Out of Time - 1966 and the End of Old-Fashioned Britain

In the summer of 1966 Peter Chapman was a naive 18-year-old from the Angel in north London. He was just about to enter the world of work, having flunked his A Levels and recently discovered that he would not be fulfilling his dream of becoming a professional footballer at Leyton Orient. As a young man on the brink of adulthood, he found himself in a country also on the brink of huge change - and about to have one of the most significant sporting successes in its history. Focused around England's one and only World Cup victory, tells the story of that summer - both the football and the country's broader political, social and economic picture - through his 18-year-old eyes, and offers a vivid and beautifully written portrait of what life was like in 1966.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Chapman, Chapman Peter
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.05.2016
• EAN: 9781472917157
• ISBN: 978-1-4729-1715-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Wisden Sports Writing; Wisden Sports Writing
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies