The third twenty five years of the twentieth century. It was a time of massive change in daily life.
Yet, amongst all the change, we had one monarch who reigned for 24 of those years and then all of the next 25.
It was a time when young people began to make their voice
heard. We may not have changed all that much but we tried.
Back to Owlbut's History of England
A brief video introduction (made in 2021). Ignore the odd letter that may appear in the video. This is from a previous treasure hunt we ran.
In 1951, the estimated population of England (to the nearest ¼million) was 38½ million people.
