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1960s East End
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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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The Sixties will be remembered for mini skirts & mini cars The Beatles & The Rolling Stones boutiques & discotheques & England winning the World Cup. But The 1960s Scrapbook also covers much more with its 1400 colourful items. Television gripped the nation with Coronation Street & The Likely Lads while children were entertained by the Darlecks Thunderbirds & The Man from Uncle. Twiggy became the fashion icon & the E-type jaguar the motoring aspiration for men. James Bond was the spy to emulate & the space race caught everyones imagination including a vast range of space toys. There are now ten Scrapbooks in this series covering the Victorian era up to the 1970s plus the Royal Scrapbook. Together they form an invaluable resource of popular culture & lifestyle. ...
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1963 That Was The Year
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1970s Childhood
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Do you remember flares cheesecloth shirts & chopper bikes? What about space hoppers? If you do then it sounds like you were lucky enough to grow up during the 1970s. Who could forget all the glam rock bands of that era like Slade Wizard & Mud or singers like Alvin Stardust Marc Bolan & David Bowie? What about those wonderful TV shows like Starsky & Hutch Kojak & Happy Days? Fashion included platform shoes (we all had a pair) flared trousers brightly patterned shirts with huge collars & colourful kipper ties. & everyone remembers preparing for power cuts & that long hot summer of 1976. For anyone looking to relive their youth in the 1970s this compendium of memories is just the ticket. Following on from the wildly popular A 1950s Childhood & A 1960s Childhood those of us from this memorable decade can also take a nostalgic & hilarious trip down memory lane. ...
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1970s Teenager
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What was it like being a teenager in a world without computers smartphones DVD players games consoles or the Internet? Imagine a time when sharing music meant taking a record round to your friends house; when making a quick phone call could involve queuing outside a red telephone box! This book looks at the fads & fashions music hobbies & TV programmes which defi ned the 70s for many youngsters. If you remember riding a chopper reading Jackie during the Winter of Discontent or watching the Bay City Rollers on Top of the Pops during the long hot summer of 1976; this book is for you. A 1970s Teenager is a nostalgic & colourful account of what it was like to be young in the most exciting decade of all! ...
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1980
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Nineteen Eighty" is set against an evolving backdrop of power corruption & lies. The nightmare continues during the winter of 1980 when the Ripper murders his thirteenth victim & the whole of Yorkshire is terrorised. Assistant Chief Constable Hunter struggles to solve the hellish crimes & bring an end to the horror but is drawn ever deeper into a world of bent coppers & sleaze. After his house is burned down his wife is threatened & his colleagues turn against him Hunters quest becomes personal as he has nothing left to lose." Nineteen Eighty" is a compelling battle between two desperate men each determined to destroy the other. This third volume of the " Red Riding Quartet" displays Peaces unique voice which places him as one of the UKs finest crime writers." ...
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1980s Childhood
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Do you remember trying to solve the Rubiks cube whilst dressed in your He-Man picture pyjamas? Did you try to make cool sound effects with your mouth like Jones from Police Academy? Or maybe you swooned over Scott & Charlenes (aka Jason & Kylies) wedding of the year? If that sounds like you theres no mistaking you were a child of the eighties. Rev up your De Lorean switch on the Flux Capacitor & take a cruise back through the decade that made you the person you are today. This amusing & entertaining collection of reminiscences will jog the memories of all who grew up in the same decade where greed was good mullets were cool & white dog poo littered the streets. ...
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1982
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The extraordinary events of the 1982 Formula One season are still hard to believe 25 years on. Most memorable of all was the thrilling fight for the title
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1983
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Nineteen Eighty Threes" three intertwining story lines see the " Quartets" central themes of corruption & the perversion of justice come to a head as BJ the rent boy from " Nineteen Seventy Four" the lawyer Big John Piggott
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1970s Scrapbook

Full of pop punk and personalities The 1970s Scrapbook sways through this energetic era on platform shoes to the beat of glam rock and disco mania. Teenyboppers screamed for their idols whether David Cassidy David Essex The Osmonds Bay City Rollers or Abba. Colour television brought it all to life with a mixture of comedy from The Good Life to Fawlty Towers. Much of the TV action came from the USA featuring Kojak Starsky and Hutch and the stunt riding of Evel Knievel. For children animals came to life with the Muppet Show and the Wombles while in space new horizons were beamed up with Star Trek and Star Wars on the big screen. Amongst all this fervour Britain had been set the mathematical challenge of decimalisation in 1971 and then in 1977 the celebrations came for the Queens Silver
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Full of pop punk & personalities The 1970s Scrapbook sways through this energetic era on platform shoes to the beat of glam rock & disco mania. Teenyboppers screamed for their idols whether David Cassidy David Essex The Osmonds Bay City Rollers or Abba. Colour television brought it all to life with a mixture of comedy from The Good Life to Fawlty Towers. Much of the TV action came from the USA featuring Kojak Starsky & Hutch & the stunt riding of Evel Knievel. For children animals came to life with the Muppet Show & the Wombles while in space new horizons were beamed up with Star Trek & Star Wars on the big screen. Amongst all this fervour Britain had been set the mathematical challenge of decimalisation in 1971 & then in 1977 the celebrations came for the Queens Silver Jubilee.

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TV - A shortened term for television
Silver - A colour based on the colour of the metal
Silver - A chemical element, metalic. Has the highest elctrical conductance of any element. Also known for its exceptional anitmicrobal properties
Shoes - An item of footwear made from Leather or other synthetic materials
Television - A device used for receiving moving images and sound
star - A giant ball of plasma held together by gravity.
Colour - The categorised spectrum of light visable to humans
rollers - Can refer to all different types of rollers, paint rollers, shutter rollers, or component rollers. Cylinders used to allow a smooth movement around an axel.
Set - a group of items usually related to one another. Some objects cannot function without the complete set of items.
Energetic - A fast pace.
Children - A young life form within the early stages of physical development,

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