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THE NHS STORYDecade Quiz

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1966
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'1966'

  • Doctors and dentists are to get pay rises of ten to 35 per cent; average GP now earns £4,000

  • Illegitimate births in England and Wales have doubled in ten years

  • Brady and Hindley get life

  • Barclaycard is first British credit card

  • Six-month standstill on wages and dividends

  • England wins World Cup

  • All British homes and businesses to get postcodes, starting in Croydon

  • Aberfan disaster kills 116 children and 28 adults



 
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