Time Line 1955-1959
The job of village grave-digger disappeared, and the Jubilee Hall roof developed a serious leak. The Parish Council were also worried about who would help if a hydrogen bomb was dropped. They thought they had problems......
1955-Commercial TV broadcasts start
1955 Conservatives win general election and Anthony Eden becomes Prime Minister
1956 The Clean Air Act introduces Smoke Control Areas
1956 John Osborne's "Look back in anger" is staged
1956 Britain & France invades Egypt after nationalisation of the Suez Canal
1957 Treaty of Rome signed, creating the European Economic Community
1957 Harold McMillan becomes prime minister after Anthony Eden's resignation following Suez War debacle
1957 Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb
1957 USSR launches first artificial satellite-SPUTNIK
1958 Preston by-pass opens and marks the start of the UK Motorway system
1959 M1 opens
1959 Start of Viet Nam War
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