York in the 1950s

York in the 1950s

Chester In The 1950s

Chester In The 1950s

Norwich in the 1950s

Ten Years That Changed a City

Series: Ten Years that Changed a City

Publication Date15th August 2012

Book FormatPaperback

pages96

Illustrations98

Height234

Width165

From bomb sites to the start of the swinging sixties.
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ISBN
9781445609065

Norwich in 1950 was a different place. Still scarred by war the city was coming to terms with itself. Children played in the rubble of bomb sites, and workers strove to build a prosperous peace on building sites. By the end of the decade the retail heart of the city would be reconstructed, new building programmes would be changing domestic life, and the manufacturing industries would be making world-class products with household names. Birthplace of Barclays, Aviva, Start-Rite and Colmans, the city was ready to embark on another chapter in its long history of commercial and cultural development. From post-war austerity to the threshold of the consumer society, Norwich embraced the 1950s as a decade of change.

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