Britain During The Depression 1929-1939

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General Strike
1926
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Wall Street Crash
1929
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Great Depression
1930's
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King Edward VII visited Wales
1936
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The dole managed by Unemployment Assistance Board
from 1934
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Jarrow Crusade
1936
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Government threatened to cut benefits
February 1935
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Protest against low wages and poor conditions in Risca
1934
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Wales rugby team beat England and All Blacks
1935
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Tommy Farr's unsuccesful fight for World Heavyweight Championship against American Joe Louis
1938
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radio came of age
1930's
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BBC Welsh Region gave a radio boost
1937
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First tv programmes broadcasted to viewers from ALexandra Place
1936
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TV 50,000 viewers
by 1939
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The film Proud Valley released
1939
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National grid supplying electrical power o all regions
1933
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The Special Areas Act
1934
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new up-to-date steelworks located at Ebbw Vale
1938
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Thousands migrated from Wales to America, Australia and New Zealand
1920's
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emigration abroad ceased and thousands of unemployed workers and their families moved from Wales to more prosperous areas of England
1929
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estimated 430,000 people left Wales
!920's and 1930's
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England country of contrasts
1930s
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Special Areas Act meant new industries in North Wales and Ebbw Vale
1934
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Government spent money on rearming and arment factories built in Bridgend
1930s
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1929

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Wall Street Crash

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1930's

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1936

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from 1934

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