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British Summer Time Begins: The School Summer Holidays 1930-1980 by Ysenda Maxtone Graham (Hardcover, 2020)
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A Sunday Times Book of the Year Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller British Summer Time Begins is about summer holidays of the mid-twentieth century and how they were spent, as recounted to Ysenda Maxtone-Graham in vividly remembered detail by people who were there. Through this prism, it paints a revealing portrait of twentieth-century Britain in summertime: how we were, how families functioned, what houses and gardens and streets were like, what journeys were like, and what people did all day in their free time. It explores their expectations, hopes, fears and habits, the rules or lack of rules under which they lived, their happiness and sadness, their sense of being treasured or neglected - all within living memory, from pre-war summers to the late 1970s. Ysenda takes us back to the long stretch of time from the last days of June till the early days of September - those months when the term-time self was cast off and you could become the person you really were, and you had (if you were lucky) enough hours in the endless succession of days to become good at the things that would later define your adulthood. The 'showpiece' part of the summer holidays was 'the summer holiday', when families took off to the seaside, or to grandparents' houses teeming with cousins, or on early package holidays to France or Spain, siblings wedged into the back of small cars, roof-racks clattering, mothers preparing picnics. British Summer Time Begins is as much about the long weeks either side of that holiday as the trip itself: the weeks when nothing much officially happened, boredom often lurked nearby, and you vanished for hours on end, nobody much knowing or even caring where you were. Could it be that those unscheduled days were actually the most important and formative of your life? From the author of the beloved Terms & Conditions, British Summer Time Begins is a delightful, nostalgic and joyous celebration of summers.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139781408710555
eBay Product ID (ePID)2317667170
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
Publication NameBritish Summer Time Begins: the School Summer Holidays 1930-1980
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2020
TypeTextbook
AuthorYsenda Maxtone Graham
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height225 mm
Item Weight491 g
Item Width144 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorYsenda Maxtone Graham
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- 14 Jul, 2020
Deceptively titled
I bought this book thinking it would be an ideal summer read for for my Wife and I as it looks as though it would appeal to most readers of a certain age. However, it isn’t aimed at the majority of us who had the usual,budget family holidays. Most of the content references the summer holidays of the middle-classes and toffs and has very little interest to those of us without access to a Scottish lodge! It is very well written(we read a lot of Ms.Maxtone Graham’s work in the Spectator) but it was a disappointment.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 19 Aug, 2020
Reflections on 'the' school summer holidays of yesteryear
After reading great pre-publication reports about this book, I bought a copy as a birthday present for my wife. She was captivated by it from page 1, virtually pausing only to eat meals. It brought back many fond reminiscences and reminders of her childhood and early adulthood. I have yet to read the book fully but, from my random dips, it is clear that Ysenda Maxtone Graham has collated a wonderful collection of memories, many of which are chucklingly identical to my own experiences in the 1950 and early 60s.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 26 Aug, 2021
Heard a shirt passage from this book on Radio 4 by chance 3 weeks ago and then saw it in the window of my local bookshop
Lovely condition. Looking forward to reading and going back in time to my school summer holidayVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Aug, 2020
Perfect
Extremely interesting back to the good old daysVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 18 Aug, 2021
Nostalgic
Appeals to those of us who remember childhood in the fifties and sixties and will bring back nostalgic memories. Some of it will probably horrify modern parents!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Sep, 2020
When the sun was really shining...
Well organised, well written, entertaining example of modern social historyVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
