Edinburgh in the 1950s: Ten Years That Changed a City

by Fraser Parkinson, David C. McLean, Jack Gillon

EDINBURGH in the 1950s was a very different place. After the ravages of war, the International Festival and Military Tattoo was introduced as an antidote to post-war austerity, the new Civic Survey and Plan put forward grandiose recommendations for change, and a new young Queen visited the city. This was a time when slum housing was a blight on many people's lives, but there was a real sense of community that was ultimately lost in the move to sparkling,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445637553
• ISBN13: 9781445637556
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"