Post-war housing policies offered homes in new housing estates often many miles from the old communities in which grandparents and other relatives lived. So this led to an “estrangement” in families which were more unite before the war and it was common that grandparents lived near their children. Before the war it was usual that all the family had a dinner together. But the post-war trend was that people became more separate from one another. This led to the fact that family members were getting more isolated and the old strong family structures became less tied. The consequence of this situation was that children’s freedom was more tolerated and accepted by their parents.
Many schools built after the war, for instance the Henry Hartland Grammar School at Worksop , were well-designed inside but not very impressive from outside. People also expected the architectural solving of the bombed-out South Bank site. The most impressive buildings were the Skylon and the Dome of Discovery which undoubtedly signified coming of a new age.
People had to equip their homes somehow. The war taught them using “utility” furniture. People wanted to live in modern and nice-equipped homes again and 1,5 million of them visited the Design Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum called “Britain Can Make It”. But only a few products were available for general sale, so the exhibition was quickly nicknamed “Britain Can’t Have It.” But even without an exhibition people equipped their houses creatively and comfortably.

The Reflection of Time in Arts
But the arts did not die during the war. The people were hidden in air-raids shelters and this involved long hours of waiting. It was better than thinking of what was happening outside. This “encouraged the reading of novels” People could read novels at any time and any place but the situation was different with drama which could be played only in theatres. Some theatres were playing during the war to encourage people and to bring them new hope. Especially Lawrence Olivier became very popular at these times. The opera and ballet companies lost its public during the war and they were referred to different kind of people who did not understand the music very much. “At the end of the war the Sadler’s Wells Ballet was transferred to the Royal opera House, Covent Garden.” , which is known till nowadays.

“Never is there an era in which no writers or artists are expressing criticism of the society in which they live.” In every epoch there are so called “rebels” who try to fight against the society. We can find them any time in any culture.