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20th Century
'100 Years Ago' Slideshows
'Boys Own' Lantern (Slideshow)
Wright Brothers' 'Flyer' 1903
Aeroplane Timeline (interactive puzzle)
Early 20th Century Medicine
R100 Airship 1930
A Century of Typing
From Typewriter to Computer (interactive puzzle)
Early Electrical Appliances
Story of the Telephone
!950s Tin Toys - (movies)
Moon Landing 1969
Smoothing Irons Timeline (interactive puzzle)
More History Timelines and Quizzes
A timeline of Ships (interactive puzzle)
A Timeline of Tools (interactive puzzle)
A Timeline of Houses (interactive puzzle)
Footwear through the ages (Interactive Puzzle)
Mystery Machines (read the evidence)
Introduction. In 1900 women were not allowed to vote, there was no National Health Service and there were no antibiotics to treat infections.
Most road traffic was pulled by horses but by the 1990s, there were 25 million motorcars on British roads.
In 1903 the Wright Brothers made the first manned aeroplane flight and in 1969 we landed a man on the moon.
In 1901, Marconi sent the first radio message across the Atlantic. Now we can talk to each other World-wide by mobile phone or computer.
