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A celebration of the achievements of the exceptional generation of men and women born in the early 20th century, who were born into a world reeling from the Great War, grew up during the Great Depression, witnessed WWII, and raised families during the upheaval of the 60s and 70s. Accompanies a BBC2 series of the same name.
About the author
Steve Humphries (Author) Steve Humphries, described by Broadcast magazine as 'the king of oral history', is a former history and sociology lecturer at the University of Essex. After working as a producer at London Weekend Television where he made landmark series such as The Making of Modern London (for which he also co-wrote the accompanying four books), he set up Testimony Films in Bristol in 1992. Since then, Testimony has made over 60 single documentaries and series for all the public service broadcasters and for specialist digital channels. Sue Elliott (Author) Sue Elliott is the author of the best-selling memoir and history of adoption, Love Child (Vermilion 2005) and The Children Who Fought Hitler (John Murray 2009) about the WW2 exploits of former pupils of the British Memorial School in Ypres and was a Researcher on the BBC4 documentary of the same name made by Testimony.
Summary
Tells the story of people who raised their families during the immense social upheaval of the Fifties and Sixties, as the world in which they had grown up changed inexorably. This book is about those who shaped the way we live now.
