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Synopsis
Do you remember Pathe News? Taking the train to the seaside? The purple stains of iodine on the knees of boys in short trousers? Knitted bathing costumes? Then the 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, washing in a tin bath by the fire and spoonfuls of cod-liver oil, home life was very different to today. This delightful compendium of memories will appeal to all who grew up in this post-war decade, whether in town or country, wealth or poverty. With chapters on games and hobbies, holidays, music and fashion, the wonderful memories and delightful illustrations will bring back this decade of childhood, and jog memories about all aspects of life.
ISBN-10 0752450115
ISBN-13 9780752450117
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Published in Stroud, England.
Paperback book: Pages 224
Height (mm) 174 Width (mm) 111
Language: English
Publication date: 07 Sept 2009. Available from all good bookshops and online booksellers.
This book was the subject of a double-page feature article in The Daily Express Newspaper (read part of article).
"...if you did grow up in the 1950s then you will find this book by Paul Feeney absolutely impossible to put down."
Reviewed in This England, Summer 2010 edition
Jeni Barnet raved about the book, 'A 1950s Childhood' by Paul Feeney, on her weekday afternoon show on LBC Radio (97.3F), “It’s like opening up a paper bag of penny chews or sherbet lemons. It’s so evocative. It’s been dripped over. I’ve been reading it at every meal.”
'A 1950s Childhood' by Paul Feeney was featured as a good book reading suggestion in Woman's Weekly magazine.
A 1950s Childhood: From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping by Paul Feeney, published by The History Press. Books by Paul Feeney
World History - Britain - Postwar - 1950s - Nostalgia - Memories - Fifties - Childhood
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