A Look Back At

Born in 1952

What Was Life Like in 1952?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

Winston Churchill

Monarch

Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Pint of Beer

7p

Loaf of Bread

5p

Petrol (per litre)

5p

Average House

£1,891

Weekly Wage

£8.30

Value of Money

£1 in 1952 would be worth approximately £38.10 in today's money.

Events of 1952 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1952 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 5 January – Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in the United States for an official visit and talks with President Harry S. Truman.
  • 1 February – The first TV detector van is commissioned in the UK as the beginning of a clampdown on the estimated 150,000 British households that watch television illegally without a licence.
  • 2 May – The De Havilland Comet becomes the world's first jet airliner, with a maiden flight from London to Johannesburg.
  • 1 June – One shilling charge is introduced for prescription drugs dispensed under the National Health Service (NHS).
  • 5 July – The last of the original trams runs in London; people turn out in force to say farewell.
  • 3 October – Operation Hurricane: The UK detonates its first atomic bomb in the Monte Bello Islands, Australia.
  • 14 November – The magazine New Musical Express (launched on 7 March) publishes the first UK Singles Chart.
  • 12 December – BBC children's television series Flower Pot Men debuts.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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