Social & Cultural Change

When did BBC2 become the first channel to broadcast regular colour programmes?

1967

When was The Sun bought by Rupert Murdoch?

1969

What hobbies became popular?

• DIY

• gardening

When was Britannia Airways founded?

1964

When was the Post Office Tower opened?

1965

When was the bill to abolish theatrical censorship passed?

1968

Which 2 key figures supported the bill to abolish theatrical censorship?

• Roy Jenkins

• Laurence Olivier

Which organisation was responsible for the strict categorisation of films?

British Board of Film Censors

Examples of films becoming more daring during the gradual broadening of what was considered acceptable in the 1960s

• Darling

• Alfie

• Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

What percentage of higher education students were women in 1970?

28%

What percentage of women reached managerial positions?

5%

When was the Women's National Co-ordination Committee founded?

1969

When was the National Health Service Family Planning Act passed?

1967

When was the first National Women's Liberation Conference held?

1970

When was the Matrimonial Property Act passed?

1970

What did the Matrimonial Property Act introduce?

Work of the wife (paid employment or in home) considered in divorce settlements

What did the National Health Service Family Planning Act introduce?

Local authorities allowed to provide contraceptives and contraceptive advice for the first time

National Women's Liberation Conference demands

• equal pay

• free contraception and abortion

• equal education and job opportunities

• free 24-hour healthcare

What critical essay was written in opposition to Catholic opposition to the contraceptive pill?

The Pope, the Pill, and the People (1968)

Who did Mary Whitehouse target?

Hugh Greene, director-general of the BBC

When was the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association established by Mary Whitehouse?

1965

How many members did the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association quickly reach?

100,000

Which famous band admitted to using LSD?

The Beatles

Which lifestyle/culture normalised and promoted drug culture?

Hippies

When was the Dangerous Drugs Act passed?

1967

When was the Wootton Report?

1968

Who succeeded Roy Jenkins as Home Secretary?

James Callaghan

Who rejected the Wootton Report?

James Callaghan

What was the maximum sentence for supplying drugs increased to in 1970?

14 years

Which surveys found that most young people were either virgins or married their only sexual partner, implying that the influence of liberal permissiveness was exaggerated?

• Michael Schofield's, 1965

• Geoffrey Gorer's, 1969

Which youth subculture emerged from Mods?

Skinheads

Traditional rules of fashions that were abandoned in the '60s

• same outfit for work and evening now worn

• women wore trousers

• men started wearing velvets, satins, bright colours

When was BBC Radio One created?

1967

When were teach-ins on Vietnam organised?

1965

When was the Battle of Grosvenor Square?

1968

How many people attended an anti-Vietnam war demonstration in 1968?

30,000

Findings of 1965 North London survey

• 1 in 5 objected to working with Black or Asian people

• 1 in 2 said they'd refuse to live next door to a Black person

• 9 in 10 disapproved of mixed marriages

When was the 1st Race Relations Act passed?

1965

How many complaints did the Race Relations Board dismiss due to lack of evidence?

734

When was Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech?

Apr. 1968

What percentage of the population supported Powell's speech according to a Gallup poll?

75%

When was the 2nd Race Relations Act passed?

1968

What percentage of employment discrimination complaints did the Race Relations Board uphold?

10%

When did the Notting Hill Carnival become an annual event?

1964

Examples of youth culture drawing from ethnically diverse communities

• Caribbean music (e.g. ska)

• attraction to Eastern faith/spirituality

• late '60s hippies wearing clothes from around the world

What did the 2nd Race Relations Act outlaw?

discrimination in:

• 
housing

• employment

• insurance

What did the 1st Race Relations Act outlaw?

Discrimination in public spaces

When was the Equal Pay Act passed?

1970 — only came into force 5 years later

What did the Dangerous Drugs Act outlaw?

Possessing drugs such as cannabis and cocaine

What did the Wootton Report suggest?

Legalising soft drugs (e.g. cannabis)

What did students do to Denis Healey in 1968?

Almost overturned his car in Cambridge in protest of the Vietnam War

When was the 2nd Commonwealth Immigration Act?

Feb. 1968