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The United Kingdom was one of the victors of the Second World War, but victory was costly in social and economic terms. Thus, the late 1940s was a time of austerity and economic restraint, which gave way to prosperity in the 1950s.
The United Kingdom 1970–1990 (New Oxford History of England) (2011) excerpt and text search; online major scholarly survey; Hennessy, Peter. Never Again! Britain, 1945–1951 (1994). Hennessy, Peter. Having It So Good: Britain in the 1950s (2008). Leventhal, Fred M., ed. Twentieth-century Britain: an encyclopedia (Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2002 ...
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1969. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related history of the British Isles. For narratives about this time period, see Post-war Britain (1945–1979), Social history of post-war Britain (1945–1979),
The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750–1950, vol. 3, Social Agencies and Institutions, (1990). pp 171–242. Cherry, Stephen. Medical Services and the Hospital in Britain, 1860–1939 (1996) excerpt and text search; Howe G. M. People, Environment, Death and Disease: A Medical Geography of Britain Through the Ages (U of Wales Press, 1997).
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The 1950 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 23 February 1950. It was the first election to be held after the abolition of plural voting and university constituencies in addition to a reorganization of constituencies by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 .
A group of Conservative politicians publishes the tract One Nation: a Tory approach to social policy. [ 2 ] November – An attempt to hold the Second World Peace Congress at Sheffield City Hall is thwarted by the British authorities preventing many international delegates from entering the country [ 2 ] and it is relocated to Warsaw .