1950s

The only notable new building work carried out was the homes at Hunters Place, Easington and the William Whiteley Homes at Greenside. Messrs Pease and Partners, Coal owners and Industrialists, transferred 10 memorial Homes they had built for soldiers returning from the war at St. Helens, Bishop Auckland, Eldon, Shildon, Chilton and Windlestone plus a gift of £1,000 for their maintenance.

• 1950 - General Election sees Labour returned with a majority of five seats.
• 1951 - Colour TV introduced
• 1952 - King George VI dies and Queen succeeds him
• 1952 - Food rationing ends in Britain.
• 1955 - Commercial television starts with first ITV broadcast.
• 1956 - The Suez Crisis.
• 1957 - Munich air crash kills 23 people including eight Manchester United footballers.

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