Family Britain, 1951-1957 (118 page)

  7. Heap, 25 Sep 1953; Tam Dalyell, ‘Baroness Jeger’,
Independent
, 3 Mar 2007;
Crossman
, p 276;
Manchester Guardian
, 19 Nov 1953.

  8. Mark Lewisohn,
Funny, Peculiar
(2002), pp 201–2; Jeffrey Weeks,
Coming Out
(Quartet edn, 1990), p 159; Richard Davenport-Hines,
Sex, Death and Punishment
(1990), pp 304–5; Weeks,
Coming
, p 159; Cate Haste,
Rules of Desire
(1992), p 169; Davenport-Hines,
Sex
, p 310; Philip Hoare, ‘Peter Wildeblood’,
Independent
, 25 Nov 1999; Kathleen Tynan,
The Life of Kenneth Tynan
(Methuen edn, 1988), pp 109–10; Davenport-Hines,
Sex
, pp 301–2.

  9. Langford, 21 Oct 1953; Nigel Hawthorne,
Straight Face
(2002), p 120; Sheridan Morley,
John G
(2001), p 249; Hawthorne,
Straight Face
, p 120;
Sunday Express
, 25 Oct 1953; Morley,
John G
, p 252; BBC WA,
Any Questions?
, 30 Oct 1953;
Sunday Express
, 1 Nov 1953; Jeffrey Weeks,
Sex, Politics and Society
(1989 edn, Harlow), p 241; Davenport-Hines,
Sex
, p 299; Radio 4,
The BBC and the Closet
, 29 Jan 2008; Chad Varah,
Before I Die Again
(1992), p 170.

10. MNA, Box 13,
Take It From Here
, 12 Nov 1953; June Whitfield,
. . . And June Whitfield
(2000), p 94; Frank Muir,
A Kentish Lad
(1997), p 151; M-O A, D5353, 6 Dec 1953;
Autocar
, 2 Oct 1953, 9 Oct 1953, 30 Oct 1953; Haines, 16 Nov 1953;
Daily Mirror
, 24 Nov 1953; Payn and Morley (eds),
Coward Diaries
, p 223; John Coldstream,
Dirk Bogarde
(2004), p 198. In general on TIFH, see John Fisher,
Funny Way to Be a Hero
(1973), pp 225–7; Derek Parker,
Radio
(Newton Abbot, 1977), pp 121–2.

11.
Daily Mirror
, 25 Nov 1953; Ivan Ponting, ‘Ferenc Puskas’,
Independent
, 18 Nov 2006;
Daily Mirror
, 26 Nov 1953;
Birmingham Post
, 26 Nov 1953;
Observer
, 29 Nov 1953;
Guardian
, 20 May 2005 (Peter Bradshaw);
Orkney Herald
, 8 Dec 1953; BBC WA, R9/19/1, Dec 1953. In general on the England–Hungary match and its context, see the special issue of
Sport in History
(Winter 2003–4), including articles by Peter J. Beck, Ronald Kowalski and Dilwyn Porter, and Jeffrey Hill.

12. Sage,
Bad Blood
, pp 155–6;
Hansard
, 4 Nov 1953, cols 187–8;
South Western Star
, 9 Oct 1953;
Housing Centre Review
(Mar–Apr 1954), pp 20–24.

13. Michael Young, ‘A Study of the Extended Family in East London’, University of London PhD, 1955, pp 24, 34, 170, 174, 176–7; Dartington Hall Trust Archives, LKE/G/35; Nick Tiratsoo and Mark Clapson, ‘The Ford Foundation and Social Planning in Britain: The Case of the Institute of Community Studies and
Family and Kinship in East London
’, in Giuliana Gemelli (ed),
American Foundations and Large-Scale Research
(Bologna, 2001), pp 201–17. See also Asa Briggs,
Michael Young
(Basingstoke, 2001), pp 128–37.

14. Paul Oliver et al,
Dunroamin
(1981), pp 27, 19, 21; Nicholas Bullock,
Building the Post-War World
(2002), p 139;
Coventry Evening Telegraph
, 8 Sep 1953; Christopher W. Bacon, ‘Streets-in-the-Sky: The Rise and Fall of the Modern Architectural Urban Utopia’, University of Sheffield PhD, 1982, pp 115–19.

15. Alan G. V. Simmonds, ‘Conservative Governments and the New Town Housing Question in the 1950s’,
Urban History
(May 2001), pp 65–83; Macmillan, p 160;
Architectural Review
(July 1953), pp 29–33;
New Yorker
, 17 Oct 1953.

16. Judy Attfield, ‘Inside Pram Town: A Case Study of Harlow House Interiors, 1951–61’, in Attfield and Pat Kirkham (eds),
A View from the Interior
(1989), pp 215–16, 218; Mark Llewellyn, ‘Producing and Experiencing Harlow: Neighbourhood Units and Narratives of New Town Life 1947–53’,
Planning Perspectives
(Apr 2004), pp 155–74; Andrew Homer, ‘Administrative and Social Change in the Post-War British New Towns: A Case Study of Stevenage and Hemel Hempstead 1946–70’, University of Luton PhD, 1999, p 149; Simmonds, ‘Conservative Governments’, pp 75–6; http://www.francisfrith.com/search/england/crawley/memories; Attfield and Kirkham (eds),
A View
, p 215; Susan Morris, Untitled section in Huw and Connie Rees (eds),
The History Makers
(Stevenage, 1981), pp 83–7; Jack Balchin,
First New Town
(Stevenage, 1980), pp 271–5; Homer, ‘Administrative and Social Change’, pp 157–63.

17. Chaplin, 7/3/1, 7 Dec 1953, Interview with Rene Chaplin, 18 May 1999; Maureen Kent, ‘Harold Hill in the “Fifties”’, in Shirley Durgan (ed),
Our Scattered Lives
(Billericay, c. 1980), pp 31–2; Cyril Dunn, ‘Notes on Life in a London Satellite’ (1953–4), in possession of Peter Dunn.

18. Asa Briggs,
Sound and Vision
(Oxford, 1995), pp 835–6;
Hansard
, 25 Nov 1953, cols 517, 524–5, 531, 555;
New Yorker
, 12 Dec 1953;
Hansard
, 15 Dec 1953, cols 298–300.

19. David Kynaston,
The City of London, Volume IV
(2001), pp 64–5; BBC WA,
Any Questions?
, 11 Dec 1953; Papers of W. J. Brown (Department of Documents, Imperial War Museum), 02/59/3, 1/18, 14 Dec 1953;
Financial Times
, 14–15 Dec 1953; Andrew Roberts,
Eminent Churchillians
(1994), pp 267–8; Macmillan, pp 279–80;
Sheffield Telegraph
, 17 Dec 1953;
Financial Times
, 18 Dec 1953;
The Times
, 19 Dec 1953; Roberts,
Eminent Churchillians
, pp 267, 269; Anthony Howard,
RAB
(1987), p 203.

20. Norman Wisdom,
Don’t Laugh At Me
(1992), p 151; Norman Wisdom,
In My Turn
(2002), p 190;
Daily Mirror
, 18 Dec 1953;
Spectator
, 25 Dec 1953;
The Times
, 21 Dec 1953; Wisdom,
Don’t
, p 152;
Picture Post
, 30 Jan 1954.

21. Haines, 25 Dec 1953, 16 Jan 1954; Anthony Hayward, ‘Bert Foord’,
Independent
, 11 Aug 2001; BBC WA, R9/10/1–VR/54/81, 19 Feb 1954, R9/74/1, Jan 1954; Martin, 19 Jan 1954; MNA, Box 38;
Picture Post
, 2 Jan 1954.

22. Raynham, 12 Jan 1954; Streat, pp 705–6;
Daily Mirror
, 26 Jan 1954;
Punch
, 3 Feb 1954; Gilbert, p 950.

13 Can You Afford It, Boy?

1. John Wain,
Hurry on Down
(Penguin edn, 1960), p 7;
Times Literary Supplement
, 9 Oct 1953;
New Statesman
, 24 Oct 1953;
Listener
, 29 Oct 1953;
Birmingham Post
, 27 Oct 1953;
The Times
, 7 Oct 1953.

2. Melvyn Bragg,
Rich
(1988), p 142;
Listener
, 4 Feb 1954;
New Statesman
, 6 Feb 1954; BBC WA, R9/74/1, Mar 1954; Andrew Lycett,
Dylan Thomas
(2003), p 377.

3. Amis, pp 344–5; Zachary Leader,
The Life of Kingsley Amis
(2006), p 300;
Sunday Times
, 24 Jan 1954;
Spectator
, 29 Jan 1954;
New Statesman
, 30 Jan 1954;
Punch
, 3 Feb 1954;
Daily Telegraph
, 5 Feb 1954;
Times Literary Supplement
, 12 Feb 1954;
Listener
, 18 Mar 1954.

4. Amis, pp 522–3, 746; Brian Aldiss, ‘’im’, in Dale Sarwak (ed),
Kingsley Amis
(Basingstoke, 1990), p 40; Humphrey Carpenter,
The Angry Young Men
(2002), p 55; Anthony Powell,
To Keep The Ball Rolling, Volume IV
(1982), pp 158–9; Kingsley Amis,
Lucky Jim
(Penguin edn, 1961), p 63; Neil Powell,
Amis & Son
(2008), p 84.

5. Anthony Thwaite (ed),
Selected Letters of Philip Larkin
(1992), pp 221–3; Philip Larkin,
Collected Poems
(1988), p 84.

A Thicker Cut

1 Tolerably Pleasing

1. National Archives, CAB 195/11/1, 3 Feb 1954;
Evening News
, 4 Feb 1954,
Coventry Evening Telegraph
, 4 Feb 1954;
Birmingham Mail
, 5 Feb 1954;
Hertfordshire Hemel Hempstead Gazette & West Herts Advertiser
, 12 Feb 1954.

2.
Evening News
, 16 Feb 1954;
Birmingham Mail
, 16 Feb 1954, 24 Feb 1954, 25 Feb 1954,
News Chronicle
, 23 Feb 1954, 1 Mar 1954, 2 Mar 1954.

3. Robert Rhodes James,
Bob Boothby
(1991), pp 369–70;
Observer
, 21 Feb 1954; National Archives, CAB 195/11/1, 24 Feb 1954.

4. Haines, 19–20 Feb 1954;
Birmingham Mail
, 17 Feb 1954; M-O A, D5353, 20 Feb 1954.

2 Butter is Off the Ration

  1.
Spectator
, 12 Mar 1954;
Picture Post
, 20 Mar 1954; John Pollock,
Billy Graham
(1966), p 165;
New Yorker
, 15 May 1954; Langford, 10 Jan 1954;
Economist
, 6 Mar 1954; Frances Partridge,
Everything To Lose
(Phoenix edn, 1999), pp 198–9; Cate Haste,
Rules of Desire
(1992), p 170; Peter Wildeblood,
Against the Law
(1955), pp 62–3, 80;
Sunday Telegraph
, 10 Sep 2000 (Lord Montagu interview); Sheridan Morley,
John G
(2001), pp 259–60.

  2. Asa Briggs,
Sound and Vision
(Oxford, 1995), p 845;
Economist
, 13 Mar 1954; John Corner, ‘General Introduction: Television and British Society in the 1950s’, in Corner (ed),
Popular Television in Britain
(1991), p 5;
Crossman
, p 331;
Montgomeryshire Express and Radnor Times
, 13 Mar 1954; James Lees-Milne,
A Mingled Measure
(1994), p 60; Kenneth Clark,
The Other Half
(Hamish Hamilton edn, 1986), p 138;
Picture Post
, 23 Oct 1954.

  3.
Radio Times
, 2 Apr 1954; Briggs,
Sound
, p 901; Anthony Hayward, ‘Edward Evans’,
Independent
, 4 Jan 2002;
Reynolds News
, 11 Apr 1954;
Daily Mail
, 9 Apr 1954; www.televisionheaven.co.uk/grove.htm;
Listener
, 15 Apr 1954;
Punch
, 21 Apr 1954; BBC WA, R9/19/1, Jun 1954, R9/19/2, Jun 1954 (2);
Listener
, 22 Apr 1954; Wikipedia, ‘The Grove Family’;
Radio Times
, 16 Apr 1954; Graham McCann,
Morecambe & Wise
(1998), p 108;
Reynolds News
, 25 Apr 1954; BBC WA, R9/19/2, Jun 1954 (2);
Reynolds News
, 23 May 1954; McCann,
Morecambe
, pp 109, 115.

  4. Martin Gilbert,
‘Never Despair’
(1988), pp 968–9; Mark Pythian, ‘CND’s Cold War’,
Contemporary British History
(Autumn 2001), p 134;
Crossman
, p 305; Roy Jenkins,
Churchill
(2001), pp 875–7; Henry Pelling,
Churchill’s Peacetime Ministry, 1951–55
(Basingstoke, 1997), p 123;
Coventry Evening Telegraph
, 6 Apr 1954;
New Statesman
, 10 Apr 1954; Anthony Adamthwaite, ‘“Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation”: The BBC’s Response to Peace and Defence Issues, 1945–58’,
Contemporary Record
(Winter 1993), pp 567–8.

  5. BBC WA,
Any Questions?
, 14 Jan 1955;
Picture Post
, 16 Jun 1956; David R. Devereux, ‘State Versus Private Ownership: The Conservative Governments and British Civil Aviation, 1951–62’,
Albion
(Spring 1995), p 78; Berry Ritchie, ‘Sir Freddie Laker’,
Independent
, 11 Feb 2006; Thayer Watkins, ‘The Concorde Supersonic Transport’ (London Conference on Concorde, c. 2000).

  6. John Campbell,
Nye Bevan
(1997), p 284; Dalton, p 624;
New Yorker
, 15 May 1954; Ben Pimlott
, Harold Wilson
(1992), pp 184–7; Dalton, p 625.

  7.
Orpington & Kentish Times
, 30 Apr 1954;
Daily Mail
, 26 Apr 1954; David Butler, ‘Len Pountney’,
Independent
, 18 Jun 1997; Cyril Dunn, ‘Notes on a London Satellite, 1953–54’;
Orpington & Kentish Times
, 7 May 1954; Paul Rock and Stanley Cohen, ‘The Teddy Boy’, in Vernon Bogdanor and Robert Skidelsky (eds),
The Age of Affluence, 1951–64
(1970), p 297;
Picture Post
, 29 May 1954.

  8. St John, 28 Apr 1954; Langford, 28 Apr 1954; Heap, 1 May 1954; Fowles, EUL MS 102/1/8, fol 123, 12 May 1954; Christine Geraghty,
British Cinema in the Fifties
(2000), p 67; John Coldstream,
Dirk Bogarde
(2004), p 204.

  9.
Listener
, 29 Apr 1954, 6 May 1954, 13 May 1954, 20 May 1954;
Economist
, 13 Feb 1954;
Listener
, 20 May 1954; Joan Keating, ‘Faith and Community Threatened? Roman Catholic Responses to the Welfare State, Materialism and Social Mobility, 1945–62’,
Twentieth Century British History
9/1 (1998), pp 92–4; Robert Walsha, ‘The One Nation Group: A Tory Approach to Backbench Politics and Organization, 1950–55’,
Twentieth Century British History
11/2 (2000), pp 208–12.

10. Townsend, ‘Pilot Interviews, 1954’, 27 Apr 1954, 29 Apr 1954.

11.
Yorkshire Post
, 5 May 1954; Geoffrey Moorhouse,
At the George
(1989), p 35;
Yorkshire Post
, 6 May 1954;
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
, 6 May 1954; Jeff Hill, ‘Rite of Spring: Cup Finals and Community in the North of England’, in Hill and Jack Williams (eds),
Sport and Identity in the North of England
(Keele, 1996), p 91;
Yorkshire Post
, 7 May 1954;
Oxford Mail
, 7 May 1954;
Spectator
, 14 May 1954;
The Times
, 5 May 2004;
Oxford Mail
, 7 May 1954; Briggs,
Sound
, p 775;
Halifax Daily Courier
, 7 May 1954; John Bale, ‘How Much of a Hero? The Fractured Image of Roger Bannister’,
Sport in History
, Aug 2006, pp 235–47.