Social and Cultural change 60's

Scientific developments, Moral attitudes, Anti-vietnam, Immigration and race, Mass media, Growth of lesuire activitys, reduction in censorship

How many people had a television by 1961

75%

Who was Hugh Greene

• Director-general at the BBC 1960-69

• Satire shows eg. Z Cars 1962

how many people hadtvs by 1971

91%

TV Shows that showed the permissive society

• The wednesday play show 1964

• Steptoe and Son 1962

When was ITV created

1955

When did the BBC2 launch and its effects

• April 1964

Ment that BBC 1 could become more popularist

When and on what channel was colour TV first shown

July 1967

• On BBC2

How did radio expand in the 60’s

• Earphones

• Different target audinces

• 1964 “Pirate radios” banned

• Radio One used old pirate DJs eg. Tony Blackburn

• long life battery

• Expansion through cheap portable developments

Print media 60s

• Advertising fell

• The Sun newspaper grew as it was bought by Rupert Murdock

• The Sun became more permissive

What were the leisure activities at home 60s

• Cookery

• Knitting

• Do it Yourself

• TV

What percentage of leisure time did TV account for by 1969

1969 - 23%

How did transport impact a growth in lesuire time

• Car ownership grew rapidly meaning that people had more accesablility to go to places they wanted further away

What perscentage of jounreys did car account for by 1974

77% from 39% in 1959

What lesuire activitys suffered during the 60s

• Theater

• Live events

• Football

How did holidays expand in the 60s

1964 - Brittania Airways to north africa, Bulgaria, Spain, Malta and the canary islands

• Still reserved for the middle class however

How was thier a reduction in censorship in the 60s

• People began experimenting and exploring social issues

eg. Playwrites and the Lord Chaimberlin had fights

Give an example of a banned play and when

1962

• Early morning - by Edward bonds

who wanted to abollish theatrical censorship

• Gorge strauss

He was supported by Roy Jenkins

This law was passed in 1968 (celebrated in a performance of HAIR)

Censorship/reduction of in Cinema

• British Board or film censorship remained strict

However…

• Broadened by the 60s

• E.g. - Darling 1965 and Here we go around the Mulberry Bush 1967

They included Sex, Violence, politics, religion became more acceptable

What was the impact of sientific developments 60s

• 1960’s - Great development

By 1961 the first person had gone to space

• Anglo-french partnership developed the Supersonic Concord aircraft

• 1965 post-office tower = tallest building in Britain

How did Female equality improve in the 60s

Second wave of Feminism

• After in 1963 the feminine mystique was published

• Due to imporvements in womens education this spread to the UK

What were the limitations of female equality in the 60s

Women still expected to remain housewives

• Few to higher education

• many still married young

• Working mothers seen as un-natural

• Nurseries only for the wealthy

• Women paid less then men

what percentage of higher education students were women

28% by 1970

What percentage of women ever reached managirial posts

5%

when was the family planning act

1967

when was the matrimonial property act

1970

How much did illigitamate births rise to by 1970

From 5.8% to 8.2%

Give an example of a rally by women in the 60s

1969

• Womens national co-denustion commitie

What were the Anti-Vietnam war riorts

Opposition to the war in the 1960’s

• Vietnam solidarity campain begun in 1966

1968 March - Vietnam war demonstration was violent

1968 March - Battle of Grosover

• At unis eg. Exeter Uni 2 Tory MPs attacked

• Denis heenly amost had his Car overturrned

What happend at the Battle of Grosenover

• 200 arrested

How did Youth culture change in the 60s

• Education and Living standards improving ment Childern and parents clashed more than generations before

• Capital of fashion was london

• Old divisions reduced eg. Classes and divisions

• More caffine and alcoholl was consumed then drugs

• Cheap plastic records

Skinheards → Mods

Racism in the 1960s

1965 - 1/5 refused to work with black/asian people, ½ wouldnt live next to them and 9/10 rejected mixed marriges

When was the first race relations act in the 1960s

1965 — Against discrimination in public places, However housing and employment were excluded

When and what was the 2nd race relations act in the 1960s

1968 - Banned racial discriminatting in housing, employment and insurence

When and who did the rivers of blood speech

April 1968

• Encoh powell rivers of blood

• Was then sacked by heath however this may have helped encourage votes

In reaction to his sacking Meat porters and dockers help retaliation in london

What were the limitations of the race relations board

• Only upheald 10% of 1241 complaints

• Little faith in its effectiveness

Positives from immigration 60s

• Knotting Hill Carnival became an annual event from 1964

• Food types = Aisian and chinease corner shop food

• Music styles of the carriabian eg. Ska

• Meditation ad yoga

How did moral attitudes change 60s

Decline of Moral standards

• Spread by media and teen magazines

• contraception = sexual freedom

• STDs rose rapidly

Who was Mary Whitehouse

Campained against permissive society

• National viewers and listeners assosiation

• By 1965 had 100,000 members

Drug culture in the 60s

• Hippy lifestyle and Free love

• Heroin and cocane 10x more prevelent than at the start

• soft drugs prevelent at the end of the 60s

• Dangerous drugs act 1967 made it unlawfull to possess canabis and cocain