1What was the number of immigrants from 1948-60?
250,000+ from New Commonwealth
2When were the Notting Hill riots? What happened?
August 1958, racist
3Who was Derek Bentley?
A 19 year old hanged for a murder done by Christopher Craig in 1952/3
4What read on a Birmingham guest house sign, 1955?
'NO IRISH, NO BLACKS, NO DOGS'
5When was the Baby boom era?
1946-65
6What was the increase in men's weekly wages?
85% 1951-1961
7When did food rationing end?
July 1954
8When was ITV launched?
1955, rivalled the BBC and gave people more choice
9What was the increase in household television ownership 1957-59?
Up by 32%
10What was the increase in car ownership 1957-59?
Up by 25%
11How were 11+ exams meant to help with social mobility?
Theoretically meant to provide a level playing field for students entering secondary school
12How were 11+ exams actually limiting?
Practically favoured middle classes and reinforced class boundaries
13What were the 11+ pass rates based on class?
10% manual workers' children pass vs. 69% professional & managerial workers' children pass
14When and what was the Robbins Report?
1963, recommended development of higher education and grants
15When was the birth control pill introduced?
1961, but only available for married women
16Ai
1958, moving away from female class boundaries
17What was the minimum spending needed for a debutante season?
£500 (m.d. c.£15,000) and sponsors
18When and what was 'That Was The Week That Was'?
1962, satirical TV BBC show
19When and what was Private Eye?
1961, gained popularity
20Who were the 'Angry young men'?
Working class men rebelling against traditional literature and theatre from 1956, after John Osborne's 'Look Back in Anger'
21What developments were made to road infrastructure 1957-63?
1200 roads built or upgraded
22When was the beginning of building of motorways?
1958, Peston Bypass
23What number of people where holidaying with Butlins?
60,000 per week
24What percentage of population were taking holidays?
Less than 2%
25What were cars' effect on commuting and housing?
Shorter days and houses being able to move further away from cities; increase in suburbia
26How does the 1951 GE demonstrate class identity politics?
65% WC vote Labour; 80% MC vote Conservative
27The Establishment
Higher societal figures connected by money and contacts
28Deference
Respect for your 'betters.' Prevalent in early period
29When and what was Profumo Affair?
1963; The British Secretary of State for War has a relationship with a showgirl, and then lies when questioned about it before the House of Commons. When the truth came out, it led to his own resignation and undermined the credibility of the Prime Minister.
30How was Macmillan's government dominated by the establishment?
Duke, heir to barony, marquess, three earls
31What was the average age for marriage in women?
21
32What percentage of women were in work in 1951?
20%
33What was the increase in washing machine ownership 1957-59?
Rose by 54%
34What was the percentage of immigrants that were male? Why?
75%; supporting families at homes
35Who was Oswald Mosley? What did he do?
A fascist; attempted to exploit race riots in 1959 Kensington North Union Movement election; want to repatriate immigrants
36What was the Commonwealth Immigration Act 1962?
Prevented immigrants entering unless they were needed or had grandparents here
37What percentage of the population were teenagers in 1959?
10% population
38What are examples of organised rioting by Mods and Rockers?
Margate, Clacton & Brighton in 1964
39Who was Mary Whitehouse?
In 1963, she began her own 'moral crusade' against permissiveness, she started a campaign 'Clean Up TV' in 1964, her campaigning continued until the 1980s
40Who were the Kray twins?
Ronnie and Reggie; East-end gangsters who were glamorised by the press from the later 1950s up to 1967
41When and what was the Great Train Robbery?
1963; robbery of £2.6m from a Royal Mail train that made the police seem incompetent and laughable
42What were Teddy Boys?
Active in the 1950s, they sported an Edwardian style and were considered menaces
43What were the Mods and Rockers?
Subcultures known for fighting at seaside towns in the 1964
44How did the youth contrast with older generations?
They had not known austerity in the same way, and therefore were more indulgent; they also had a certain lack of deference for authority
45What was the WRAF?
1949, women would work for RAF in secretarial and service roles; pregnant women would be automatically discharged and to leave the job you would pay or marry
46What was the Education Act?
1944, by Butler; implemented a tripartite system that was meant to enable social mobility, but arguably reinforced existing class structures
47What and when was the Robbins Report?
1963, a report calling for more universities and grants
48Why was the Mini significant?
Its origins could be found in making smaller cars to deal with fuel shortages, showing the adaptability and innovation of the youth
49When and what was the play 'A Taste of Honey'? Who was it written by?
1958, written by 19yr old working-class woman Shelagh Delaney; it included themes of sexuality (with the inclusion of a homosexual friend) and race (with a Nigerian love interest)
50What and when was the Wolfenden Commission?
1957, a recommendation of decriminalisation of homosexuality
51Who wrote Look Back in Anger?
John Osborne in 1956; the play follows the story of a capable but socially suppressed working class man
52Obscene Publications Act
1959, learning should be exempt from censorship
53Look Back in Anger
John Osborne, 1956
54New Wave
Gritty dramas based on working class lives
55Television Act
1954, ends monopoly of TV by BBC
56Queen's coronation
1953; broadcast to 8m people
57Hugh Carlson Green
Director of BBC from 1960, moved it away from elitism
58Pilkington Report
1962, encouraged govt to restrict television, but was largely ignored
59Caravan holidays in 1960s
Made up for 20% of all holidays taken
60New Towns Act 1961
Substantially rewrote and consolidated the 1946 act, further cementing town development
61Asda
1964, first open in Nottinghamshire
62Slum Housing
The type of housing immigrants often had to live in upon first arriving, but these were improved by the Town Planning Acts of 1946
63Rock Around the Clock
A song that in 1955 caused dancing riots amongst Teddy Boys
64Beyond the Fringe
Political review show; once attended by Macmillan, whose politics were ripped into on the show
65The Liberator
An aptly named washing machine, referring to the greater level of freedom got by women with labour-saving devices
66How teenage subculture was spread
Changes in tech, like transistor radio
67Sapphire
1959, film about sex, violence and racial tension
68A Clockwork Orange
1962, Anthony Burgess
69Lady Chatterley's Lover trial
1961, after which 2m copies were sold