Paul Feeney: 5 books

Were you born in the 1940s and raised in the ’50s? Were you a teenager in the ’60s and did you leave home in the ’70s? How has life changed through the ’80s and ’90s? And how did we end up here, in the second decade of the 21st century, when it all just seems like yesterday? In this fascinating...

Do you remember Pathé News? Taking the train to the seaside? The purple stains of iodine on the knees of boys in short trousers? Knitted bathing costumes? Then the chances are you were born in or around 1950. To the young people of today, the 1950s seem like another age.But for those born around...

A nostolgic journey through the last 60 years for the baby boomer generation—from a British perspective Do you remember washing in a tin bath by the fire, using outside lavatories, and not having a television? Did you grow up in the 1950s and were you a teenager in the swinging 60s? If the Festival...

1966 was an iconic year in an incredible decade. The Beatles were at the height of their fame, England won the World Cup, and Bet Lynch made her debut in the Rovers Return. Now, 50 years later, for anyone who was around in this unforgettable year it still seems like yesterday. This collection of memories...

With chapters on home and school life, games and hobbies, music and fashion, alongside a selection of charming illustrations, this compendium lets you take a nostalgic look at what it was like to grow up during the sixties and recaptures the various aspects of life back then.