Family Britain, 1951-1957 (125 page)

13. Saville,
Memoirs
, pp 108–9;
Reasoner
(Sep 1956), pp 12–13, 27–8.

14. C.A.R. Crosland,
The Future of Socialism
(1956), pp 67, 98, 148, 295–332, 258–77, 333–50, 487, 522–3, 529. For fuller discussions, see Edmund Dell,
A Strange Eventful History
(1999), chap 10; Radhika Desai,
Intellectuals and Socialism
(1994), chaps 4–5; Martin Francis, ‘Mr Gaitskell’s Ganymede? Re-assessing Crosland’s
The Future of Socialism’
,
Contemporary British History
(Summer 1997), pp 50–64; Jeremy Nuttall,
Psychological Socialism
(Manchester, 2006), pp 69–80.

15.
Tribune
, 5 Oct 1956; Gordon Brown, ‘Foreword’, in Dick Leonard (ed), Anthony Crosland,
The Future of Socialism
(2006), pp ix–x;
Guardian
, 27 Feb 1997.

16. Kenneth O. Morgan, ‘Royals since 1945: Political Society’, in Trevor Herbert and Gareth Elwyn Jones (eds),
Post-War Wales
(Cardiff, 1995), pp 14, 29–30;
Daily Mirror
, 26 Sep 1956; Dennis Potter,
The Glittering Coffin
(1960), p 76; Leo McKinstry,
Jack & Bobby
(2002), pp 62–3;
New Statesman
, 6 Oct 1956;
Picture Post
, 22 Oct 1956.

17. Martin, 21 Sep 1956; Langford, 1 Oct 1956; Haines, 4 Oct 1956; Lewis, 16 Oct 1956.

18.
Guardian
, 31 Mar 2006 (Mark Lawson); Irving Wardle,
The Theatres of George Devine
(1978), p 185;
The Times
, 13 Oct 1956; Jasper,
Top Twenty
, p 22;
Record Collector
, Aug 2006, p 67.

19.
Financial Times
, 17 Oct 1956;
News Chronicle
, 17 Oct 1956;
The Times
, 18 Oct 1956; BBC WA,
Any Questions?
, 19 Oct 1956.

20. M-O A, D5353, 1 Nov 1956;
Independent
, 30 Oct 2006 (David Prosser); Gallup (ed),
Gallup
, p 376;
Guardian
, 28 Oct 2006 (Jim Griffin).

13 Brisk Buying and Selling

  1.
New Statesman
, 26 May 1956; Macmillan, p 561;
Encounter
, Jun 1956, p 5.

  2.
Star
, 26 Jan 1956; Richard Coopey et al,
Mail Order Retailing in Britain
(Oxford, 2005), pp 64–5; Nick Tiratsoo, ‘Popular politics, affluence and the Labour party in the 1950s’ in Anthony Gorst et al (eds),
Contemporary British History, 1931–1961
(1991), p 49; Elizabeth Nelson,
The British Counter-Culture, 1966–73
(Basingstoke, 1989), p 14; Bill Osgerby, ‘“Well, It’s Saturday Night an’ I Just Got Paid”: Youth, Consumerism and Hegemony in Post-War Britain’,
Contemporary Record
, Autumn 1992, p 292.

  3. Winston Fletcher,
Powers of Persuasion
(Oxford, 2008), p 31; Christina Hardyment,
Slice of Life
(1995), p 53;
Homes and Gardens
, Feb 1954, p 1;
Picture Post
, 25 Feb 1956; Fletcher,
Powers
, p 35; Mark Robinson,
100 Greatest TV Ads
(2000), pp 48, 27;
News Chronicle
, 22 Oct 1956.

  4. Martin, 6 Mar 1956; Miriam Akhtar and Steve Humphries,
The Fifties and Sixties
(2001), pp 119–20; John Burnett,
A Social History of Housing, 1815–1970
(Newton Abbott, 1978), p 300;
Encounter
, Jun 1956, p 12;
Financial Times
, 10 Feb 2001 (Alice Rawsthorn);
The Times
, 16 Jul 2004 (Lucia van der Post);
Picture Post
, 8 Oct 1956; Sally MacDonald and Julia Porter,
Putting on the Style
(1990), ‘Traditional Values’ section; M-O A, Bulletin No 49, Mar/Jun 1953, ‘Furnishing’;
Encounter
, Jun 1956, p 12.

  5. Paul Atkinson, ‘Do It Yourself: Democracy and Design’,
Journal of Design History
, 2006 (19/1), p 6; Carol Kennedy,
ICI
(1986), p 118; James Obelkevich, ‘Consumption’, in James Obelkevich and Peter Catterall (eds),
Understanding British Society
(1994), p 147; Ralph Harris and Arthur Seldon,
Advertising in Action
(1962), pp 203–4; David Jeremiah,
Architecture and Design for the Family, 1900–70
(Manchester, 2000), p 165; Andrew Jackson, ‘Labour as Leisure – the Mirror Dinghy and DIY Sailors’,
Journal of Design History
, 2006 (19/1), p 59; Jeremiah
, Architecture
, p 165;
Practical Householder
, Dec 1956, pp 32, 38, 43, 49; Robert Opie,
The 1950s Scrapbook
(1998), pp 12–13.

  6.
Picture Post
, 27 Feb 1954; David E. Roberts, ‘Sir Charles Colston’, in David Jeremy (ed),
Dictionary of Business Biography, Vol 1
(1984), p 756; David L. Wakefield,
The Hoover Story in Merthyr Tydfil
(Merthyr Tydfil, c. 1977), pp 6–7; Opie,
Scrapbook
, p 16; Obelkevich, ‘Consumption’, p 145; John Davies, ‘Wales in the Nineteen-sixties’,
Llafour
, 1987 (4/4), p 83; David Blunkett,
On a Clear Day
(1995), p 40; Hardyment,
Slice
, pp 41–2.

  7. Nick Smurthwaite, ‘Kenneth Lo’,
Independent
, 16 Aug 1995;
Times Literary Supplement
, 26 Nov 1999 (Arabella Boxer); Jeremiah,
Architecture
, p 172; Joe Moran,
Queuing for Beginners
(2007), p 152; M-O A, Bulletin No 50, Mar 1954, p 15;
Illustrated
, 21 Jan 1956;
Independent
, 19 Mar 1997 (P. T. Meard); Harris and Seldon,
Advertising
, pp 169–70;
Financial Times
, 12 Oct 1959;
Reynolds News
, 24 Feb 1957; Haines, 3 Aug 1956; ‘Sir John Eastwood’,
The Times
, 15 Aug 1995; Information from Gisela Hunt.

  8. Tim O’Sullivan, ‘Television Memories and Cultures of Viewing, 1950–65’, in John Corner (ed),
Popular Television in Britain
(1991), p 161; Twiggy Lawson,
Twiggy
(1997), p 15; O’Sullivan, ‘Television’, p 167; Dennis Potter,
The Changing Forest
(Minerva edn, 1996), p 9;
The Times
, 4 Nov 2004 (Clive Davis); Carole Klein,
Doris Lessing
(2000), p 147; Doris Lessing,
Walking in the Shade
(1997), p 92; Michael Young and Peter Willmott,
Family and Kinship in East London
(Pelican edn, 1962), p 143; Crown Street Survey (University of Liverpool, Special Collections), D416/1/23.

  9. A. M. Carr-Saunders et al,
A Survey of Social Conditions in England and Wales
(1958), pp 245–6; Young and Willmott,
Family
, p 24; Carr-Saunders, pp 247–8, 242;
‘Frank Berni’,
Daily Telegraph
, 12 Jul 2000; Paul Levy, ‘Aldo Berni’,
Independent
, 20 Oct 1997; Peter Frost, ‘Sam Alper’,
Independent
, 11 Oct 2002; Geraldine Wilson, ‘Alexander Plunket Greene’,
Guardian
, 10 May 1990.

10. Ruth I. Johns,
St Ann’s, Nottingham
(Warwick, 2002), p 54; Crown Street Survey, D416/1/23; Carlo Morelli, ‘Constructing a Balance between Price and Non-Price Competion in British Multiple Food Retailing, 1954–64’,
Business History
, Apr 1998, p 47; Geoff Phillips,
When We Were Kids
(Durham City, 2001), p 43; Morelli, ‘Constructing’, p 47;
Picture Post
, 10 Sep 1955; Marcus Sieff,
Don’t ask the price
(1986), pp 169–70.

11. Penelope Mortimer,
About Time Too
(1993), pp 43–4; Sonia Ashmore, ‘Extinction and Evolution: Department Stores in London’s West End, 1945–1982’,
London Journal
, Jun 2006, pp 48–9; M-O A, TC24/9/D; Bill Lancaster,
The Department Store
(1995), pp 196–7.

12. Jeremiah,
Architecture
, p 172; Morelli, ‘Constructing’, p 49; M-O A, TC78/3/B; Oliver Marriott,
The Property Boom
(1967), p 237; Kathryn A. Morrison,
English Shops and Shopping
(New Haven, 2003), p 284; W. G. McClelland, ‘The Supermarket and Society’,
Sociological Review
, Jul 1962, p 134; M-O A, TC78/3/B.

13.
Glasgow Herald
, 25 Jun 1956; M-O A, D5353, 29 Feb 1956;
Evening Citizen
, 18 Jun 1956; C.A.R. Crosland,
The Future of Socialism
(1956), p 518;
London Review of Books
, 24 Jan 2002.

14 A Pretty Mess

  1. Clarissa Eden,
A Memoir
(2007), p 235; Macmillan, pp 578–9; Roy Greenslade,
Press Gang
(2003), pp 131–3; Brian Brivati,
Hugh Gaitskell
(1996), p 260; M-O A, D5353, 2 Aug 1956;
Fowles
, p 378; Sir Billy Butlin,
The Billy Butlin Story
(1982), p 223; David Owen,
Time to Declare
(1991), pp 39–40; Robin Day,
Grand Inquisitor
(1989), p 91; Greenslade,
Press Gang
, p 133; Corelli Barnett,
The Verdict of Peace
(2001), pp 493–4.

  2.
Daily Mirror
, 30 Oct 1956; Colin Clark,
The Prince, the Showgirl and Me
(1995), pp 188–9;
New Statesman
, 3 Nov 1956; Heap, 30 Oct 1956;
Daily Sketch
, 31 Oct 1956;
New Statesman
, 3 Nov 1956;
Manchester Guardian
, 31 Oct 1956; Benn, pp 194–5; Nigel Nicolson (ed),
Harold Nicolson: The Later Years, 1945–1962: Diaries and Letters, Volume III
(1968), p 312; Mark Pottle (ed),
Daring to Hope: The Diaries and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter, 1946–1969
(2000), p 173; Streat, p 847; Janie Hampton (ed),
Joyce & Ginnie
(1997), p 216.

  3.
Daily Sketch
, 1 Nov 1956;
Daily Mirror
, 1 Nov 1956;
News Chronicle
, 1 Nov 1956;
The Times
, 1 Nov 1956;
New Yorker
, 10 Nov 1956; Lewis Baston,
Reggie
(Stroud, 2004), p 114; Lewis, 1 Nov 1956; St John, 1 Nov 1956; Heap, 1 Nov 1956; M-O A, D5353, 1 Nov 1956; Martin, 1 Nov 1956; Streat, p 848;
Manchester Guardian
, 5 Nov 1956 (Nicolas Walter et al); Henry Hardy and Jennifer Holmes (eds), Isaiah Berlin,
Enlightening: Letters 1946–1960
(2009), p 547;
Manchester Guardian
, 2 Nov 1956; Aurelia Schober Plath (ed), Sylvia Plath,
Letters Home
(1976), p 282.

  4.
Daily Worker
, 26 Oct 1956;
Reasoner
, Nov 1956, Supplement, pp 1–2; Amis, pp 489–91.

  5.
Manchester Guardian
, 2 Nov 1956;
Tribune
, 2 Nov 1956;
New Statesman
, 3 Nov 1956;
Spectator
, 2 Nov 1956;
Economist
, 2 Nov 1956; Preston, 2 Nov 1956; Hampton (ed),
Joyce & Ginnie
, p 218; M-O A, D5353, 2 Nov 1956; Haines, 2 Nov 1956; Brian Thompson,
Clever Girl
(2007), p 184; BBC WA,
Any Questions?
, 2 Nov 1956.

  6.
Daily Sketch
, 3 Nov 1956;
Daily Mirror
, 3 Nov 1956;
Crossman
, p 538;
Listener
, 8 Nov 1956; Nicolson, p 314; Benn, p 200;
Crossman
, pp 538–9; Raynham, 3 Nov 1956; Preston, 3 Nov 1956; M-O A, D5353, 3 Nov 1956; Amis, p 491.

  7.
Observer
, 4 Nov 1956;
Daily Mirror
, 5 Nov 1956;
Manchester Guardian
, 5 Nov 1956; D. R. Thorpe,
Eden
(2003), p 527;
The Times
, 18 Feb 2003 (Anthony Howard); Benn, pp 201–2;
Listener
, 8 Nov 1956; Tony Shaw, ‘Cadogan’s Last Fling: Sir Alexander Cadogan, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC’,
Contemporary British History
, Summer 1999, p 140; Barnett,
Verdict
, p 496.

  8.
Manchester Guardian
, 5 Nov 1956; Bonham Carter, p 174;
Daily Mirror
, 5 Nov 1956;
Reasoner
, Nov 1956, pp 1–2;
Daily Worker
, 5 Nov 1956.

  9.
Daily Mail
, 5 Nov 1956;
News Chronicle
, 5 Nov 1956; Raynham, 5 Nov 1956; Russell Davies (ed),
The Kenneth Williams Diaries
(1993), p 127;
Daily Mirror
, 6 Nov 1956.

10.
Daily Mail
, 6 Nov 1956; Martin, 5 Nov 1956; Pete Frame,
The Restless Generation
(2007), p 150; Caroline Moorehead,
Sidney Bernstein
(1984), pp 252–3; Benn, p 205; John Sutherland,
The Boy Who Loved Books
(2007), pp 161–2.

11.
News Chronicle
, 6 Nov 1956;
Manchester Guardian
, 6 Nov 1956; Philip Snow,
Stranger and Brother
(1982), p 112; Robert Cooper, ‘A Weak Sister? Macmillan, Suez and the British Economy, July to November 1956’,
Contemporary British History
, Sep 2008, p 309; Benn, p 208;
Crossman
, p 541; Tony Shaw, ‘Eden and the BBC During the 1956 Suez Crisis: A Myth Re-examined’,
Twentieth Century British History
, 1995 (6/3), p 340; Haines, 6 Nov 1956; Nicolson (ed),
Diaries
,

p 317; M-O A, D5353, 6 Nov 1956.

12. Anton Rippon,
A Derby Boy
(Stroud, 2007), p 60; Harvey Cole, ‘Public Opinion and the Suez Crisis’,
Fabian Journal
, Mar 1957, pp 10–11;
Yorkshire Post
, 8 Nov 1956;
Manchester Guardian
, 7 Nov 1956, 12 Nov 1956; Barnett,
Verdict
, p 652; Malcolm Hayes (ed),
The Selected Letters of William Walton
(2002), pp 286–7; John Ramsden,
The Age of Churchill and Eden, 1940–1957
(Harlow, 1995), pp 313–14;
New Statesman
, 10 Nov 1956.

13.
New Statesman
, 22 Sep 1956;
Daily Worker
, 9 Nov 1956, 16 Nov 1956;
New Statesman
, 24 Nov 1956; Tom Steel, ‘Llew Gardner’,
Independent
, 26 Nov 1990; Jim Roche Papers (Ruskin College, Oxford), Mss 51/20; A. J. Avis,
To Build a New Jerusalem
(1992), p 196; Jean McCrindle, ‘The Hungarian Uprising and a Young British Communist’,
History Workshop Journal
, Autumn 2008, p 198.