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| Author: | Bridie Pritchard |
| Date: | Monday, 14th Jan 2002 13:40 |
| Views: | 3,839 (excluding Digests and RSS feeds) |
| Category: | Language, Education, Arts and Events |
| URL: | http://www.freepint.com/go/b15033 |
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I am writing a range of articles to link up with the Queen's Golden jubilee about what life was like in 1952 (and possibly on 1977 the silver jubilee). I have found a few sites with events during the year but has anyone got any bright ideas about how I might find out things like:
percentage of homes with bathrooms
percentage of homes with inside toilets
penetration of TV
average price of a house
average price of a car
price of a pint of beer, pint of milk, loaf of bread,
which companies were riding high in the stockmarket
what the major industries were and how many people were employed
number of working women
Population and gdp
new developments in medicine
new developments in technology
And any other bright ideas for things that people might find as useful comparators for how life has changed.
Answers don't necessarily have to be web-based as long as books etc are easy to get hold of - the accession was 6th Feb so I need to have something done by then.
Thanks in advance for all and any useful ideas and suggestions.
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 | 1952 | | I am writing a range of articles to link up with the Queen's Golden jubilee about what life was like ... |
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Bridie Pritchard |
14/01/02 13:40 |
15033 |
 | Re: 1952 | | Although this thread has indeed got a bit long, I hope you can publish this weblink to help those who ... |
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George Porge |
23/01/02 23:32 |
15301 |
| | Re: 1952 | | Hi All
This thread is getting a bit lengthy as people are posting about a lot of subjects. Could you email ... |
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Simon Collery |
22/01/02 11:25 |
15269 |
| | Re: 1952 | | This was also Olympic year and in Helsinki Emil Zatopek, arguably the greatest athlete of all time, pulled off the ... |
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Izzy Howe |
22/01/02 10:56 |
15268 |
| | Re: 1952 | | If you are interested in finding out who was born in 1952 you could try http://us.imdb.com/BornInYear?year=1952 from the Internet ... |
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Tony Corsini |
21/01/02 15:06 |
15251 |
| | Re: 1952 | | Please don\'t forget Nobel prize winners for this year. You will find out about them from http://www.almaz.com/nobel and will see ... |
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Nick Nickles |
21/01/02 12:36 |
15232 |
| | Re: 1952 | | You may also be interested to know, Bridie, that it was a good year for the England soccer team who ... |
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Bily Rubin |
20/01/02 21:20 |
15226 |
| | Re: 1952 | | Yes, and don't forget that Sir Winston Churchill was still UK Prime Minister, having been re-elected in 1951 and was ... |
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Sarah Alber |
20/01/02 11:56 |
15224 |
| | Re: 1952 | | Yes and don't forget also that it was in 1952 that the UK music singles charts began - though not ... |
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Lari Law |
19/01/02 21:20 |
15218 |
| | Re: 1952 | | fwiw you can find the main (according to DK's editor) news story (headline only) for any date this century at
http://daybyday.dk.com/C20UK/MAINTODAY.HTM
No ... |
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Andy Williamson |
21/01/02 13:18 |
15235 |
| | Re: 1952 | | Yes, and don't forget to go to http://www.filmsite.org to check out the Academy Awards - I think you'll find that ... |
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Tony Gerrard |
19/01/02 21:07 |
15217 |
| | Re: 1952 | | There is some interesting info on this site:
http://www.circa1950.co.uk
If you surf around it you will find e.g. that the average wage ... |
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Baz Druker |
19/01/02 17:16 |
15216 |
| | Re: 1952 | | Some printed sources you could try:
Kenneth Mason
The what it cost the day before yesterday book (from 1850 to the present ... |
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Gary Archer |
19/01/02 14:28 |
15214 |
| | Re: 1952 | | Dear Bridie
Saw your query on "FreePint" about 1952.
One point not to overlook is that National Service resulted in all young ... |
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Mike Young |
18/01/02 14:10 |
15194 |
| | Re: 1952 | | I was a child in London then. My abiding memories are things you might not discover from contemporary archives.
Such ... |
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Atalanta |
18/01/02 12:18 |
15176 |
| | Re: 1952 | | A voice whispers in my ear: TRY ALMANACKS. Hmm? Slower, possibly, than your other Pinters' assistance; perhaps to fill in ... |
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Edward W. Stollery II |
18/01/02 06:44 |
15168 |
| | Re: 1952 | | Hi Bridie
Caryn is right and she's just reminded me of a Timeline site I reviewed in 2000. It's been updated ... |
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Simon Collery |
17/01/02 17:56 |
15160 |
| | Re: 1952 | | Bridie -
You wrote:
I am writing a range of articles to link up with the Queen's Golden jubilee about what ... |
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Caryn S. Wesner-Early |
17/01/02 17:50 |
15158 |
| | Re: 1952 | | hi
for an atmospheric feel of the time, can i suggest looking at newspapers of the period.....for non-work reasons, i recently ... |
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gail sanderson |
17/01/02 14:38 |
15150 |
| | Re: 1952 | | For developments in medicine you could try our web site, which lists major medical advances that have depended on animal ... |
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Barbara Davies |
16/01/02 12:08 |
15086 |
| | Re: 1952 | | Hi Bridie
For industry, employment,population, GDP and other statistical data, try the National Statitics Service, which has libraries in London and ... |
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Peter Carter |
16/01/02 11:25 |
15079 |
| | Re: 1952 | | The United States has a "Statistical Abstract", a kind of 'Annual Supplement' for each year between the Decennial Census. The ... |
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Frank DiSalle |
18/01/02 13:53 |
15193 |
