The Best Days of Our Lives: School Life in Post-War Britain

by Simon Webb

Following the disruption, hardship, and challenges of the Second World War, the postwar years brought a sense of optimism and excitement, with families at last enjoying peacetime. This new book follows the lives of the nation's schoolchildren through the two decades following the war years, recalling what it was like for those experiencing the creation of a new school system; a system underpinned by the introduction of the 11 plus exam and the provision...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752486373
• ISBN13: 9780752486376
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"