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27 Cards in this Set
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Percentage that food and clothing accounted for britain consumer spending |
31% by 1965 |
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Percentage increase in real wages between 1955 and 1970 |
47% |
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Working week in the 1960s |
from 6 to 5 days a week |
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How much did income tax fall between 1957 and 1964 |
from 47.5p per pound in 1957 to 39p per pound in 1964 |
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How much did purchase tax fall between 1951 to 1963 |
from 100% to 25% |
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How much did unemployment increase from 1955 to 1970 |
232,000 to 597,000 |
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How much did how ownership rise from 1950 to 1970 |
from 27% to 50% |
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TV ownership percentage from 1955 to 1970 |
35% in 1955 to 96% in 1970 |
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Rise in percentage of pre-packaged foods bought |
25% in 1970 |
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Number of color tv sets being used by 1969 |
200,000` |
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increase in car ownership between 1964 and 1969 |
from 8 million to 11.5 million |
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Percentage of couples and single women using the pill in 1970 |
19% and 9% respectively |
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Number of TV licenses by 1970 |
17.7million |
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Number of british homes with a tv |
1965 - 75%, 1971 - 91% |
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Percentage of leisure time tv accounted for |
23% |
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When was Capital FM founded |
1973 |
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When was BBC 2 established |
April 1964 |
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How many national newspapers closed down between 1960 and 1962 |
5 |
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When was The Sun launched? |
1964 |
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How much did the money spent on retail advertisement grow? |
from 102 million to 2.5 billion |
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How much were the working hours shortened in the 1950s |
From 48hrs p/w to 40hrs p/w |
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Percentage of homes with a garden |
80% |
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Percentage of travel accounted by cars |
77% by 1974 |
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Rise in percentage of houses with a car |
49% in 1969 |
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Amount of losses for British rail by 1962 |
£104 million |
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Rise in number of holidays taken between 1951 and 1973 |
from 27 million to 49 million |
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Percentage of package holidays out of all holidays |
8.4% by early 70s |
