A 1950s Childhood Special Edition: From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping
Do you remember Pathé News? Taking the train to the seaside? The purple stains of iodine on the knees of boys in short trousers? Knitted bathing costumes? Then chances are you were born in or around 1950. To the young people of today, the 1950s seems like another age. But for those born around then, this era of childhood seems like yesterday.

From waking up to ice on the inside of the windows to bathing in a tin bath by the fire and spoonfuls of cod liver oil, home life was very different to today. Capturing all aspects of a 1950s childhood – home life, games and hobbies, holidays, music and fashion, and more – bestselling author Paul Feeney spins his memories and delightful illustrations into a compendium that will jog priceless memories for all who grew up in post-war Britain.

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A 1950s Childhood Special Edition: From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping
Do you remember Pathé News? Taking the train to the seaside? The purple stains of iodine on the knees of boys in short trousers? Knitted bathing costumes? Then chances are you were born in or around 1950. To the young people of today, the 1950s seems like another age. But for those born around then, this era of childhood seems like yesterday.

From waking up to ice on the inside of the windows to bathing in a tin bath by the fire and spoonfuls of cod liver oil, home life was very different to today. Capturing all aspects of a 1950s childhood – home life, games and hobbies, holidays, music and fashion, and more – bestselling author Paul Feeney spins his memories and delightful illustrations into a compendium that will jog priceless memories for all who grew up in post-war Britain.

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A 1950s Childhood Special Edition: From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping

A 1950s Childhood Special Edition: From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping

by Paul Feeney
A 1950s Childhood Special Edition: From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping

A 1950s Childhood Special Edition: From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping

by Paul Feeney

Overview

Do you remember Pathé News? Taking the train to the seaside? The purple stains of iodine on the knees of boys in short trousers? Knitted bathing costumes? Then chances are you were born in or around 1950. To the young people of today, the 1950s seems like another age. But for those born around then, this era of childhood seems like yesterday.

From waking up to ice on the inside of the windows to bathing in a tin bath by the fire and spoonfuls of cod liver oil, home life was very different to today. Capturing all aspects of a 1950s childhood – home life, games and hobbies, holidays, music and fashion, and more – bestselling author Paul Feeney spins his memories and delightful illustrations into a compendium that will jog priceless memories for all who grew up in post-war Britain.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780750997379
Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: 10/01/2021
Edition description: New edition
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

PAUL FEENEY is the bestselling author of several nostalgia books, including A 1950s Childhood: From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping and A 1960s Childhood (The History Press). He has also written the bestselling From Ration Book to Ebook (The History Press), which takes a nostalgic look back over the life and times of the post-war generation.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

1 A Decade of Innocence 9

2 Home Life 25

3 The Streets and Bomb Ruins 49

4 Games, Hobbies and Pastimes 69

5 Entertainment, Music and Fashion 95

6 Radio and Television 117

7 School Life 155

8 School Holidays 177

9 Christmas 189

10 Memorable 1950s Events 207

11 Whatever Happened To? 215

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