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Kath Reynolds reflects on those “must-have” latest creations from K-Tel, Ronco, Pifco, etc., that you just had to have, but which were mostly pretty useless. Lots of kitchen gadgets to help you chop and pulverise, but don’t forget your Carmen rollers, girls!
Celia Sanger ‘s family’s 19th-century journey from rural Northamptonshire to the Birmingham Back to Backs, with the difficulties of surviving the harsh realities of early 20th-century life in the courtyards.
The markets and fairs we know today are mere shadows of their remarkable past. Paul Sturgess attempts to revive the noise, excitement, and even the filth of these important aspects of our economic history.
The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, and their respective allies, that developed after World War II. There was no direct military engagement between the United States and the Soviet Union. However, as Jed Jaggard reminds us, this period was anything but “cold”.
– Maria Picken – TBC
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