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Thomas Felix Creighton talks about Britishness in the 1950s, drawing on both academic sources, and family diaries, letters, and recollections. This episode covers family experiences of the Second World War, births in the baby boom, and life in Britain and the Empire in the new Elizabethan Age.
Books recommended include:
- Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, by Tony Judt, which was previously reviewed on the Youtube channel @BritishCulture (007's Retirement Reading, Part 4)
- Austerity Britain, 1945-1951, by David Kynaston, and Family Britain, 1951-1957 by the same author
- Looking for Trouble: SAS to Gulf Command - The Autobiography, by General Sir Peter Edgar de la Cour de la Billière, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC.
Thomas also talks about the following Youtube videos, which give some imagery to what is here described:
- A Colonial Childhood │ 3 Generations of Brits in Cyprus
- Cyprus Under British Rule｜With Cinéfilm from the 1950s & video from today
- A Frontline Soldier's Last Letter Home - Italy, 1943
- WWII: A Letter From a Frontline Soldier in Italy, September 1943
- A Teacher in the Raj: My Great-Grandfather, F.E. Creighton
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1. Britain in the 1950s | Post-War, Cold War, and Family [Episode 190] (00:00:00)
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Thomas Felix Creighton talks about Britishness in the 1950s, drawing on both academic sources, and family diaries, letters, and recollections. This episode covers family experiences of the Second World War, births in the baby boom, and life in Britain and the Empire in the new Elizabethan Age.
Books recommended include:
- Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, by Tony Judt, which was previously reviewed on the Youtube channel @BritishCulture (007's Retirement Reading, Part 4)
- Austerity Britain, 1945-1951, by David Kynaston, and Family Britain, 1951-1957 by the same author
- Looking for Trouble: SAS to Gulf Command - The Autobiography, by General Sir Peter Edgar de la Cour de la Billière, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC.
Thomas also talks about the following Youtube videos, which give some imagery to what is here described:
- A Colonial Childhood │ 3 Generations of Brits in Cyprus
- Cyprus Under British Rule｜With Cinéfilm from the 1950s & video from today
- A Frontline Soldier's Last Letter Home - Italy, 1943
- WWII: A Letter From a Frontline Soldier in Italy, September 1943
- A Teacher in the Raj: My Great-Grandfather, F.E. Creighton
If you have memories or family stories to share, please do get in touch:
Message me anytime on Instagram, @FlemingNeverDies, or e-mail: [email protected]
Check out my https://www.youtube.com/britishculture
Check out my Red Bubble shop
Subscribe to my newsletter for update e-mails, random postcards, and stickers: https://youtube.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=b3afdae99897eebbf8ca022c8&id=5165536616
Welcome to Licensed to Explore with Rohit — a...
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1. Britain in the 1950s | Post-War, Cold War, and Family [Episode 190] (00:00:00)
2. [Ad] Licensed to Explore with Rohit (00:15:35)
3. (Cont.) Britain in the 1950s | Post-War, Cold War, and Family [Episode 190] (00:16:22)
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