Can anybody please tell me, what where the social condtions like in the 1950's?

Question

, and how did it give rise to the development of Rock N Roll Music? Its for homework for an esay..and I am stook!! I don't know what to talk about for this part of it...help me!!!!

Answer 1

First of all, I'm not sure how it gave rise to Rock 'n' Roll. We were exposed to Jazz and Swing, which were largely popularised by the US military based here during the War. Films like The Benny Goodman Story and The Glen Miller Story, and learning jive in the dance halls. It's possible that Rock and Roll grew out of this, and in turn, the Twist in the early 1960's; hopefully someone more knowledgeable may be able to help.
As for Social Conditions - I was born in 1938 in Bristol(husband b.1933 in East London - he was evacuated for 6 years with his 4-year old sister). When they returned to London, their home in Poplar had disappeared and they moved into a 2-bedroomed flat over a small factory, in Forest Gate; he had the small back bedroom and his sister slept on the settee in the living room till she married at 17.
My home in Bristol remained standing during the bombing of the City Centre but my mother was worried about the risks and managed to find a house to rent on the outskirts of the City.
No central heating, obviously. A coal fire in the living room, and if I was ill (measles, mumps, chicken pox - no vaccines) a fire was lit in our bedroom. Lino on the floors and we made pulled rugs (I would sneak out of bed at night when I was cold and pile them on my bed - in the morning, we scraped the frost flowers off the inside of the windows).
Rationing had a large impact on our lives. Saw my first television in 1952 (the Coronation) at a friend's house - so entertainment largely home-made and the radio.
Went to "the pictures" once a week.
Few people had cars and newly-marrieds often moved to live with one set of parents or rented a private flat. We had a 1-bedroomed one in 1959 which housed us and our daughter till 1963.
White goods were too expensive for most people - my first fridge cost £99 18s. 6d. and paid for at 8 shillings a week on our electricity bill. No credit cards, most things bought on hire purchase.
Food not imported on the scale it is today - so everything had its season - strawberries in early summer, runner beans late August. No supermarkets.
The only computer I knew was the size of a room and the operators had to wear protective clothing, no nail polish - that was at The Bristol Aeroplane Company, circa 1956. No electric typewriters - they were just being introduced.
The overall impressions left are that life was much simpler, we had less expectations (a Christmas present from my parents might be just a blouse), less cash. No foreign holidays and 2 weeks was maximum annual Leave, anyway.
No maternity leave. The shoes I bought for my wedding were one penny short of £3; and £3 was my weekly food bill!

Answer 2

On the whole living conditions were sparse as the country recovered from the war. I was lucky to be born and brought up in the countryside. My father grew fruit and vegetables in the garden and wild rabbits supplemented our protein intake, as did the poultry he kept. In those days, chicken was a treat for special occasions, not a diet staple as today.
The throwaway society hadn't been thought of, everything was make do and mend. Incomes were generally low. But the war had changed people's expectations. Women's dissatisfaction with their inferior role in life to men was beginning to take hold, and in the 60s, this became a revolution.
One of the biggest changes in society was the emergence of the teenager. In the early 50s, children were seen and not heard. Gradually discipline was eroded, maybe because Dads had been away in the war, and had some indulging to do. Children were given more say in matters, more pocket money, and more freedom. I think the Rock and Roll development was down to the young people rebelling, which is why it had so many older critics. It represented a sexual freedom hitherto unknown. Bill Haley and his ilk prepared the way for the likes of Elvis Presley, and life was never the same again.

Answer 3

After the war the world was changing children had more freedom by the fifties teenagers were trying out new things first it was clothes most were changing the old formats of double breasted grey suits for something totally different , that's how teddy boys came about with the new clothes came different tastes in music rock and roll was an interpretation of country and western. a man named Bill Hayley bought it over from America after that there was no looking back . as for living conditions many basic foods were not available like butter sugar chicken eggs. sweets ,Also meat , flour, clothing ,soap, fats, shoes, material were rationed, It was not until the early fifties that you could start to buy these things . inside most houses were very bare people made there own entertainment like the piano and singsongs down the pub . tele didn,t come about until the late fifties and then it was boring it consisted of opera singers and classical music but remember people had just come through a terrible war and mostly all the people were happy with there lot

Answer 4

Inthe 1950s there was full employment and young people stated to earn more money so teenagers had cash to spare started buying records and the rock and roll music was aimed at them.
Bill Haley was the first one to come to britain and then others followed.
Rationing finished in 1954 and people felt that better conditions were coming.
Building new homes to replace houses lost in the war gave
a boost to the economy but labour was in short supply so organisations like London Transport went to the Caribbean to recruit black workers. This was the start of mass immigration after the war.

Answer 5

Social conditions in the 50s were grim by todays standards there was a shortedge of everything and people felt despondant. and looked for something new. the music played was mostly 10 yrs old and very slow and dreary but then the Americans made a film called Rock around the clock.The kids found something differant and so the music took of. Since then it has gone from strengh to strengh. If you want more then post another question

Answer 6

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