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Change and progress in the post-war years

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 28 May 2009
By Linton Andrews, Dr Barry Dackombe
As has already been discussed in Rationing, during the war women played an important part in Britain’s wartime economy, but they were still expected to...
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The war is over; rationing goes on

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 25 Feb 2009
By Dr Barry Dackombe, Hazel Taylor
Barry Dackombe shows how Hazel's diaries recorded the continuing shortages of a post-war world.
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Men and women in peacetime

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 12 Feb 2009
By Dr Barry Dackombe, Hazel Taylor
The war had changed social mores - but did the peace mean a return to the old way of doing things?
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Birth of the welfare state

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 03 Aug 2006
By The OpenLearn team
It was not until after the Second World War that the British Welfare state took its mature form. In a climate of relief after the...
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The history of your home

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 18 Jan 2006
By Dr Nick Barratt
How long has your house been there? Who else lived in it before you did? Nick Barratt explains how to find out.
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Welsh history and its sources

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Introductory Level Duration 25 hours Updated 22 May 2013
By The Open University
This unit is a teaching and learning resource for anyone interested in Welsh history. It contains study materials, links to some of the most important...
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