The only 1950s ballroom left in London, where rock ‘n’ roll is alive and well

Opposite the overground station and nestling between coffee shops, on an unremarkable high street in southeast London, there ...

Shirley Abicair, zither-player who embodied Australia on 1950s British children’s television

Shirley Abicair, who has died aged 98, became a television and radio star in the 1950s as a self-taught exponent of the ...
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London's best new escapist night out? Take a trip back to 1950s Cuba

There are iconic nightclubs – The Cotton Club, Studio 54, and of course Spiders in Hull – and then there is the Tropicana in Havana. This legendary club was the pinnacle of the Golden Era in the 1950s ...
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‘Three Little Birds’ exclusive clip shows police discriminating against Jamaican partygoers in 1950s London

The six-part series follows two Jamaican sisters who must navigate their new lives in England after immigrating to the U.K. If you’re looking for a new series to watch this Black History Month, look ...
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London Library of Recorded English records, 1949-2010 1950-1965

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The London Library of Recorded English had roots in V.C. Clinton-Baddeley's 1937 recordings of poetry broadcasts with W.B. Yeats for the BBC. In ...