BORN IN THE 1930s

A little girl leapfrogs over her friend, pigtails swinging in the air on the banks of the River Thames, watched by a small gaggle of children, bare legged on a cloudy typical British summer's day. Here are teeny tiny tots in miniature racing cars, children on a merry-go-round at Butlins in Skegness, nursery school children taking their afternoon nap, enjoying their tricycles, the outdoor lido, the Golden Age of steam, school dinners, away days, Blackpool beach, bunting across the streets for the Silver Jubilee in 1935, London Transport, charabancs and outings, dancing girls on stage, Billingsgate Fish Market, fencing on the roof of the Lyons corner house, Tiller Girls, gasmasks and more. Amid all the political and financial upheaval, it was a decade that saw many traditions shaken to their foundations, the abdication of Edward VIII, great leaps forward in health and education, and the launch of BBC TV. Fabulous Getty images on every page. 144pp. Newly reprinted edition.