World 1760 - 1939
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Timeline World 1760 - 1939 |
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1939 Second World War begins
The
Second World War lasted until 1945. It had a devastating effect on world
trade. Rationing was introduced in Britain, limiting the food and clothing
that people could buy. During the Second World War Lancashire cotton
mills were kept busy making utility cloth, which was used to make simple
plain cotton clothing, sheets and pillowcases. After the war the world
economy was no longer dominated by Europe. Many of the traditional British
industries like cotton manufacturing began to decline rapidly. The attempts
to modernise after the war were too late to stop the closures of mills
in the 1960's.
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