1956 The Year You Were Born: UK and World News From Every Day Of The Year Hardcover – October 22, 2025

A GREAT 70th BIRTHDAY GIFT for anyone born in 1956 who is now celebrating a birthday, marriage, or anniversary. Ideal 1956 birthday gift for men or for women who are 70 in 2026 and an ideal alternative or addition to a 70th birthday card for mum or dad. A great gift too for Father’s Day and Mother’s Day!FULL OF THE NEWS taken from newspapers giving the news of every day of the year, including your birthday. Black and white photos and illustrations show how our lives were shaped by social and economic events plus how lives had changed by the time we were five, eleven, fifteen and twenty-one.DISCOVERThe Year Day-by-DayFamous Births and DeathsMajor Sporting EventsMusic, Television, FilmFashion and Culture Science, Nature and Technology The Lifestyles of Everyday People53 full page features including Burns Night, Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, St Patrick's Day, April Fool, Trooping the Colour, Wimbledon, The Proms, Blackpool Illuminations, Lifeboats and History of the Pantomime PLUS 42 more.Trivia and so much more.FIND OUT what happened when you were:• Five and started Primary School• Eleven and started Secondary School• Fifteen and could leave school• Twenty-One and got the ‘key of the door!’THIS QUALITY 130 PAGE A4 SIZED BOOK is packed with photographs to help you relive times gone by and bring memories flooding back.THE HARDCOVER VERSION makes a PREMIUM stylish and long-lasting present. Read more