Clement Attlee

Clement Attlee

English politician

Moustache type: Trapezoid

Born: 3 1 1883 (London, England)
Died: 8 10 1967 (London, England, aged 84)


In 1945, the Conservative party, led by Britain’s heroic wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, was defeated in a landslide general election by Clement Attlee’s Labour party. In 1942 Attlee had been installed as Deputy Prime Minister in Britain’s wartime coalition government, effectively placing him in charge of domestic affairs, and the British people were evidently impressed.

The Attlee government established the NHS and nationalised the Bank of England. He led the Labour party in government and opposition for 20 years before retiring and being made a peer.

On the first anniversary of VE day, the 8th June, 1946, the BBC was broadcasting for just the second day since shutdown in 1939. The Sunday Chronicle called the filming of the parade the BBC’s ‘finest two hours’ as they brought viewers ‘the cufflinks on Mr Churchill’s sleeves and the bristles of Mr Attlee’s moustache.’ They don’t make TV like that anymore.