Port Sunlight
The year was 1955
Mum
British firsts
Complete the lyrics
100
This civil rights icon refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in December 1955.
Rosa Parks
100
Moving from the land of tea and crumpets to the land of maple syrup makes you this.
An immigrant
100
The first British film to win an Academy Award was a 1948 adaptation of this Shakespeare play.
Hamlet
100
Shawty had them _____ _____ _____, boots with the fur, the whole club was lookin’ at her.
“apple bottom jeans”
200
Though some scenes were filmed in Port Sunlight, the tv series Peaky Blinders is set in this English city.
Birmingham
200
The Time Machine used by Marty McFly is made from this car brand.
Delorean
200
The first public library was built in this city.
Manchester
200
"marmalade skies"
300
Port Sunlight is an example of this type of planned community, designed to improve workers' living conditions during the Industrial Revolution.
a model village
300
In 1955, this prime minister resigned due to ill health, and Anthony Eden took over.
Winston Churchill
300
This is Mum’s favourite Peruvian drink.
Pisco Sour
300
The first mass-produced chocolate bar was created in England in 1847 by this company.
Fry’s
Joseph Fry
J.S. Fry & Sons
300
I was sick and tired of everything, when I called you last night from ____.
“Glasgow”
400
Port Sunlight originally had this many grade 2 buildings for its workers, many of them still in use today.
(we are looking for the exact number)
900
400
In 1955, this was the average cost of a house in England (in pounds).
1,900 pounds
400
Mum went ziplining in this foreign country in 2019.
Costa Rica
400
The first British Open was held here.
Prestwick Golf Club, Scotland
400
Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory, falling on my head like a ____ ____.
“new emotion”
500
Port Sunlight is a station on Wirral line of the Merseyrail. These are the stations immediately before and after Port Sunlight station.
Bebington and Spital
500
In 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk introduced the first widely used vaccine against this disease, marking a turning point in global public health.
Polio
500
Sharing a birthday with mum, this author created one of literature’s most famous monsters.
Mary Shelley
500
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, warm smell of ____, rising up through the air
“colitas”