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1950s Glamour
£9.59
Whimsical yet reverential captions describe the girls the sets the poses & the props. There are almost 300 photographs. Ammonite Press unveils a series of four picture books compiled from the archives of the classic girlie magazines Fiesta" & " Knave" which celebrates an age when glamour photography strove more for artistic ideals & risque titillation than the sexually explicit top shelf titles of today. Statuesque models of the 1950s adopted the poses of Greek goddesses in elaborately styled sets while their equivalents from the Swinging Sixties displayed a more playful almost naive innocence. A decade later the pin-ups of the 1970s invariably shot in luscious colour & sumptuous sets offered a more seductive appeal while the glamour girls of the 1980s became more sexually suggestive in their poses & attire
- or lack of it. The bevy of beauties that graces the pages of these four books illustrates the changing faces
- & bodies
- of the glamour model over four decades from the demure to the titillating the seductive to the steamy the erotic to the raunchy."


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1950s Home
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The 1950s home presented an exciting new way of living for the generation that moved out of the suburbs. Young couples who had previously rented accommodation in urban centres found themselves able to afford new-build homes with hot running water an indoor bathroom & aerials for the wireless already installed. Some four million houses were erected mostly in cosy semi-detached styles that harked back to traditional cottage architecture. The design elite rejected this Stockbroker Tudor look & opted instead for brave flat-roofed modernist villas. This book introduces the homes that people fell in love with in the 1930s & the fixtures & fittings that went in them. Packed with illustrations & informative chapters on architectural styles gardens furnishings & technology in the home this book is an ideal introductory guide to the houses of the period. ...
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1950s Housewife
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Being a housewife in the 1950s was quite a different experience to today. After the independence of the wartime years women had to leave their jobs when they married & support their husband by creating a spotless home delicious meals & an inviting bedroom. A 1950s Housewife collects heart-warming personal anecdotes from women who embarked on married life during this fascinating post-war period providing a trip down memory lane for any wife or child of the 1950s. This book will prove an eye-opener for those who now wish they had listened when their mothers attempted to tell them stories of the 'old days' & will provide useful first-hand accounts for those with a love of all things kitsch & vintage. From ingenious cleaning tips ration-book recipes & home decor inspiration the homemaking methods of the fifties give an entertaining & poignant insight into the lives of 1950s women. ...
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1950s Modern
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? After the privations of the Second World War the British embraced modern design like never before. From spindly-legged furniture to fabrics based on atomic design & quirkily patterned pottery to abstract graphics they wanted everything around them to reflect the bright new post-war world. This book traces the development of modern design in the 1950s from its genteel beginnings at the Festival of Britain to the shops brimming with slick products at the end of the decade. Looking at well-known classics popular favourites the work of famous designers & that of anonymous innovators it is a perfect introduction to the flamboyant & sometimes kitsch style of the decade when we learnt to love the modern. ...
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1950s Mother: Bringing
Up Baby In The 1950s
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Embarking on motherhood was a very different affair in the 1950s to what it is today. From how to dress baby (matinee coats & bonnets) to how to administer feeds (strictly four-hourly if following the Truby King method) the child-rearing methods of the 1950s are a fascinating insight into the lives of women in that decade. In The 1950s Mother author mother & grandmother Sheila Hardy collects heart-warming personal anecdotes from those women many of whom are now in their eighties who became mothers during this fascinating post-war period. From the benefits of 'crying it out' & being put out in the garden to gripe water & Listen with Mother the wisdom of mothers from the 1950s reverberates down the decades to young mothers of any generation & is a hilarious & at times poignant trip down memory lane for any mother or child of the 1950s. ...
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1950s Scrapbook
£9.56
After ten years of austerity the early 1950s saw rationing draw to an end. Gathered together in this colourful creation of over 1 000 products & images The 1950s Scrapbook conjures up the life & times of the decade. From the Festival of Britain & the Coronation of Elizabeth II to the abundance of toys & television programmes every facet of the era is covered. Memorable & evocative The 1950s Scrapbook illustrates an extraordinary period of British history from rationing to rock'n'roll from Archie Andrews to the Mini Minor. It was a time when self-service shopping was a novelty frozen foods a wonder & detergents like Tide Daz & Omo were the latest whirl for the washing machine. The flowing fashions were styled from nylon or Terylene the space age was full of Dan Dare & children watched the antics of Muffin the Mule Hank or Andy Pandy. Decision time for girls was simpler
- would their hair be in pigtails or a pony tail? Taking the best from the Robert Opie Collection The 1950s Scrapbook adds to the different lifestyles portrayed in the companion volumes of The 1930s Scrapbook & The Wartime Scrapbook.
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1953 Essex Flood
Disaster
£8.96
On a stormy evening in January 1953 Peggy Morgan kissed her five-year-old son goodnight blissfully unaware of the impending catastrophe. Before sunrise the next morning the North Sea had destroyed her home & Peggy was a childless widow. There had been no prediction no warning. Men women & children lost their lives in Essex on that fateful night & the lives of survivors were changed forever. The lucky ones awoke when ice-cold seawater burst through their doors & windows. Those not so lucky slept on towards death. This book captures in the words of the survivors the essence of life in the low-lying coastal areas before the disaster. Those who lived tell how with dogged determination they prevailed against unimaginable adversity: their stories of courage & fortitude are told simply & without self pity. & for the first time those who died have their story told. Illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs the awe-inspiring & heartrending stories of survivors & victims of the 1953 Essex floods are told here for the first time. ...
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1960s Childhood
£6.89
Do you remember Beatlemania? Radio Caroline? Mods & Rockers? The very first miniskirts? Then the chances are you were born in or around 1960. To the young people of today the 1960s seems like another age. But for those who grew up in this decade school life mod fashions & sixties pop music are still fresh in their minds. From James Bond to Sindy dolls & playing hopscotch in the street life was very different to how it is now. After the tough & frugal years of the fifties the sixties was a boom period a time of changed attitudes & enhanced lifestyles. With chapters on home & school life games & hobbies music & fashion alongside a selection of charming illustrations this delightful compendium of memories will appeal to all who grew up in this lively era. Take a nostalgic look at what it was like to grow up during the sixties & recapture all aspects of life back then. ...
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1960s East End
Childhood
£5.99
Do you remember playing in streets free of traffic? Dancing to the Beatles? Watching a man land on the Moon on TV? Waking up to ice on the inside of the windows? If the answer is yes then the chances are that you were a child in the 1960s. This delightful compendium of memories will appeal to all who grew up in the East End during the Swinging Sixties. With chapters on games & hobbies school & holidays this wonderful volume is sure to jog memories for all who remember this exciting decade. ...
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1960s Omnibus
£9.59
A brand new Agatha Christie omnibus bringing together all four st&-alone novels she wrote in the 1960s & early 70s
- Endless Night
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1950s Omnibus

A brand new Agatha Christie omnibus bringing together all four stand-alone novels she wrote in the 1950s - They Came to Baghdad Destination Unknown Ordeal by Innocence and The Pale Horse. Agatha Christie's imaginative crime novels and thrillers made her a household name from the 1920s right through to her final books in the early 1970s. Best known as the creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple her prolific output would bring her publisher William Collins at least one book every year. Twenty of her contemporary crime novels were to feature neither Poirot or Marple instead a wide range of ingenious plots would be played out by a selection of amateur sleuths professional detectives young adventuresses or unwary bystanders caught up in unforeseen events. This collection of five
omnibuses gathers together the twenty stand-alone novels presenting them chronologically and providing a fascinating window on a changing world though six decades of investigation. Presented in this way recurring characters - including Superintendent Battle Tommy and Tuppence Beresford Colonel Johnny Race and Ariadne Oliver - rub shoulders with many who would appear only in one book and the result is a selection of some of the finest mystery writing ever. Here is the answer to the question of what Agatha Christie might have been had she not invented Poirot or Marple - and the answer undoubtedly is still The Queen of Crime!
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A brand new Agatha Christie omnibus bringing together all four st&-alone novels she wrote in the 1950s
- They Came to Baghdad Destination Unknown Ordeal by Innocence & The Pale Horse. Agatha Christie's imaginative crime novels & thrillers made her a household name from the 1920s right through to her final books in the early 1970s. Best known as the creator of Hercule Poirot & Miss Jane Marple her prolific output would bring her publisher William Collins at least one book every year. Twenty of her contemporary crime novels were to feature neither Poirot or Marple instead a wide range of ingenious plots would be played out by a selection of amateur sleuths professional detectives young adventuresses or unwary bystanders caught up in unforeseen events. This collection of five omnibuses gathers together the twenty st&-alone novels presenting them chronologically & providing a fascinating window on a changing world though six decades of investigation. Presented in this way recurring characters
- including Superintendent Battle Tommy & Tuppence Beresford Colonel Johnny Race & Ariadne Oliver
- rub shoulders with many who would appear only in one book & the result is a selection of some of the finest mystery writing ever. Here is the answer to the question of what Agatha Christie might have been had she not invented Poirot or Marple
- & the answer undoubtedly is still The Queen of Crime!

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