From the archives: Building covers the 1964 election

By Tom Lowe2024-07-04T06:00:00

As Labour stands on the brink of a historic election victory, Tom Lowe looks at how Building covered Harold Wilson’s successful campaign 60 years ago.

The UK was at the peak of its postwar economic boom in autumn 1964. New orders for contractors had hit record levels in the second quarter of the year, outlined in figures printed in The Builder in October. The country was also in the midst of a world-conquering cultural revival, with the British Invasion at full force and the Swinging London of the mid 1960s reaching its peak.

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