Leisure 1. Sociability 2. Spare time 3. Ideas that aren't directly related to leisure - class divisions 4. Increase in class based leisure pursuits, growth of working-class leisure 5. Gender mixed - women exist outside the home, technological advancements 6. Changing working hours, especially in 80s, 90s, hours reduced to a 9-5 and reduction in working days - holiday pay 7. Educations increase - gap between school and work - idea of teenager created - don't live on your own but don't have a family, fed of f leisure time and disposable income, as pill means less children 8. Package holidays, cheaper air travel, going to the beach - 1938 - Holidays with pay Act - 3 days of payed holiday - Relationship between unemployment and leisure - unemployed men are seeing as hav- ing leisure time - feeds into myth that men should be working - ef f eminate - 1946 - peak of attendance - 1.6 millions people a week going to the cinema - 1922 - BBC becomes state ran - signif i cant in understanding of society, news and trust- worthy central institution. - Enforced culture - paternalistic idea of BBC telling people what they should be doing, lit- erature, news, music, radio choices - Second World War changes relationship with the BBC - makes the choice to make it more impartial - 1960s - radio and broadcasts seen less as a communal activity due to television - 1950s - 5% had a television by 1970s - 95% - 1950s - television was a communal concept - communities watched it together - Rise of leisure pursuits in some areas and the decline in some. - Event holidays - introducing leisure - ties good will to these events - Unifying quality- brings together the classes and genders - The Beatles - exemplify the team culture - The Rolling Stones - gangs, mods, rockers - Twiggy - androgyny - gender neutral appearance - Relationship between image and leisure - Lyrics of Rolling Stones- new mantras, impression of lyrics on how to live your life - sex, drugs - Football - way football is a leisure activity - no rules - people sat on roof - desperation to watch. Doesn't represent upper or middle-class pursuits - crowded and communal. - Allocated seating - set numbers - press footage - glamourised, celebrities, less working- class activity. - Hasn't all gotten more accessible or more restrictive - class and leisure go hand in hand - Class - incredibly complicated an bound up with how to choose leisure pursuits - - George Orwell - social commentary. - Two-penny libraries - bookshops - literature available to it but cannot force someone to read it or enjoy it, more about looking good and judgement between dif f erent books. - Slang and more ref i ned accents presents dif f erent education.