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1950s Childhood

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

1950s Childhood

By Janet Shepherd, John Shepherd

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About the book

The generation who grew up in Britain immediately after the Second World War are popularly called 'The Baby Boomers'. As children, they experienced life in Britain from wartime austerity to the relative affluence of the late 1950s. Uniquely healthier and wealthier than previous generations, this first welfare state generation received free orange juice, milk and cod liver oil to safeguard their health. However, their overall diet was restricted until rationing fully ended in 1954 and the permiss...Show more

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9780747812357

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published year

2014

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1

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1950s Childhood

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Paperback

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