Flashback to 1951 - A Time Traveler's Guide: Celebrating the people, places, politics and pleasures that made 1951 a very special year. Perfect birthd
Flashback to 1951 - A Time Traveler's Guide: Celebrating the people, places, politics and pleasures that made 1951 a very special year. Perfect birthd
Bradforsand-Tyler, B.
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Condition: New, UPC: 9780645062311, Publication Date: Mon, February 1, 2021, Type: Paperback ,
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Let's FLASHBACK to 1951, a very special year.Was this the year you were born?Was this the year you were married?


This 70+ page booklet travels back in time to celebrate your year, THE YEAR 1951.

Get ready to discover 70 pages of fun-filled fabulous facts. We look at the people, the places, the politics, and the pleasures that made 1951 unique and helped shape the world we know today.


Imagine if time-travel was a reality, and one fine morning you wake up to find yourself flashed back in time, back to the year 1951.

What would life be like for a typical family, in a typical town, somewhere in America?

The post-war boom delivered us booming birth numbers, booming suburbs, a booming economy, and the booming trappings of the consumerist culture we still live in today.... (cont.)

Now just imagine you flashed back to a town in 1951 England.

Unlike boom-time America, a very different, more restrained lifestyle would await you. .... (Get the book to read more!)


Expertly written by author Bernard Bradforsand-Tyler, a history teacher with a passion for sharing his knowledge. This 70+ page booklet makes the perfect unique and thoughtful gift for anyone born or married in the year 1951.

Celebrating the people, places, politics, and pleasures that made 1951 a very special year.

Contains just the right amount of light-hearted trivia and serious international feature-news articles.

A beautifully presented book filled with vintage photo reproductions on every page. Includes more than 20 rare vintage advertisements, many reproduced in full-page, with added enlarged text for easy reading.


Contains expertly researched and written original full-page feature articles on:

  • 1951 American Family Life,
  • Austerity in the United Kingdom,
  • Our Love Affair with Cars,
  • The Golden Age of Television,
  • Korean War Intensifies,
  • Nuclear Testing in Nevada,
  • The Red Scare and the Rosenbergs,
  • Churchill Returns to Power,
  • Chinese Rule Over Tibet,
  • Apartheid Laws in South Africa,
  • Everybody Loves Lucy,
  • A Streetcar Named Desire,
  • The King and I Broadway Triumph,
  • Inaugural Pan American Games,
  • An Artificial Heart Machine,

Plus 8 pages of Fashion Trends.

Also includes:

  • Sporting Highlights,
  • The Year in Films,
  • Most Popular TV Shows,
  • Billboard Top 30 Songs,
  • Born in the Year 1951,
  • Census Statistics and
  • Costs of Goods.

The Time-Traveler's Guide - Flashback series of books are a hit with all generations. Leave them on the coffee table for the grandchildren to enjoy too!

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