The 1960s
All 8 Business Baron scenarios that start in the 1960s, 1963–1968: The big freeze, Beeching's closures, a ship off the Essex coast, the end of fixed prices, a…
The big freeze, Beeching's closures, a ship off the Essex coast, the end of fixed prices, a tax on every chair and a smaller pound.
- The Big Freeze, January 1963: Frozen a foot down. The wages are due on Friday.
- Beeching, March 1963: Two thousand stations to close. Somebody has to run the bus.
- Pirate Radio, March 1964: Three miles out. The law is coming.
- The End of Resale Price Maintenance, July 1964: The price on the packet is no longer the law.
- World Cup Summer, July 1966: North Korea at Ayresome Park. The town has adopted them.
- SET, September 1966: Twenty-five shillings a man. Twelve and six a woman. Every week.
- Devaluation, November 1967: Two dollars eighty to two dollars forty.
- The Box, June 1968: Twenty feet of steel box. No more loading by hand.