Take Me Back in Time to the 1940S : Gift Book for Dad : 9781840410334 : 1840410337 : 02 Oct 2023 : Travel Back in Time to the 1940s A fast-moving snap-shot of life in England in the war-torn forties (in 270 pages) Here are the main bullet points. A pint of mild costs thruppence ha'penny, Arsenal are football champions, Fred Perry wins at Wimbledon, Mosley leads his 'black-shirts', Stanley Baldwin is prime-minister, An Austin Seven motorcar costs £125, A gallon of petrol costs 1s/5d, King George V dies, Amy Johnson is 'Queen of the Skies', Golden Miller, New-fangled Television, Mass unemployment, Jarrow March, Mrs. Wallis Simpson, Abdication of the King Edward VII, Metroland, Mass Observation, The Road to Wigan Pier, Big Band music, Coronation of King George VI, Nestle's Milky Bar, Dixie Dean's last goal, Craven 'A' cigarettes, Arthur Askey, George Formby, Young Stanley Matthews bags hat-trick for England, The Lambeth Walk, Joe Davis is snooker champion, Preston North End win FA Cup,