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GCSE History · key term
A name associated with the fashion, music and cultural changes of the 1960s, especially in London; it does not mean that everyone enjoyed prosperity.
Used by Edexcel
Paper 1
Revise: Notting Hill: Migration, Context and HousingLondon in the 1960s became associated with new fashions, popular music and cultural change: the ‘Swinging Sixties’. Living standards improved for many people as Britain moved beyond the immediate post-war shortages; food rationing ended in 1954.
Do not equate cheap housing with good housing, or the ‘Swinging Sixties’ with prosperity for everyone.
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