Britain in the 1960's context

1. National service was irradiated (H)

2. 1961 Sierra Lione became independent- the common wealth family of nations (H, C)

3. Berlin Wall was put up symbolising the Cold War, Separating East and West Berlin (H)

3.1. Westside was safer than east, people tried to escape over the wall and families were split up

3.2. cold war was from 1947-1991

3.3. Soviet Union and Russia were involved

4. New wave of life in the 1960's, people had money to spend and could spend it on many things- Fashion was big. (C)

5. Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 (H)

6. Quality of life improves significantly in the 1960's (C)

7. 1960's very sexist society (S)

8. Winston Churchill died in 1965 (H)

8.1. Carried us as a country through WW1 (H)

9. 1961 first Russian to go to space (H)

10. Marriage of princess Margret 1960 (H)

11. Nuclear war threat (H)

12. Carnaby street in the 1960's was the place to go to find fashionable clothes (S,C)

13. John F kennedy was assassinated in 1963 (H)

14. 1964 Central heating and lights start to become more common (H,C)