From 1935
... the time of flat-caps, Woodbine cigarettes, mild at thruppence-ha'penny a pint, group sing-songs at upright pianos, Harry Roy, Arthur Askey, King George V, Pongo Waring, outside lavatories, scrubbing boards and mangles, wireless sets, steam trains, Austin Seven motorcars, trunk roads, a 'means tested' dole and the resignation of prime-minister Ramsay MacDonald
to 1990
... the era of bucket hats, ecstasy pills, lager at GBP1.30 a pint, drunken karaoke nights, Stone Roses, Harry Enfield, Queen Elizabeth II, Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne, en-suite bathrooms, automatic washing machines, satellite TV, train cancellations, Ford Sierras, motorway contra flows, the poll tax and the resignation of prime-minister Margaret Thatcher
it was, pretty much, just one thing after another.
An Englishman's Guide to Almost Everything that Ever Happened in the Good Old Days, 1935 to 1990 is a non-stop, running commentary on events, covering fifty-six years of News, Football, TV, Cinema, Pop Music, Cars, Beer, Cigarettes and much, much more!
A few of the main highlights, from 1935 to 1990:
A pint of mild in the Red Lion costs thruppence ha'penny, A packet of twenty Capstan Navy Cut is 11d, Pongo Waring scores goals for the Villa, Fred Perry is Wimbledon champion, Mosley leads his 'black-shirts', Arsenal dominate Division One, The Lambeth Walk, Peace in our time, There'll Always Be An England, It's War! Battle of Britain, Vera Lynn, The Blitz, Keep Calm and Carry On, Stanley Matthews is 'the wizard of dribble', 'On the Ration', Loose Lips Might Sink Ships, Churchill is defiant, D-Day, VE-Day, Knees Up Mother Brown, Derby County for the cup, A week at Butlin's, NHS - free at the point of use, Jaguar XK120, Wakey! Wakey! - The Billy Cotton Band Show, Passport to Pimlico, Listen With Mother, Dennis the Menace, Zephyr Zodiac with two-tone paintwork, Norman Wisdom, The end of rationing, Commercial TV, Sugar Puffs, H-bombs, Teddy Boys, The Rock Island Line, Six-Five Special, Never had it so good, Munich air disaster, Triumph Herald, Cliff Richard, Traffic Wardens, Coronation Street, E-Type Jag, A 'double' for the Spurs, On the Pill, Z Cars, Jimmy Greaves, Scalextric for Christmas, The big winter freeze, Beatlemania, Profumo, Harold Wilson at Number 10, Geoffrey Boycott makes a hundred, Ronnie Biggs escapes, The Beatles v The Rolling Stones, They Think It's All Over, Aberfan Disaster, The Green Green Grass of Home, Pan's People, Captain Scarlet - Indestructible! 'Super' Georgie Best, Ford Capri, Barbara Windsor's boobs, Edward Heath at Number 10, Raleigh Chopper, Platform shoes, A 'double' for the Arsenal, Weebles wobble but they don't fall down, Metal Guru, Strikes, Power cuts, Gary Glitter v Alvin Stardust, Oxford bags, Bohemian Rhapsody, Kevin Keegan, The hottest summer, Frozen Orange Jubblys, Punk Rock, Luscious Linda Lusardi on Page 3, Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee, Sodastreams, Kenny Everett Video Show, KP Discos, Boomtown Rats, Labour isn't working, Winter of Discontent, Mrs Thatcher at Number 10, Are Friends Electric? Ford Escort XR3, Amstrad tower hi-fi, Lilt, Bob Paisley's Liverpool are Champions, Falklands War, Young Guns - Go For It! Breakfast TV, Sexy Sam Fox on Page 3, The Smiths, The Miners Strike, Band Aid concert, Tell Sid, Never Gonna Give You Up, Hilda Ogden says 'Ta-ra', Red Nose Day, House Music, Acid, E's and Wizz, Scampi Fries, Hillsborough Disaster, Gazza for England, Poll Tax, Mrs Thatcher leaves Number 10 in tears, A pack of twenty Silk Cut costs GBP1.75, A pint of lager in the Red Lion is GBP1.30.
An Englishman's Guide to Almost Everything that Ever Happened in the Good Old Days, 1935 to 1990 will bring back millions of wonderful memories for men of a certain age.
