The Swinging Sixties, the Soaring Seventies
In 10 years much can change. The sixties were no exception.

The Beatles started a revolution in music. For the first time more LP records were sold than singles.

BBC2 started in the sixties, and colour was added in 1968.

Large finds of natural gas made this the cheapest fuel. During the seventies unemployment rose to over 1¹/₂ million people.

The price of a cinema ticket went up from 20p in 1966 to 70p in 1976.

In the seventies the pocket calculator became more popular and more powerful but cheaper.

In this unit you will be studying figures which show changes over a period of years. You will be using the figures to predict what might happen in the future.

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