Britain in the 1950s

The 1950s was the decade of the Queen''s Coronation and the Festival of Britain; of family shops and pea-souper smogs; listening to the wireless and watching the box; when money was counted in pounds, shillings and pence and weights were in pounds and ounces. It was when children walked to school and ''six of the best'' was a painful experience; postmen wore uniforms with peaked hats and chimney s...