
- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Liverpool's Children in the 1950s
About this book
Full of the warmth and excitement of growing up in the 1950s, awakening nostalgia for times that seemed cosy and carefree with families at last enjoying peacetime, this book is packed with the experience of school days, playtime, holidays, toys, games, clubs and hobbies conjuring up the genuine atmosphere of a bygone era. As the decade progressed, rationing ended and children's pocket money was spent on goodies like Chocstix, Spangles, Wagon Wheels and Fry's Five Boys. Television brought Bill and Ben, The Adventures of Robin Hood and, for teenagers, The Six-Five Special, along with coffee bars and rock 'n' roll. This book opens a window on an exciting period of optimism, when anything seemed possible, described by the children and teenagers who experienced it. Liverpool's traditional sense of community, strengthened by the war years, provided a secure background from which children and teenagers could welcome a second Elizabethan era.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Introduction
- 1. Life at Home
- 2. Cleanliness is Next to Godliness!
- 3. Shopping and Eating
- 4. Playing Out!
- 5. Schooldays
- 6. Sundays were Different!
- 7. Going on Holiday
- 8. Out and About!
- 9. Christmas and Winter Pastimes
- 10. The Coronation and Other Celebrations
- 11. Brownies and Wolf Cubs; Scouts and Guides
- 12. Pocket Money
- 13. Books and Comics
- 14. The Cinema, Television and Radio
- 15. Sport and Games
- 16. Going to Work!
- 17. National Service
- 18. Being a Teenager: Music, Dancing and Youth Clubs
- Bibliography
- Copyright