1930 in the United Kingdom

1930 in the United Kingdom
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1928 | 1929 | 1930 (1930) | 1931 | 1932
Constituent countries of the United Kingdom
England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales
Popular culture

Events from the year 1930 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

Events

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Undated

  • 1930–1935 – unemployment averages more than 18% in Britain.
  • Housing Act provides government subsidy for slum clearance,[14] and construction of further new council houses as replacements.[15]
  • New offices for Crawford's Advertising Agency at 233 High Holborn, London, designed by Frederick Etchells with Herbert A. Welch, are Britain's earliest significant example of the International Style in architecture.[16]
  • Start of local authorities' assisted wiring scheme to encourage people to connect their homes to the public electricity supply.[17]
  • Poor Prisoners' Defence Act provides for limited extension of legal aid.
  • Rosemary Bank is discovered approximately 75 miles (121 km) west of Scotland by the survey vessel HMS Rosemary.
  • Philco produces the first of its "Baby grand" designs of radio of which it will sell two million.[18]

Publications

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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  9. "Miners die in pit explosion". Wolverhampton: Express & Star. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  10. "The Labour Party Conference". The Times (45636). London. 6 October 1930. p. 11.
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  12. Coburn, Oliver (1950). Youth Hostel Story. London: National Council of Social Service.
  13. Slapper, Gary (23 June 2008). "The cases that changed Britain: 1917–1954". The Times. London. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  14. The History Today Companion to British History. London: Collins & Brown. 1995. p. 391. ISBN 978-1-85585-178-8.
  15. "Council housing". Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  16. Betjeman, John (1974). A Pictorial History of English Architecture. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 100. ISBN 0-14-00-3824-8.
  17. Biscoe, John. "History of public supply in the UK". Engineering Timelines. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  18. Mahon, Morgan E. (1990). A Flick of the Switch 1930–1950. Antiques Electronics Supply. p. 116.
  19. "Birthdays". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media. 7 July 2014. p. 31.
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