Here we have Clement Attlee, who changed the welfare state forever. The act that did this was called The Pensions (Increase) Act (1946), and it was passed in 1947. This was a clever title because everyone only saw the word "increase". The idea behind it was that from then onwards everyone who paid tax would also pay part of it into a national insurance scheme, and everyone, even if they did not pay tax, would be given some proportion of it. He also lowered the pension age to sixty five.
The basic state pension therefore became £1.30 for a single person and £2.10 for a married couple.
The people featured come from the worlds of :This unusual set was issued complete in a box, plus an information booklet with details of those portrayed. However the backs were blank. Some people are also not so keen on the mock corner mounts being printed across the image. However do note that the set does contain a footballer, Stanley Matthews, which often leads to this being sold off cheaply as a set of 39/40.
music - Louis Armstrong - Thomas Beecham - Maria Callas - Joan Sutherland
politics - Clement Attlee - Neville Chamberlain - Winston Churchill - Charles de Gaulle - David Lloyd George - Harold Macmillan - Bernard Montgomery -Emmeline Pankhurst -
sport - Roger Bannister - Maureen Connolly - Len Hutton - Amy Johnson - Joe Louis - Stanley Matthews - Sylvia Peters
stage and screen - Arthur Askey - Clara Bow - Charlie Chaplin - Noel Coward - Bing Crosby - Marlene Dietrich - Richard Dimbleby - Gracie Fields - Margot Fonteyn - Greta Garbo - John Gielgud - Will Hay - Bob Hope - Vera Lynn - Groucho Marx - Marilyn Monroe - Ronald Reagan - Edward G. Robinson - Shirley Temple - Rudolph Valentino
The cards measure 210 x 150 m/m.