Time Line1935-1939
Renovation and alterations to the Jubilee Hall and further problems with water supply and sewerage and new housing were Winsham's main concerns
1936 Jarrow March
1936 George V dies, succeeded by Edward VIII
1936Edward VIII abdicates in order to marry Wallace Simpson
1937 Coronation of George VI
1937 Henry Cotton wins British Open
1938 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene published
1939 Munich Agreement cedes Sudatenland (a narrow strip of mountainous land in Czechoslovakia) to Germany
1939 Britain declares war on Germany. The second World War begins.
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