e quite poor, with little or no modern amenities; for example housing was poor, without bathrooms, electricity or inside toilets.
             Now let's look at what happened in the sixties, which will help explain how historians have concluded that the huge social changes that took place in the sixties could be termed 'Counter Culture'. Was it only a matter of time before young people rebelled against such repression? Look at social oppression throughout history - this type of regime almost inevitably fails. America, Europe, and Britain were experiencing the first stirrings of opposition to authority; young people started to question, authority. Universities staged protests against many things, e.g. the Vietnam War, civil rights etc. In 1955 Rock and Roll music 'came over' to Britain from America. This caused a great transformation in popular music. The staid BBC radio were forced (through the popularity of illegal pirate radio ships), for the first time, to broadcast popular music all day. The fight for civil rights by black Americans began in Montgomery, Alabama. The taking of recreational drugs such a marijuana and LSD began. The masses could now afford to buy a television This made a huge impact on people's lives in the widest cultural sense. They could see what was happening throughout the world, they were more informed and educated through this medium. The recovery of the post war economy brought a brighter future as there was more money available, people began to buy large household items on credit (the 'never never') they filled their houses with ( 'all mod cons') the like of fridges, vacuum cleaners and washing machines; at last women were liberated from household drudgery They started to fight for equality (Feminism), and certainly the discovery of the 'pill' gave them freedom from unwanted pregnancies and therefore greater sexual equality with men. Was this disco...