| Year |
Event |
| 1930 |
The R101 disaster, the 777' long airship is destroyed by mechanical failure and fire. |
| 1930 |
Liverpool Cenotaph unveiled before a crowd of 80,000 by Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby. |
| 1932 |
Speke joins Liverpool and is the last major boundary change to the Liverpool area. |
| 1933 |
The Conservatory, supposedly the largest in England was demolished in this year. |
| 1934 |
The Mersey Tunnel, Queensway Entrance, finished, and opened by King George the V. the total cost of the tunnel was £7.75 million, and was 2.13 miles long the longest in the world at the time. the earth and debris from the excavation was sent to Otterspool to build a riverside promenade and park. |
| 1934 |
The New Brighton bathing pool was built. |
| 1934 |
The estimated number of people on Ainsdale beach during a July heatwave this year was 100,000. |
| 1935 |
High explosives used to destroy the wreak of the barque Nereus, which has lain on the Ainsdale beaches since it's wreaking. It was deemed to be a hazard to the ever increasing numbers of bathers to the beach. |
| 1935 |
The Blundell club Golf course is built over in this year. |
| 1936 |
Ascension of King Edward the VIII and subsequent abdication. |
| 1937 |
The last Street railway, tram, runs in Birkenhead.
 |
| 1938 |
Formby by-pass opened. |
| 1939 |
War declared on Germany, September of this year. |
| 1939 |
The D'Arcy Exploration Company drills a test bore and finds oil in Formby, they then set up a field with 18 pumps working around the clock to pump up the oil. This site soon becomes the second biggest oil field in Britain. |
| 1939 |
Work
on Liverpool Cathedral continued slowly |
| 1940 |
Retreat from Dunkirk. |
| 1941 |
HMS Queen Charlotte opens in this year, to train naval gunners.
Freshfield Golf Course requisitioned by the RAF for an Airfield later called Woodvale.
|
| 1941 |
The Bismarck sank in revenge for the Hood. |
| 1941 |
Finished
second phase of Liverpool Cathedral under the
tower used for the first time |
| 1942 |
Rommel's forces routed in the desert of this year. |
| 1943 |
The dam-busters do their work and destroy the Eder and Mohne dams on Ruhr river valley in Germany. |
| 1944 |
The Nature reserves Investigation Committee places Ainsdale in the top 22 wildlife sites in Britain. |
| 1944 |
Normandy landing take place, in June, with initial success off the beaches. |
| 1944 |
The start of the end for the
Third Reich. Paris is liberated by Allied forces in the August. German forces retreat from Holland, September, pursued by allied forces. |
| 1945 |
Victory over Europe celebrated in May. Victory over Japan in September. |
| 1945 |
Labour Victory
as Prime Minister Clement Atlee had a two to one majority over the Conservatives
and Winston Churchill was no longer PM. |
| 1945 |
Liverpool
Cathedral survived World War 2 almost unscathed
|
| 1946 |
Nationalization
coal industry. National Health Service
formed. |
| 1946 |
HMS Queen Charlotte closes. |
| 1947 |
British Coal industry
nationalized. |
| 1947 |
School leaving age raised to 15. |
| 1947 |
Princess
Elizabeth married Prince Philip. |
| 1948 |
British Railways and electrical industries
nationalized. |
| 1949 |
British Gas industry
nationalized. |
| 1950 |
Soap and petrol rationing end, and the Stone of Scone stolen from Westminster Abbey. |
| 1951 |
Another test drilling at Ainsdale was to take place, but after going down 5,000 ft was decided that it was a dry hole. They tried in several other places around the area but found no other oil reserves. |
| 1951 |
Coronation Stone returned to Westminster Abbey. |
| 1951 |
Guns in the Fort Perch Rock fired for the last time for the Festival of Britain celebrations.
|
| 1952 |
Albert Dock complex
listed as the largest collection of Grade I Listed Buildings in Britain.
|
| 1953 |
Queen Elizabeth the II crowned in Westminster Abbey, the entire ceremony is televised. BSAC (British Sub Aqua-Club) founded in London. |
| 1954 |
Food rationing ends in England. |
| 1954 |
Southport Aero Club starts flying from Hesketh Park, flights costing just £3. |
| 1955 |
Plans announced that Britain will build 12 atomic power stations around England over the next 10 years. |
| 1956 |
The last train runs on the Overhead Railway. |
| 1957 |
The Last Liverpool Tram runs through Liverpool.
|
| 1957 |
The Fort Crosby buildings are now disused and stand empty. |
| 1957 |
The worlds largest radio telescope went into operation at Jodrell bank for the Manchester University. |
| 1957 |
Queens Christmas speech televised for the first time. |
| 1958 |
Anglican
Cathedral architect, Giles Gilbert Scott, died, aged 80
|
| 1958 |
Newly arrived immigrants, invited to the country from the ex-colonies in the West Indies, had an unhappy time on arrival
leading to black British immigrants race riots in Nottingham and Notting Hill
which dominated press coverage. |
| 1959 |
Demolition completed on the Overhead Railway, efforts to raise money for repairs were unsuccessful, leading to demolition. |
| 1959 |
The M1 opened to the public for the first time. |
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