... and major new discoveries in this area ceased to be made in Cambridge

In Charles Clement's biographical article on Tony Lane, the following matter of fact description of the demise of nuclear and high energy physics in Cambridge is summarized neatly as

"In the late 1950s, theorists in high-energy fundamental-particle physics in Cambridge moved out of the Cavendish Laboratory away from experiment into the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), and major new discoveries in this area ceased to be made in Cambridge."

 - a salutory warning to us all!