Reminiscence Collection

A series of evocative images from every walk of life - including pictures from magazines, song sheets and advertising - create the flavour of the 1950s. Opie also compiled the successful Wartime Scrapbook.

After ten years of austerity, the early 1950s saw rationing draw to an end. Gathered together in this colourful creation of over 1,000 products and images, 'The 1950s Scrapbook' conjures up the life and times of the decade. From the Festival of Britain and the Coronation of Elizabeth II to the ab...

Inexpensive reminders of yesteryear. Familiar sights from everyday life to stir memories and foster communication. Excellent value.

To the young people of today, the 1950s seem like another age. But for those born around then, this era of childhood feels like yesterday. This collection of photographic memories will appeal to all who grew up in this post-war decade; they include pictures of children enjoying life out on the st...

This series offers a look at decades in recent history through the memories of members of a selection of families. Employing running text, featured quotations and colour and black and white photographs, each book provides an in-depth look at the contrasts in life between 'then' and 'now'.

Books in the 'Dates of a Decade' series look in chronological order at the key events of a particular decade, examining their causes and their consequences. Each book includes eyewitness accounts and excerpts from news reports of the time. Each spread gives references to help children find inform...

This book builds up a "newspaper" for each year of the decade, so that political, economic, cultural and scientific events are placed in context. Ideal for GCSE Modern World History Project work and as a basis for class discussion.