Monthly Archives: May 2015

The white heat cools

Posted on 2015-05-29 by Ramsden

We review the events that followed the announcement in May 1965 of a change of Government policy on the adoption of metric weights and measures. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)

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50 years on

Posted on 2015-05-19 by Robin Paice

Sunday 24th May will be the 50th anniversary of the announcement by the British Government that the UK was to “go metric” within 10 years.  However, 50 years later we are still little more than half way there.  Why has … Continue reading →

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1963 and “white heat” in Scarborough

Posted on 2015-05-15 by Ramsden

Fifty years ago, the Government made a low-key announcement of a change in policy in relation to the use of metric units by industry. We consider how a speech by the Leader of the Opposition two years earlier had signalled … Continue reading →

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Towards a metric Britain (in fits and starts)

Posted on 2015-05-12 by Ramsden

We highlight some events during the UK’s prolonged transition to a single, simple, rational and universal measurement system, and look forward to an important anniversary later this month. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)

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