In this unique book, Peter Saunders, a sociologist by trade, blends sociological research with personal anecdotes and memories to paint a picture of how life in Britain changed for ordinary kids like him through the 1950s and 1960s. The reality of life at that time often failed to live up to the hype. Very few young Brits in the Sixties were tripping on acid, demonstrating in Grosvenor Square, or battling among the Mods and Rockers on Brighton beach...