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Quite easy to find out, but guessing is more fun.
I found it by reading Stuart Maconies The Nanny State Made Me...which is a good read anyway, but particularly if you are a Smethwick resident, the swimming baths and library are featured .
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I’m reliably told it is 1979
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I'm just guessing here, but would this be just after the oil crisis? If so, it's a little like our record growth post Covid.
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When did we devalue the pound? Did it perhaps happen a few years after that due to domestic production increasing to offset a rise in import costs?
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Conception increase during the power cuts of the 70's when the TV was off maybe?
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It was 1973.
And as the three day week was implemented in December of that year, it has no relevance