Describe popular culture in Britain at the beginning of the 1960's

... Describe popular culture in Britain at the beginning of the 1960's Popular culture in the early 1960's was very different from life in the 1950's but a lot of things in the 1950's would have affected the 1960's. In the 1950's Britain's economic situation was still recovering from World War 2. By the late 1950's things were beginning to change rapidly, people were had more money because wages were going up, taxes were going down and unemployment rates were extremely low. Having more money meant people good buy a lot more goods and luxuries which many ordinary people may not have been able to afford before. Hire purchase became a popular way to buy goods before they had the money, this was another reason more people could buy more and afford things that they had not before. This growth in sales led to even more jobs available in Britain. All this

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