Post War (1945–2000)
Southampton was awarded city status in 1964 by Letters Patent.
In 1967, Southampton took in part of the Nursling and Rownhams parishes. The boundaries have been largely unchanged since.
Southampton lost its County Borough status under the Local Government Act 1972.
It became a Unitary Authority in 1997, administratively independent of Hampshire County Council, following the Banham Review.
Read more about this topic: History Of Southampton
Famous quotes containing the words post and/or war:
“A demanding stranger arrived one morning in a small town and asked a boy on the sidewalk of the main street, “Boy, where’s the post office?”
“I don’t know.”
“Well, then, where might the drugstore be?”
“I don’t know.”
“How about a good cheap hotel?”
“I don’t know.”
“Say, boy, you don’t know much, do you?”
“No, sir, I sure don’t. But I ain’t lost.””
—William Harmon (b. 1938)
“This is not Johnson’s war. This is America’s war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)