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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. People continued to use the trams to travel to work in the many factories or make trips to Portobello for a day of fun, but they were slowly usurped by the car. It was a glory period for the local football teams, and nights spent dancing or at the pictures were a weekly event. There was still the horse-drawn milk float and children played in streets that were lit by gas. Beautifully illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, Edinburgh in the 1950s provides an exceptional insight into a time now acknowledged as the end of an era in Edinburgh - for good and for bad.

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Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Local interest, family history & nostalgia Local history

• Full title: Edinburgh in the 1950s
• Author: Jack Gillon
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• EAN: 9781445637556
• ISBN: 1445637553
• ID: 02461675
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Weight: 284 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 163 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. April 2014

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