Empress of Britain under construction: Fairfield’s Shipyard, Glasgow, January 1955 (Herald & Times, Glasgow)
Mecca Dance Hall, Tottenham, May 1954 (Getty Images)
Coupon-checkers at Littlewoods Pools, Liverpool, 1954 (Getty Images)
Inverness, 1950s (Mary Evans Picture Library)
Woolworths, 1955: the Christmas rush (Getty Images)
Mulberry Street Primary School, Manchester, 1956 (Getty Images)
New Union Street, Coventry: reconstruction, c. 1955 (Photographer unknown)
British Amateur Ballroom Dancing Championships, Blackpool, 1955 (Getty Images)
Leeds, 1957 (Mary Evans Picture Library)
West Indian immigrants wait at Customs, Southampton Docks, May 1956 (Getty Images)
Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1957 (NCJ Media Ltd)
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A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR
David Kynaston was born in Aldershot in 1951. He has been a professional historian since 1973 and has written sixteen books, including The City of London (1994–2001), a widely acclaimed four-volume history, and WG’s Birthday Party, an account of the Gentleman v. Players match a Lord’s in July 1898. He is currently a visiting professor at Kingston University.
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