Time Line 1945-1949

Parish Council enlarged & Sir George Davies becomes Chairman-A time of great activity-More Jubilee Hall costs!

1945 End of war in Europe

1945 USA President Franklin Roosevelt dies. Succeeded by Harry S. Truman-Vice President

1945 In August, two Atomic Bombs were dropped on Japan, effectively ending the war in the Far-East. Some150,000 Japanese, mainly civilians, are estimated to have perished

1945 Landslide victory in first post-war election. Clement Attlee becomes Prime Minister

1946 Winston Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech

1947 India gains independence

1948 Britain stages Olympics

1948 National Health Service is introduced

1948 Immigration from the Commonwealth begins

1949 George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty Four" is published

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