Introduction -- Fleeting crescent (1918 to 1939 and before) -- Petrified "capitalists" (the Second World War) -- Short dawn (1945 to 1947) -- First quartile (1948 to 1951) -- Dividend-seeking "socialists" (the co-operative movement) -- Spreading shadow (1951 to 1957) -- Total eclipse and its corona (1957 and beyond).