- - - Also available in other years - - - Let's FLASHBACK to 1961 - a very special year. Was this the year you were born? Was this the year you were married? Let's travel back in time to celebrate your year, THE YEAR 1961, with this 70+ page book packed with fun-filled fabulous facts. Enjoy a trip down memory lane, discover the people, the places, the politics, and the pleasures that made 1961 so special and unique, influencing the world we know today. Imagine if time-travel was a reality, and one fine morning you wake to find yourself flashed back to the year 1961. What would life be like for a typical family, in a typical town, somewhere in America? We often reminisce about the golden boom years of the 50s and 60s, when families flourished, babies were born in record numbers, unemployment was low, and our standard of living surpassed that which our parents could only dream of... Now just imagine you flashed back to a town in 1961 England. Unlike their lavish spending counterparts in America, a very different picture would await you... (Get the book to read more!). Expertly written by author B. Bradforsand-Tyler, a history teacher with a passion for sharing knowledge. This 70+ page book makes the perfect unique and thoughtful gift for anyone born or married in the year 1961. Contains just the right amount of light-hearted trivia and serious international feature-news articles. A beautifully presented book filled with vintage photo reproductions on every page. Includes more than 20 vintage advertisements, many reproduced in full-page, with enlarged text for easy reading. Contains expertly researched and written original full-page feature articles on: -Family Life in the USA, -Life in the UK, -Our Automobiles, -Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore, -JFK 35th President of the USA, -The Nuclear Arms Race, -The Space Race, -Bay of Pigs Invasion, -The Berlin Wall, -The Vietnam War, -Freedom Riders, -WWF Created, -West Side Story, -Plus fashion trends, sports, cinema and film, TV, music, famous births and much more.