A Celebration of a Tonic to the Nation - http://www.packer34.freeserve.co.uk
Resource from the Festival of Britain Society which describes the 1951 exhibition. Includes links to other "worlds fairs" and current millennium events. |
All Those Days - http://todaysmemoir.net
Richard Kindersley provides a personal reminiscence for each day of the year. |
Backdate - The 60s and 70s - http://www.backdate.co.uk
Glance back in time to the 1960s and 1970s. Includes music, cinema, people and bands. |
Britain's Small Wars - http://www.britains-smallwars.com/
Containing information on wars after 1945. |
Britannia's International Relations - http://www.stoessel.ch/hei/hpi/Great_Britain_World_1895_1999.htm
Great Britain and the World - 1895-1999; an extended chronology. |
Fall of the Empire - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kenanderson/histempsequel/
An account of the decline of the British Empire in the Middle East and Asia through the twentieth century. |
Lascars.co.uk - http://www.lascars.co.uk/
Articles and notes about the history of Asian, African and other 'foreign' seamen serving on British ships in the twentieth century. |
Paddle Steamer Picture Gallery - http://freespace.virgin.net/tom.lee/
Information and pictures on British Excursion Steamers |
Past Times Project - http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/
Nostalgic memories of British life, information about heritage sites, and old friends search service. |
Rent Strikes - http://freespace.virgin.net/labwise.history6/
Research into the history of the tenants movement. It features two local studies of rents strikes at key stages of the formation of the English tenants movement. |