1951AD - The Festival of Britain and Churchill returns to power
1952AD - The death of George VI and the coronation of Elizabeth I the following year
1954AD - Roger Bannister runs the first ever mile in under 4 minutes
1955AD - The motor industry and speed records
1956AD - The first nuclear power station in the world in England and the formation of the CND
1957AD - The Suez crisis
1958AD - The first motorway in England and the first crossing of the Antarctic
1962AD - Popular music and The Beatles
1963AD - The Beeching report recommends cutting the number of railway lines
1964AD - Elections and why the party with most votes doesn't always win
1965AD - The death of Winston Churchill
1966AD - The football world cup and England's win
1967AD - Pirate radio stations end and the BBC changes its format
1968AD - Tower blocks and housing
1969AD - Concorde
1970AD - More elections
1971AD - Decimal currency
1973AD - The United Kingdom joins the EU
1974AD - Elections and we all turn the lights off every other day