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Edinburgh in the 1950s

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Edinburgh in the 1950s

By Jack Gillon, David McLean, Fraser Parkinson

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About the book

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, modern homes in the new housing estates. ...Show more

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9781445637556

Publisher

Amberley Publishing

Published year

2014

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1

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Edinburgh in the 1950s

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