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March 1950: The Ministry of Fuel and Power announced that the petrol ration would again be doubled for the months of June, July and August. [50] April 1950: The Ministry of Fuel and Power announced that the petrol ration would be doubled for 12 months from 1 June. [50] 26 May 1950: Petrol rationing ended. [60]
The 1950s and 1960s experienced continued modernisation of the economy. [65] Representative was the construction of the first motorways . Britain maintained and increased its financial role in the world economy, and used the English language to promote its educational system to students from around the globe.
10 July – A private member's bill to abolish the death penalty is vetoed in the House of Lords; however, no capital punishment is carried out in the UK this year. 22 July – The first UK Albums Chart is published, in Record Mirror. [24] Frank Sinatra's Songs for Swingin' Lovers! tops it for the first two weeks.
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1 April – Corby, a village in Northamptonshire, is designated as the first new town in central England, providing homes for up to 40,000 people by the 1960s. [ 11 ] 14 April – The Eagle comic first appears, featuring Dan Dare and Captain Pugwash .
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1969. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related history of the British Isles. For narratives about this time period, see Post-war Britain (1945–1979), Social history of post-war Britain (1945–1979),
Rationing after the First World War was not lifted in full until 1921, over three years after the war's end. Rationing during the Second World War was much more significant, widespread, and tightly controlled. Rationing continued for nearly a full decade after the war, and in many aspects was even stricter than during wartime.
Radical Eats. Snack foods, insta-meals, cereals, and drinks tend to come and go, but the ones we remember from childhood seem to stick with us. Children of the 1970s and 1980s had a veritable ...