Tuesday 7 September 2010

Britain is a country for old men who want to satisfy their craving for nostalgia





Put 'Growing up in the 50's and 60's' on a google search and you are awash with books and websites devoted to nostalgia.

For books :

'A 1950s Childhood: From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping' by Paul Feeney.
'The 50s & 60s; The Best of Times: Growing Up and Being Young in Britain' by
Alison Pressley.
'The 1950s Scrapbook' by Robert Opie
'The 1960s Scrapbook' by Robert Opie
'1960s: Images From the 20th Century' by H F Ullmann
'1950s: Images of the 20th Century' by H F Ullmann

For websites :
Fashion:
http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_style/60s/60s_fashion.html

http://www.fashion-era.com/1950s/1950s_4
teenagers_teddy_boys.htm


Growing up in the 50's and 60's :
http://www.downthelane.net/growing-up-50s-60s/tv-1960s.php

The media :
Daily Mail newspaper :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1306509/3Rs-meant-rations-roller-skates--real-education-School-pictures-1940s-50s-60s.html

B.B.C. :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6709319.stm

Guardian newspaper :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/28/tennagers-youth-delinquency-alexander-chancellor

P.S.
I've found another book :

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