History DWR

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Sophie Davies

Cards (66)

Despite the depression, years between the wars were what?
Rich in opportunities for people to enjoy themselves
Why did the years between the wars have more time for people to enjoy themselves?
Lots of time on their hands and affordable leisure. Going to the races, football/rugby matches, to free libraries or clubs
What modern technology was used in this time?
Radio in the home, sound or vision in the cinema
What was the first radio known as?
The wireless, appeared in Britain in 1922
The first wireless or radio sets were what?
Expensive to buy and costly to licence
After a few years, what happened to the costs of radios?
Decreased to a level most people could afford
What was set up in 1926?
The BBC, to inform and entertain the listening public
What did the BBC broadcast?
School programmes, plays, popular music and comedy
In 1937, the BBC was persuaded to what? 
Set up a Welsh service based in Cardiff
What was the biggest rival to the radio?
The cinema
Why was cinema more popular?
Cheap prices and offered an escape for people in the harsh realities of life.
The majority of film stars were... 
American, made in Hollywood
Every cinemagoer had a dream to...
Meet their screen heroes or become film stars themselves
Raymond Truscott-Jones, a Welshman in the 1930s that... 
Left Wales to become famous as the Hollywood actor Ray Milland
By 1939, how many cinemas were there?
Nearly 5,000
By 1939, how many cinema tickets were sold on average per week?
23 million
The BBC feared cinema would replace radio, so...
In 1936, it began live television broadcasts, but it was too expensive for most people
By 1939, how many viewers did the BBC have?
50,000
What were the three most popular sports in the industrialised areas of south Wales and the north of England?
Rugby, football and boxing
Boxing became the sport of the...
Working classes
Boxing was most popular during the...
Depression of the 1930s
What did boxing provide for most?
Escape from their poverty and unemployment
For most of the nineteenth century, until 1914, Wales had attracted what?
Thousands of immigrants
What is an immigrant?
A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country
The post war depression of the 1920s and the Great Depression of the 1930s reduced what?
The flow of immigrants
What is migration? 
Permanent movement of people into or out of country
What is emigration? 
Movement of individuals out of a population
Within a few years, pre-war immigration had turned into... 
Post-war migration on a massive scale
Reasons for the post war migration
Unemployment in Wales and the north east of England was widespread, long-lasting and severe. Wales experienced massive levels of outmigration during the 1920s/30s
What percent of people left South Wales in this time?
85%
During the 1920s and 1930s, a large number of Welsh and northern English people... 
Left Britain altogether to go to America
Why did British people move to America?
Seen as a land of opportunity
Why was America seen as a land of opportunity? 
Cities such as New York, LA, and San Francisco. Hollywood, jazz and employment
Thousands of Welsh workers and their families...
Were encouraged to leave Wales by the government
The Ministry of Labour set up a scheme to...
Help unemployed workers willing to move to popular destinations such as London, Coventry, Oxford, etc
Why did the Ministry of Labour move people to these destinations?
Employed in light engineering and car manufacturing
What did the migration of so many people from Wales to England cause?
Serious consequences for some parts of the country
Merthyr Tydfil suffered a sharp decline in its...
Population with around 26,000 people leaving the town between 1921 and 1939
Over 20% of the population of England... 
Moved to south in search of work
In Wales, the migration and emigration of such large numbers of people had an effect on...
The Welsh language and culture