Graham, Ysenda Maxtone
British Summer Time Begins: The School Summer Holidays 1930-1980
- ISBN 13:
- 9781408710562
- author:
- Graham, Ysenda Maxtone
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Abacus
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 19.6 x 12.6 x 3 centimeters (0.2
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Popular Culture,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
British Summer Time Begins: The School Summer Holidays 1930-1980
This book explores how people in Britain spent their summer holidays from the early 20th century to the late 1970s. Through vividly remembered accounts, Ysenda Maxtone-Graham paints a revealing portrait of twentieth-century Britain in summertime.
The story takes us back to a time when families would cast off their term-time selves and become the people they really were, with hours to fill with activities that would later define their adulthood. It's a tale of both freedom and boredom, as families took trips to the seaside, grandparents' houses, or on early package holidays, and spent long weeks either side of the 'showpiece' summer holiday.
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