The 1920s Scrapbook (Robert Opie's Scrapbook Series) - Hardcover

Opie, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1872727948 ISBN 13: 9781872727943

Publisher: Pi Global Publishing Limited, 2006

Synopsis

With over 1,000 colourful images, Robert Opie brings to life the 1920s and captures the mood of this radical decade in Great Britain. The Twenties were a time for change and invention. The arrival of the wireless provided a new form of entertainment and The Radio Times was launched in 1923. The popularity of the cinema continued and was changed forever with the coming of 'talkies' and The Jazz Singer in 1926. While there were many notable events, from the Tutankhaman discoveries to the Empire exhibition at Wembley, unemployment and workers' discontent pervaded everyday life, culminating in the General Strike of 1926. For children, however, fun and amusement could be found with new cartoon characters: the antics of Felix the Cat at the pictures, tales of Pooh Bear in A.A. Milne's book Winnie-the-Pooh and, in newspapers, Bonzo the Dog (Daily Sketch) , Rupert the Bear (Daily Express) , Teddy Tail (Daily Mail) and Pip, Squeak and Wilfred (Daily Mirror), . Apart from women daring to smoke (espe

About this title

About the Author:

Since the 1970s, Robert Opie has amassed an unrivalled collection of packaging and paper materials which are now housed in his museum of packaging in Gloucester. He is the auhtor of numerous publications and has given many talks to schools, as well as on radio and TV.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pi Global Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1872727948
• ISBN 13: 9781872727943
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64