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The Housemans of Nidderdale
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 1922 - 1927 (4 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| 1 | 1922 | - 1922—1922: Law of Property Act - the manorial system effectively ended
- 1 June 1922—1 June 1922: Royal Ulster Constabulary founded
- October 1922—October 1922: BBC established as a monopoly, and begins transmissions in November (2LO in
London on 14 Nov; 5IT in Birmingham and 2ZY in Manchester on 15 Nov)
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| 2 | 1923 | - 1923—1923: Roads in Great Britain classified with A and B numbers
- 1923—1923: Hubble shows there are galaxies beyond the Milky Way
- 1923—1923: First American broadcasts heard in Britain
- 1 January 1923—1 January 1923: The majority of the railway companies in Great Britain grouped into four main
companies, the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, LMSR - lasted until nationalisation in 1948
- 16 February 1923—16 February 1923: Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of Tutankhamun
- 28 April 1923—28 April 1923: First Wembley cup final (West Ham 0, Bolton 2) - 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles ' popular song of the time became the West Ham anthem
- 28 September 1923—28 September 1923: First publication of Radio Times
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| 3 | 1924 | - 4 January 1924—4 January 1924: First Labour government in Britain, headed by Ramsay MacDonald
- 5 February 1924—5 February 1924: Hourly Greenwich Time Signals from the Royal Greenwich Observatory were
first broadcast by the BBC
- 31 March 1924—31 March 1924: British Imperial Airways begins operations (formed by merger of four British
airline companies - became BOAC in 1940)
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| 4 | 1925 | - 1925—1925: Britain returns to gold standard
- 18 July 1925—18 July 1925: Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
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| 5 | 1926 | - 1926—1926: First public demonstration of television (TV) by John Logie Baird
- 1926—1926: Adoption of children is legalised in Britain
- 1926—1926: Kodak produces 16mm movie film
- 1926—1926: Walt Disney arrives in Hollywood
- 21 April 1926—21 April 1926: Princess Elizabeth born
- 3 May 1926—3 May 1926: General Strike begins. Lasts until May 12 (mine workers for 6 months more)
- 31 October 1926—31 October 1926: Death of Harry Houdini
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| 6 | 1927 | - 1927—1927: Release of the first 'talkie' film (The Jazz Singer)
- 7 January 1927—7 January 1927: First transatlantic telephone call - New York City to London
- 22 January 1927—22 January 1927: First football broadcast by BBC (Arsenal v Sheffield United at Highbury)
- 1 May 1927—1 May 1927: First cooked meals on a scheduled flight introduced by Imperial Airways from
London to Paris
- 20 May 1927—20 May 1927: Lindbergh makes solo flight across the Atlantic, in 33? hours
- 31 May 1927—31 May 1927: Last Ford Model T rolls off assembly line
- 24 July 1927—24 July 1927: The Menin Gate war memorial unveiled at Ypres
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