4C - Leisure and Travel, 1945-1979

Question 1

What was the nation’s favourite sport in the 1950s?

Answer 1

Cricket

Question 2

Why wasn’t cricket the nation’s favourite sport in the 1960s?

Answer 2

Cricket seen as preserve of the MC - football most popular

Question 3

How did improvements in technology impact sport?

Answer 3

Sports from all over the world could be seen on TV - World Cup - Olympic Games

Question 4

How many people watched the 1966 England world cup final against Germany?

Answer 4

32 million

Question 5

What helped the promotion of sport for all?

Answer 5

1960s and 1970s more investment in sports facilities - Sports Council of GB created in 1972, designed to promote sport for all

Question 6

Why did sports participation decline when the economy boom?

Answer 6

Less need for escapism, other forms of entertainment

Question 7

What began to ward people off spectator sports in the 1970s?

Answer 7

Hooliganism

Question 8

Why did Butlins holidays decline in the 1970s?

Answer 8

People wanted a more individual holiday rather than communal dining halls with set eating times and order to the day

Question 9

What made cheap hiking holidays grow?

Answer 9

The Youth Hostel Association

Question 10

Where did better educated people visit in the UK?

Answer 10

Historical places like Stratford upon Avon or Hampton Court Palace

Question 11

Why did holidays become a central feature in life in the 1950s?

Answer 11

Almost all businesses offered a fortnight’s annual leave to employees. Became affordable for all.

Question 12

Why were destinations like Spain and Portugal popular in the 1950s?

Answer 12

They had been transformed to high rise holiday apartment blocks and hotels, bars, cinemas and restaurants built. Cheap flights, good weather and cheap accomodation made them attractive

Question 13

What did the gov do to keep the £ high after foreign holidays grew in popularity and how did this change?

Answer 13

GBs couldn’t take more than £50 out of the country per year, the decision to allow £25 per trip caused a boom in holiday travel

Question 14

How did abroad holidays grow?

Answer 14

1971 - 4 million holidays abroad

1981 - 13 million

Question 15

How did tastes change towards foreign holidays?

Answer 15

Overcrowded planes, stomach bugs and half built hotels represented the experience of the many so ‘British’ restaurants, bars and hotels opened up by Brits abroad

Question 16

What domestic changes occurred in the 1960s?

Answer 16

Men spent more time with their families - working mans club and pub declined as escapism for men, Gardening and DIY increased in popularity

Question 17

Why did caravanning become increasingly possible after WW2?

Answer 17

Due to increase in car ownership and growth in suburban living with more homes having driveways

Question 18

Why did people take caravanning holidays?

Answer 18

Appealed to people wanting to be independent on holiday.

Question 19

How popular were caravanning holidays in the 60s and 70s?

Answer 19

20% of all holidays were caravan ones in 1960. Over half of holidays were in caravans in 1970s.

Question 20

What was the Hippy Trail?

Answer 20

Young people searching for an authentic experience of travel rejected materialism and travelled a route to Nepal and India known as the Hippy Trail. Very small numbers took this journey. Demonstrates diverse attitudes towards leisure

Question 21

How did full employment impact leisure time?

Answer 21

1965 Full employment and broader rights for workers meant 60% of working adults had two or three weeks holiday pay but 25% had no holiday pay entitlement

Question 22

How many people took regular foreign holidays in the 1960s?

Answer 22

⅓ MC took regular holidays abroad in 1960s, ⅕ of WC

Question 23

Why did foreign holidays decline slightly in 1973?

Answer 23

Rising prices

Question 24

How had car ownership increased by the 1960s?

Answer 24

2.2 million cars in London, more than any that had existed in the entire country 3 decades earlier

Question 25

What characterised the GB car industry in the 1970s?

Answer 25

It was synonymous with poor quality cars and faulty parts - 1972 - 13 million drivers on the road and cars being imported from overseas - Japan and Germany

Question 26

What is the significance of the opening of the Preston Bypass in 1958?

Answer 26

First 8 mile stretch of motorway.

Question 27

When did the M1 open from London to Birmingham?

Answer 27

1959

Question 28

What caused international travel to grow?

Answer 28

Grew significantly in 1960s. Roll on, roll off ferries in early 1960s - could take cars abroad.

Question 29

How many tourist flights took place in 1955?

Answer 29

1 million

Question 30

How many flights took place in 1970 and what was this helped by?

Answer 30

14 million - Helped by Laker Airlines - opened 1966, cheap airline