Memories of Britain past
Subtitle: the illustrated story of how we lived, worked and played
By: Juliet Gardiner
Contributors: Getty Images, Inc
Publisher: Reader's Digest
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780276446634
Subjects: Social conditions; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Description: "Mid century Britain - from about 1930, through the Second World War, up to around 1980 - was a period when Britain changed perhaps more definitively and dramatically than at any other time in its long history. With more than 300 photographs, personal recollections and an evocative, informative text, this book will remind you of how life was in those days gone by"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes index.

"In association with Getty Images"--Colophon.

" ... from about 1930, through the Second World War, up to around 1980"--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: 1. Childhood days. A new baby; title: Off to school; title: Toy story; title: Radio and TV times; title: Learning to join in; title: Children in wartime; title: Teenage dreams; title: 2. Britain at work. Living on the land; title: Hopping holidays; title: How we worked then; title: Digging for black gold; title: Work in wartime; title: Civil Defence volunteers; title: New Britain; title: Service with a smile; title: Part of the union; title: The professionals; title: 3. Where we lived. Town or country; title: Street games; title: Making a home; title: Staying in; title: A nation of gardeners; title: Digging for victory; title: Feeding the family; title: A day out shopping; title: Making Christmas special; title: 4. Out and about. On the move; title: Picnics and pitstops; title: Holidays and days out; title: Day trippers; title: Having a good time; title: Playing the game; title: Keeping fit; title: The austerity Olympics; title: 5. Britain celebrates. Parties for the nation; title: The Festival of Britain; title: Life's special occasions; title: Wartime weddings; title: A calendar of tradition.