Social developments 1951-64
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- Social Developments 51-64
- Rising Living standards
- Access to credit through hire purchase
- new consumer goods such as fridges, cars and furniture
- housing: new towns such as Harlow in Essex
- Access to credit through hire purchase
- Race and immigration
- immigration
- 1958 21,000 Commonwealth immigrants had settled in b=Britain
- 75% men working to support family back in thier home country
- majority came from West Indies and India, Pakistan
- Total 1960s approx. 1.25 million people came to Britain
- Emigration
- people moved to Australia, North America
- Australia keen for immigrants assisted with travel, jobs and housing
- 50s approx. 1.32 mill migrated
- 60s outward migration - 1.92 million
- Racial Riots
- 1958 Nottingham
- 1958 Notting Hill riots
- immigration act 1962
- limited number only
- immigration
- Impact of affluence and consumerism
- people able to buy household appliances
- making womens live easier
- watching tz leisure activity
- advertising became more prevalent
- TV programmes reflected growing affluence and consumerism
- DIY and gardening programmes
- boom in car ownership- rose 25% between 1957 and 59
- infrastructure improvement such as motorways in 1958
- people able to buy household appliances
- The position of women
- home
- 75% women were married average age- 21
- household appliances became more common
- 54% washing machines
- 58% fridges
- Workplace
- dettered from working
- some middle class women benefited from equal pay for teachers 1952
- home
- Class and Establishment
- reasons for decline in deference
- trust in politicians
- Debates over issues like nuclear disarmement
- behaviour of members of the establishment tainted their reputation
- Satire Boom lampooned public figures
- The angry young men used their writing of plays and books to attack established attitudes
- reasons for decline in deference
- Teenagers and youth culture
- reasons
- boom= disposibale money to spend on themselves
- Untitled
- reasons
- social attitudes and tensions
- Rising Living standards
- higher wages
- mens weekly average went up from £8.30 to £15.35 by 61
- Holidays
- 60,000 holidayed in Butlin
- Impact of affluence and consumerism
- people able to buy household appliances
- making womens live easier
- watching tz leisure activity
- advertising became more prevalent
- TV programmes reflected growing affluence and consumerism
- DIY and gardening programmes
- boom in car ownership- rose 25% between 1957 and 59
- infrastructure improvement such as motorways in 1958
- people able to buy household appliances
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