Whatever happened to the real Black Country : Black Country chronicles 1939-1999 /: Black Country chronicles 1939-1999. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tom Larkin.
• Authors: (Local historian), Larkin, Tom
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 The War; The Beginning; Propaganda, Rationing and Utility Schemes; Collecting Household Materials and Weapon Saving Weeks; War Years Bring About Wholesale Changes in Lifestyle; Beveridge Report Unveiled; Sensational Results in Black Country By-Election; Final Victory for the Allies; 2 Cinema; Introduction of Sound; Childhood Cinema Memories; 3 Childhood Games and Sport; Street Games; Sport; Gambling; 4 Post-War; Changes to Society; Shortages and the Black Market; Morality, Crime and Punishment; Coldest Winter and Hottest Summer Environmental Changes5 Things Ain't What They Used to Be; Loss of Traditions; Life was Better Then; 6 Smoking and Lifestyle; Smoking; Television; Shopping; Boundary Changes Battle; 7 The Effect of Post-War Immigration on the Region; Addendum; Black Country Twentieth-Century Alphabet; Typical Weekly Chores and Household Routine around the First Half of the Twentieth Century; Acknowledgements
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire : The History Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 942.49; Manners and customs; Black Country (England) -- History -- 20th century; Black Country (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; England -- Black Country; Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750993654; 0750993650
• Related ISBNs: 0750992603; 9780750992602
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.