Guess the year

[moggiethouable]

I discovered this in a book recently and was struck by the possible relevance today of increasing affordable housing stock, and I quote........
"By the end of the year the first signs of recovery based on the home market were beginning to appear.
3 million houses were built and demand for building materials and household utensils and consumables increased rapidly.
Demand for building materials (bricks, cement, window frames, household equipment and services also increased exponentially).
Similarly, car production doubled and six producers controlled ninety percent of the home market."
All this thanks in the main to low bank rates and reduced food costs providing more available money.
And the year is?

[ian.mcdougall]

1919

[lambrettalad]

1953

[chesney]

1948

[JOWETTJAVELIN]

1934

[lambrettalad]

was this the year McMillan said "you've never had it so good !" ?

[moggiethouable]

The Javelin was closest, it was 1932.
Apparently we were making great progress, when some clown called Hitler thought progress of another kind would be preferable.

[JOWETTJAVELIN]

Out of interest, which book was this from, Moggie?

[moggiethouable]

Business in Britain, by Graham Turner.First published 1969.(SBN 413 26540 4)
He also wrote The car makers, this is the problem with reading books that list references to information quoted, I end up on Abe books a little too often.
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Searc ... in+britain

[lambrettalad]

very interesting post ,well done