After the glittering decade of the 1950s, the first tour of the 1960s proved not nearly as successful as previous ones.

During the 1950s and 1960s the skyline of London altered dramatically as tower blocks were erected, although these later proved unpopular.

Although this proved incorrect, it was a link he continued to explore until the early 1950s.

Murray's ideas proved highly influential over the ideas of Gerald Gardner ( 1884 – 1964 ), an English Wiccan who founded the tradition of Gardnerian Wicca in the 1950s before authoring the books Witchcraft Today ( 1954 ) and The Meaning of Witchcraft ( 1959 ).

The development meant that SAC was no longer dependent on stationing nuclear capable bombers in foreign countries like Spain and Britain, which proved to be politically sensitive in the late 1940s / early 1950s.

The initial intention was to ' visualise ' original recordings of 1950s Goon Show episodes, but this proved difficult to achieve in practice because of the rapid-fire dialogue and was ultimately frustrated by the BBC's refusal to allow the original audio to be used.

Erhard's financial and economic policies soon proved widely popular as the German economy made a " miracle " recovery to rapid growth and widespread prosperity in the 1950s, overcoming wartime destruction and successfully integrating millions of refugees from the east.

The district was enlivened in the 1950s by efforts to locate uranium deposits, but these proved unsuccessful.

The validity of the specimen has always been questioned .” Eventually, during the 1940s and 1950s, more advanced dating technologies, such as the fluorine absorption test, proved scientifically that this skull was actually a fraud.

At the same time the turboprop-powered Britannia airliner proved a huge success, and it and the Freighter were produced in quantity during the 1950s.

In the 1950s, Wise proved adept in several genres, from the science fiction of The Day the Earth Stood Still to the melodramatic So Big, to the 1954 boardroom drama Executive Suite, to the epic Helen of Troy based on Homer, to Susan Hayward's Oscar winner in I Want to Live !, for which he was nominated for Best Director.

In the 1950s it was the standard NATO cartridge for rifles, but recoil and weight proved problematic for the new battle rifle designs such as the FN FAL.

During the 1840s, as railways proved to be a cheaper and faster method of transporting goods, attempts were made to attract more trade by reducing tolls, but this had little effect and by 1868 all trade above Lewes had ceased, although boats continued working on the Lower Ouse to Lewes right up to the 1950s.

Vickers Viscount turboprop aircraft were introduced in the 1950s and again proved immensely popular as a result of their smooth, vibration-free ride.

As an early Generation II reactor based on 1950s Soviet technology and optimized for speed of production over redundancy, the RBMK was designed and constructed with several design characteristics that proved dangerously unstable when operated outside their design specifications.

The 1950s proved more successful, with four trophies in as many years from 1951 – 1954, including the club's first Cheshire League title in 20 years in 1953, though the team's fortunes faded in the latter half of the decade.

The 1950s proved a boom for television as it burst into the mainstream.

Mercury's heyday was in the 1950s, when its formula of stretching and lowering existing Ford platforms proved very successful.

In the 1950s, Edmund I. Gordon conjectured that Mesannepada, and an archaeologically attested early " king of Kish ", Mesilim, were one and the same, as their names were interchanged in certain proverbs in later Babylonian tablets ; however this has not proved conclusive.

This body proved to be the biggest mover in favour of the formation of a Scottish assembly, collecting over two million signatures in the late 1940s and early 1950s and attracting support from across the political spectrum.

Popular American fighters in the 1950s proved legendary: Sugar Ray Robinson would still win ( and lose ) world titles, Rocky Marciano became the only heavyweight world champion in history to retire with perfect record.

Corgi Toys produced a sizeable range of military vehicles during the 1950s and early 1960s, and in such uncertain times they proved very popular.

After the war, Bower returned to Prince Albert in 1943 to play junior hockey in Prince Albert and in the AHL — largely for the Cleveland Barons — for 11 seasons in the late 1940s and 1950s, and proved himself the star goaltender of the circuit, winning numerous awards and leading his teams to three Calder Cup championships.

In late 1961 Stigwood had made a record production deal with Sir Joseph Lockwood, managing director of EMI, who proved to be the crucial link between the record company and the budding entrepreneur, just as Lockwood had been in the 1950s for Larry Parnes, and just as he would be a couple of years later for Brian Epstein and The Beatles.

Aschauer argues that the golden age of the 1950s and 1960s were partly due to the post-World War II substantial investment in core infrastructure ( highways, mass transit, airports, water systems, electric / gas facilities ).

In the 1950s and part of the 1960s, the country had a slow rate of growth, while most of the rest of the world enjoyed a golden era.

The 1950s represented the golden age of the Calgary Stampede.

Perhaps the golden age of the single was on 45's in the 1950s and early 1960s in the early years of rock music.

In the 1950s, honky tonk entered its golden age, with the massive popularity of Webb Pierce, Hank Locklin, Lefty Frizzell, Faron Young, George Jones, and Hank Williams.

The golden age of coal production started right after World War II and lasted until the late 1950s, when cheaper energy sources were made available elsewhere.

They created a string of popular Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s, initiating what is considered the " golden age " of musical theatre.

Umm Kulthum's musical directions in the 1940s and early 1950s and her mature performing style led this period to becoming popularly known as " the golden age " of Umm Kulthum.

The golden age of mariachi was in the 1950s, when the ranchera style was common in movies.

* In advertising for the Union Pacific Railroad in the 1950s, the southwestern states of the United States served by the Union Pacific were collectively called The Golden Empire because the railroad's diesel engines were and are colored golden, red, and black.

The golden eagle replaced the bald eagle and began to feed on feral pigs due to the decimation of the local bald eagle population due to DDT exposure in the 1950s — the bald eagle would have deterred the golden eagle from settling on the islands while it subsisted on fish.

Argentine cinema enjoyed a ' golden age ' in the 1930s through the 1950s with scores of productions, many now considered classics of Spanish-language film.

Though the golden age had long since passed, the 1950s saw flamenco achieving increased respectability in Spain.

The " Buena Vista Social Club " name became an umbrella term to describe these performances and releases, and has been likened to a brand label that encapsulates Cuba's " musical golden age " between the 1930s and 1950s.

The 1950s were a golden age for Welsh football with stars such as Ivor Allchurch, Cliff Jones, Alf Sherwood, Jack Kelsey, Trevor Ford, Ronnie Burgess, Terry Medwin and, of course, John Charles.

His orquesta típica was among the most popular with social dancers during the golden age of tango ( 1940-1955 ), but he changed to a concert sound by the late 1950s.

The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapest Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian Army team.

The golden ages culminated in the 1950s with the introduction of more authors and series like Peyo ( Johan and Peewit in 1952, The Smurfs in 1958 ), René Follet, Marcel Remacle, Jean Roba ( with Boule et Bill ), Maurice Tillieux ( with Gil Jourdan ), Mitacq and Will.

Among its most renowned singers were Edmundo Bettencourt and António Menano, in the 1930s and 40s, and José Afonso, Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Luís Goes and João Maria Tudela, in the 1950s and 60s, the two so called " golden ages " of the genre.

Their advertising mascot, a blonde mermaid with a golden scepter, was introduced in the 1950s and soon became a familiar product icon.

He lived and worked as a photographer from the 1950s, on the Côte d ' Azur, during the " golden fifties " the playground of the celebrities from the world of show biz, art and business.

What captured the Indian listener were the film songs, the golden age of Hindi film music was in the 1950s and 1960s-Radio Ceylon was at the right place at the right time to reach out to the target market of millions of listeners-the station popularised the movie songs, including the talents of playback singers Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, K. L.

The stories included are two of his early works, two of his late works ( post-1960 ), and eight from the 1950s, which he refers to as his " golden decade " in the introduction.