Edward VII
(1901 - 1910) |
First aeroplane flight (Orville and Wright) 1903
Radio 1906
School meal service 1906
Electric washing machine 1907
Old Age Pensions 1908
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George V
(1910 - 1936) |
2/3 of world ships built in Britain 1913
Great War 1914 - 1918
Women's vote (age over 30) 1918
Less than ½ million people unemployed 1920
Over 2 million people unemployed 1921
12% of homes have electricity 1921
Compulsory pasteurisation of milk 1922
Irish Free State formed 1922
Divorce for women on grounds of husband’s adultery 1923
First Labour government 1924
General Strike 1926
Television 1926
Minimum marriage age raised from 12 years for girls and 14 years for boys
to 16 for both parties 1929
Unemployment 23% of the working population 1931
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Edward VIII
(1936 - 1936) |
Abdication crisis
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George VI
(1936 - 1952) |
Matrimonial Causes Act 1937
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Rationing
First Labour government with overall majority 1945
Family Allowance 1945
National Health Service 1946
Post war nationalisation 1946 - 1951
Homes with washing machines 4%, fridges 2% 1948
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Elizabeth II
(1952- ) |
Rationing ends 1954
Homes with televisions 50% 1956
Clean Air Act 1956
Home ownership 38% 1958
British availability of contraceptive pill 1962
Abortion Act 1967
Divorce Reform Act 1969
Decimal currency 1971
British entry into the Common Market 1973
Since the Coronation real incomes increased by 88% 1988
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