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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