Forgotten Times The British Isles in the 1950s and 1960s

by Hailstone, Allan

• ISBN13: 9781398121355
• ISBN10: 1398121355
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-12-16
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing

Summary

The 1950s and 1960s were a period of great change in the British Isles but there were also huge variations in everyday life in the streets and countryside of around the UK and Ireland at the time. In this book photographer Allan Hailstone presents a photographic portrait of this era when we was travelling around Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland and some of the other smaller islands making up the British Isles. To many readers today, this time looks like a faraway land when many of the changes in modern life that we take for granted today had not even been dreamt of.This portrait of a fascinating era around the British Isles will be of interest to all those who remember the 1950s and 1960s or who wish to have a window into that world.

Author Biography

Allan Hailstone was born in Coventry. In subsequent years he paid many visits to London, and in 1957 left Coventry to study at London University. His camera always went with him, and the reels of film and their accompanying notes grew in size. He visited many other countries and recorded life as he saw it. Throughout his adult life, Allan never lost his passion for photography, and has amassed an archive of hundreds of images.