The family home remained the
centre of leisure as it included TV
viewing, listening to music and
reading magazines and cheap
paperback books were easily
available
Television programmes such as
Gardeners World featuring Percy
Thrower encouraged DIY and
gardening to become popular
hobbies
New products were created
to accommodate the growth
in gardening and DIY such as
weed killers, composts and
plastic garden tools
The worlds first
electric hover-mower
was created in 1969
called the Flymo
4/5 homes possessed a
garden which provided an
escape from urban life
Cookery, needlework and knitting
still had a place in the 1960's home
and was encouraged by new
gadgets
Kitchen appliances made
cooking more attractive
and household tasks
became less time
consuming due to labour
saving devices
Woman had more time
for creative activities
which were reflected
through women's
magazines such as
Stitchcraft and also in
more general magazines
with a regular recipe
feature
Outside the home
Pubs and working men's clubs
remained popular but some
older activities such as cinema
experienced a decline
The spread of cars, foreign
travel and rising living
standards encouraged new
activities such as eating out
Restaurants appeared and
catered for all tastes
Shopping
became a leisure
activity
Advertising tempted people to go
shopping for luxuries rather than just
necessities as mass production
meant there were more goods readily
available
Caravanning, golf and sailing
became more popular in the 1960's
Increased car ownership
Cars provided an easy
means of travelling for
personal needs and comfort
Passenger bus, coach and
train travel declined due to
cars grew to account for
77% of journeys by 1974
Cars had room for
family, luggage and
goods
The camper van was
marketed as an
opportunity for families
to enjoy a flexible and
individual style of
holiday
Cars became affordable due to
new technological
improvements and new
designers
Alec Issigonis developed the cheap
car called the Mini priced under £500.
It was small and basic, but people
such as Prince Charles and The
Beatles made it into a fashion icon
The mini became the the
symbol of "Swinging
London"
More people could afford it, and
even a small car showed that a
family had become more affluent
Environmental changes were brought about
as many roads were newly built
The first long stretch from London to
Yorkshire of the modern M1 motorway was
made in 1959
There was an
approximate £104m
loss in the rail industry
The Beeching Report closed branch lines,
stations and dismantled tracks to reduce the
rail networks. This meant that 160,000 jobs
were lost over 7 years
Mass tourism
Cheap package holidays were popular
Holiday providers were forced to
adapt to the changing times
Resorts such as Butlins advertised for the
growing teenage market, which backfired as
the camps became branded as dens of
vandalism
Britannia Airways
was founded in 1964
to fly holidaymakers
to Spain, the Canary
Islands, Malta,
Bulgaria and North
Africa
Entrepreneurship grew in the
1960's to take advantage of
this increase
There was restricted competition between different
flights until 1971, but they could fly at a discount if
passengers had 6 months' membership to a group or
club (not about travel). Entrepreneurs created bogus
societies to exploit the holiday market
The Spanish leader General Franco
encouraged travel as it would bring
economic success to his country
He transformed parts of Spain into tourist
resorts such as Benidorm and the Balearic
Islands
2 weeks in Spain cost at little
as £20 and 30% of all
overseas package holidays
were taken there