Black Grapes, Tobacco Smoke and the Dirty River

Black Grapes, Tobacco Smoke and the Dirty River
Author: Annie Buchanan
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2021-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1782228586

Black grapes, tobacco smoke or a glimpse of the Dirty River – any one of these is sufficient to send me hurtling back in time to my childhood. It was a childhood of the 1960’s – a time which, in many ways, feels so very different to today.

The Smoke of the Gods

The Smoke of the Gods
Author: Eric Burns
Publisher: Temple University Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2006-10-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781592134823

From the author of The Spirits of America, an energetic history of tobacco use.

London Night and Day, 1951

London Night and Day, 1951
Author: Old House Books
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2014-08-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1783660333

Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster, according to the Guardian 'one of the great English comic artists of the twentieth century', this is an unmissable treasure for lovers of London and of design. Arranged by hour of the day, it guides the reader around 1950s London, from morning walk to evening visit to a Turkish bath and late-night taxi home, including many stately homes and restaurants.