| 1953 - 1979 |
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| Consensus & the mixed economy: Race to
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| Coronation & new Elizabethan
age (1953) . . . Independent television (1955) . . . Suez crisis (1956) . . .
the 'winds of change' & retreat from Empire . . . Treaty of Rome (1957) . .
. Sputnik (1957) . . . rock and roll & popular music . . . supermarkets . .
. television takes over from radio . . . Berlin wall (1961) . . . Cuba missile
crisis . . . decline of manufacturing . . . Open university . . . Soviet
invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968) . . . man on moon (1969) . . . Northern
Ireland 'troubles' (1969) . . . withdrawal from 'East of Suez' . . . UK &
Ireland join European Community (1973) . . . industrial unrest . . . world oil
crises [Arab-Israeli war](1973) . . . environmental issues loom large . . .
race relations & equal opportunities . . . |
| Cooling trend through much of this period * significantly
severe winters (1962/63 &
1978/79) * downturn in spring weather * extended
drought (1975/76) * increased blocking activity
leading to more 'extremes' * southward movement of sea ice around Iceland *
increased cyclonicity northern latitudes * greater frequency North Sea gales by
the 1960's. |
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