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Cinemas and Cinema-Going in the United Kingdom

Sam Manning · 2020

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Cinema-going was the most popular commercial leisure activity in the first half of the twentieth century, peaking in 1946 with 1.6 billion recorded admissions. Though 'going to the pictures' remained a popular pastime, the transition to peacetime altered citizens' leisure habits. During the 1950s increased affluence, the growth of television ownership and the diversification of leisure led to rapid declines in attendance. Cinema attendances fell in all regions, but the speed, nature and extent of decline varied widely across the United Kingdom.

Book details

Year
2020
Language
English
Publisher
Institute of Historical Research
Editions
3
Pages
250
ISBN
9781912702343

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