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1891
1,549,502 people worked as servants - 15.8% of the
workforce
1900 50 men employed at Great
Oakley Hall Farm, Essex, Home and Colonial had 400 branches, Gas cookers only
in towns
1901 Queen Victoria died
1906 Horlicks first produced in Slough
1909 Ovaltine factory
founded
1914-1918 First World
War
1914 Sainsbury's had 115
branches
1917 Government Food Production
began
1920s Aga invented
1921 Guaranteed grain price
repealed
1923 Birdseye fish freezing
plant in New York
1926 18% of all houses wired
for electricity
1927 British Broadcasting
Corporation established
1932 Numbers employed on farms
quartered
1934 Rural Water Supplies
Act
1936 First television
broadcast
1937 Horse vans and goods
trains last used to distribute goods to Sainsbury branches
1938 65% of homes wired for
electricity
1939 Instant coffee first sold
in Britain
1939 -1945 Second World
War
1940 Rationing began in
January
1947 Agricultural Act
guaranteeing farmers minimum prices, Tesco Stores supermarkets set
up
1948 2% of homes had a
refrigerator
1949 86% homes wired for
electricity
1952 First espresso coffee
machine in Britain
1953 Queen Elizabeth II's
coronation
1954 Meat off the ration in
June. End of rationing
1961 Cranks restaurant opened
in London
1965 Pizza Express first pizza
restaurant chain in Britain
1968 Microwave oven
invented
1973 Britain entered European
Economic Community
1989 58% of homes had a
refrigerator, 42% a fridge-freezer, 38% a freezer
1992 Two men working at Great
Oakley Hall Farm, Essex
Corbishley:1993
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