1950s Childhood: Spangles, Tiddlywinks and the Clitheroe Kid: Explore What It Was Like to Be a Child in the 1950s

by Derek Tait

Book Overview

With few TVs, children in the 1950s made their own entertainment: they played conkers, built dens and go-karts, climbed trees and re-enacted fights from the latest cinema blockbuster. Food was, for many years, still rationed and bought from the local corner shop. There was no pre-packed food, frozen food or many of the other luxuries that we take for granted today. Families would gather around the radio to hear the latest dramatizations such as the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445609770
• ISBN13: 9781445609775
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.7"