
1953 – END OF KOREAN WAR
1954 – EQUAL PAY FOR CIVIL SERVANTS
1954 – FOOD RATIONING ENDED
1954 – NASSER = RULER OF EGYPT
1954 – MINISTRY OF DEFENCE REPORT
1955 – EDEN ELECTED
1955 – ATLEE NO LONGER LAB LEADER
1955 – GAITSKELL BECOME LAB LEADER
1955 – GIVE AWAY BUDGER – BUTLER
1955 – 4 MILL HAD TV/RADIO LISENCES
1955 – EEC CREATED
1956 – SUEZ CRISIS
1956 – THE CLEAN AIR ACT
1956 – FRANK COUSIN LEADER ON TGWU
1956 – MANCHESTER GUARDIAN ITV PROGRAMMES = 'ORDINARY TRASH'
1956 – SUEZ CRISIS
1957 – MACMILLIAN ELECTED
, 1957 – THE HOMICISE ACT
1957 – THE HOUSING ACT
1957 – WOLFEDEN COMMISSION
1957 – BEVAN ANOUNCED UNILATERAL NUCLEAR DISARNMENT
1957 – WASHING MACHINES 54% + FRIDGES 58%
1957 – RENT ACT (ABOLISH RENT CONTROL)
1957 – UNEMPLOYMENT UNDER 400,000
1957 – 94% WORKERS HAD ANNUAL 2 WEEK HOLIDAY
1957 – EDEN RESIGNED DUE TO SUEZ CRISIS (CLAIMED HEALTH)
1957 – B FIRST HYDROGEN BOMB TESTED
1957 – GHANA GAIN INDEPENDENCE
1958 – PROPOSED SPENDING CUTS OVERRULLED
1958 – 210,000 CW IMMIGRATION
1958 – NOTTING HILL RIOTS
1958 – J.K. GALBRAITH 'THE AGE OF AFFLUANCE'
1958 – ALDERMASTON DEMONSTRATION
1959 PART OF M1 OPENED
1959 – ECONOMY IMPROVED DRASTICALLY
1959 – TAX CUTS £370 MILL
1959 – MACMILLIAM RE ELECTION
1959 - 'THE TWO CULTURES'
1959 – SECOND ALDERMASTON DEMONSTRATION
1959 – B CREATED RIVAL GROUP EFTA
1960 – 5 MILL PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED
1960 – BLUE STREAK ABANDONED
1960 - 'WINDS OF CHANGE' SPEECH
1961 – 51 MILL PEOPLE IN THE UK – 5% INCREASE
1961 – IMF LOAN
1961 – NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
1961 – TRIED TO ANNOUNCE 'PAY PAUSE' PUBLIC SECTOR
1961 - 'PRIVATE EYE' MAGAZINE
1961 - 'THE AUTONOMY OF BRITAIN'
1961 – MENS WAGE INCREASE TO £15.35
1962 – JOHN VASSALL SCANDAL
1962 – NATIONAL INCOME COMMISSION
1962 – UGANDA INDEPENDENCE
1963 – HOME ELECTED
1963 – PROFUMO SCANDAL
1963 – GROWTH RATE 4%
1963 – GAULLE REJECTED BRITISH APPLICATION TO EEC
1963 – KENYA INDEPENDENCE
1964 – GROWTH RATE 6%
1964 (BETWEEN 1961) - EXPORTS 10% HIGHER + IMPORTS 20%
WILSON
1945: ABORTION LAW ASSOCIATION CAMPAIGN
1951: NUMBER OF HOLIDAYS 27MILL
1954: CARS ACCOUNTED FOR 39% JOURNEYS
1944 – BUTLER EDUCATION ACT
1945 – ELECTION ATLEE WON
1945 – END OF WW2
1946 – NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT
1946 – NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE ACT
1946 – ATOMIC ENERGY ACT (US) BLOCKED COLLABERATION
1947 – 140,000 HOUSES BUILT
1947 – WITHDREW FROM INDIA
1948 – NHS
1948 – NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT
1948 – 284,000 HOUSES BUILT
1948 – BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT
1949 – B HELPED FOUND NATO
1951 – CHURCHILL ELECTED
1951 – CON MANIFESTO TO BUILD 300,000 HOUSES
1951 – IMPORT 25% + SAME NUMBER EXPORTS
1951 – CONFORMIST SOCIETY
1951 – 1 IN 5 WOMEN WENT TO WORK
1951 – MENS WAGE £8.30
1951 764,000 HAD TV/RADIO LISENCES
1950 – START OF KOREAN WAR
1950 – THE SCHUMAN PLAN
1951 – BURGESS AND MACLEAN AFFAIR
1952 – FIRST BRITISH ATOMIC BOMB
1952 – EQUAL PAY FOR TEACHERS
1952 – STARTED ATOMIC TESTS (5 YEARS = 12 ATMOSPHERIC TEST)
1952 – MAU MAU REBELLION KENYA
1953 – THE QUEENS CORINATION
1953 – END OF KOREAN WAR
1954 – EQUAL PAY FOR CIVIL SERVANTS
1954 – FOOD RATIONING ENDED
1954 – NASSER = RULER OF EGYPT
1954 – MINISTRY OF DEFENCE REPORT
1955 – EDEN ELECTED
1955 – ATLEE NO LONGER LAB LEADER
1955 – GAITSKELL BECOME LAB LEADER
1955 – GIVE AWAY BUDGER – BUTLER
1955 – 4 MILL HAD TV/RADIO LISENCES
1955 – EEC CREATED
1956 – SUEZ CRISIS
1956 – THE CLEAN AIR ACT
1956 – FRANK COUSIN LEADER ON TGWU
1956 – MANCHESTER GUARDIAN ITV PROGRAMMES = 'ORDINARY TRASH'
1956 – SUEZ CRISIS
1957 – MACMILLIAN ELECTED
, 1957 – THE HOMICISE ACT
1957 – THE HOUSING ACT
1957 – WOLFEDEN COMMISSION
1957 – BEVAN ANOUNCED UNILATERAL NUCLEAR DISARNMENT
1957 – WASHING MACHINES 54% + FRIDGES 58%
1957 – RENT ACT (ABOLISH RENT CONTROL)
1957 – UNEMPLOYMENT UNDER 400,000
1957 – 94% WORKERS HAD ANNUAL 2 WEEK HOLIDAY
1957 – EDEN RESIGNED DUE TO SUEZ CRISIS (CLAIMED HEALTH)
1957 – B FIRST HYDROGEN BOMB TESTED
1957 – GHANA GAIN INDEPENDENCE
1958 – PROPOSED SPENDING CUTS OVERRULLED
1958 – 210,000 CW IMMIGRATION
1958 – NOTTING HILL RIOTS
1958 – J.K. GALBRAITH 'THE AGE OF AFFLUANCE'
1958 – ALDERMASTON DEMONSTRATION
1959 PART OF M1 OPENED
1959 – ECONOMY IMPROVED DRASTICALLY
1959 – TAX CUTS £370 MILL
1959 – MACMILLIAM RE ELECTION
1959 - 'THE TWO CULTURES'
1959 – SECOND ALDERMASTON DEMONSTRATION
1959 – B CREATED RIVAL GROUP EFTA
1960 – 5 MILL PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED
1960 – BLUE STREAK ABANDONED
1960 - 'WINDS OF CHANGE' SPEECH
1961 – 51 MILL PEOPLE IN THE UK – 5% INCREASE
1961 – IMF LOAN
1961 – NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
1961 – TRIED TO ANNOUNCE 'PAY PAUSE' PUBLIC SECTOR
1961 - 'PRIVATE EYE' MAGAZINE
1961 - 'THE AUTONOMY OF BRITAIN'
1961 – MENS WAGE INCREASE TO £15.35
1962 – JOHN VASSALL SCANDAL
1962 – NATIONAL INCOME COMMISSION
1962 – UGANDA INDEPENDENCE
1963 – HOME ELECTED
1963 – PROFUMO SCANDAL
1963 – GROWTH RATE 4%
1963 – GAULLE REJECTED BRITISH APPLICATION TO EEC
1963 – KENYA INDEPENDENCE
1964 – GROWTH RATE 6%
1964 (BETWEEN 1961) - EXPORTS 10% HIGHER + IMPORTS 20%
WILSON
1945: ABORTION LAW ASSOCIATION CAMPAIGN
1951: NUMBER OF HOLIDAYS 27MILL
1954: CARS ACCOUNTED FOR 39% JOURNEYS
