1930s Scrapbook

I purchased this for my Grandma for her upcoming 80th birthday; I received today and flipped through just to see what the book was about and I was a little disappointed to see that the book revolves around British culture. I didn't see anywhere in the description this was the case. Only when I go back and read some of the reviews do I see this is called out. The other point would be that the font used to provide descriptions is very hard to read. I can imagine my grandma will have difficulty reading.Overall the book is beautiful but I wish I would have know it was more on British culture.

I bought this recently for my 80 year old grandmother's birthday and she adored it! She wouldn't stop looking through it and telling stories to open the rest of her gifts. Despite being a fan of retro artwork I had a bit of a hard time appreciating it myself. It seems very geared to those who will remember the things inside. Still, it's an absolutely fantastic gift for anyone old enough to remember the things inside!My only warning is that all of the pages are collages, not single images. Some of it is very busy and some of it is very small and hard to see properly. For some people, especially those with bad eyesight, this might be off-putting.

Great memory of the past

I bought this for a friend's grandmother. She is from the U.S and she's around 80. She said she didn't remember a whole lot of things that were in the book but she certainly enjoyed looking through it. In fact, she kept picking it back up while the others opened their Chrismtas presents and her daughter had to ask her to put it down and participate with the family!

I was interested in the history of my house, and what it would have looked like inside when it was built, and my search of Amazon led me to this book. It's a large but slim hardback, with hundreds of pictures of products from the 1930s and a tiny bit of background information on the events of the decade. I found it fascinating, as this is an era that I know nothing about beyond watching Poirot on TV and studying the beginning of WWII at school. The history of ordinary people's everyday lives has always interested me more than that of celebrities or politics, so I've spent several hours immersed in this book. I notice something new every time I open it, and the glimpse into the lives of ordinary people through the products they used and the adverts they saw is incredible. I rather like that there is no commentary on the images; the interpretation is left entirely to the reader. Highly recommended if you want to know more about the social history of the UK in the 30s. I'm considering purchasing other books in this series, although there isn't one for my own decade (the 80s) yet.

It’s v interesting . Bought it for my client who is almost 100yrs old .. good talking points in . The only thing is the pictures are quite dark and she can’t see v well.....However I still think it’s great . Thank you

For the people of the eras these are reminiscent (basically the older generation) why did they use such small handwriting type print in this series that they struggle to see? Other than that they are lovely and bring back a lot of memories for my 86 yr old father. Packed with pics.

I think my mum will like it, but I'm disappointed that it's just pictures, with no explanatory text to speak of. Nice picture book. Novelty wears off in minutes though for me - maybe better if you can remember some of the items from your childhood, but not great from a social history perspective.

Bought for Mum after a visit to Abbeycwmhir Hall for their Christmas display, and saw this in the café. Very interesting for the young, memory reminder for the not so young.