Alec Forshaw

1970s London (eBook, ePUB)

Discovering the Capital

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Following a sheltered childhood and a sequestered education in Cambridge, and having missed out on the swinging sixties, Alec Forshaw was ready for a dose of the wider world. London in the early 1970s was where the lights shone brightest. In reality, it was still a city struggling to find its post-war identity, full of declining industries and derelict docklands, a townscape blighted by underdeveloped bomb sites, demonic motorway proposals and slum clearance schemes. The streets were full of costermongers and greasy-spoon cafes, but enlivened by ghettos of immigrants and student culture. Ideas of traffic constraint and recycling rubbish were in their infancy. It was a decade which saw the three-day week, the Notting Hill riots and the last of the anti-Vietnam war protests. This sequel to Growing Up In Cambridge portrays the London of over thirty years ago as it appeared to a young man in his twenties, finding his feet, coming of age, and stumbling across the sights and sounds of an extraordinary city.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The History Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750956468
• Artikelnr.: 40070038

Autorenporträt

Alec Forshaw is a London resident who has pursued a varied career as a town planner, historic buildings architect, lecturer, and musician. He is currently a trustee of the Churches Conservation Trust and the author of various books about London, including Growing up in Cambridge.