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An exhibition celebrating Penrith’s 50th anniversary as a City is on display between 22nd October and the 12th December. Starting at the Penrith Civic Centre, the exhibition will also go to St Marys, Castlereagh and Mulgoa. For dates, times, and further information go to the Penrith City Council Website. The exhibition explores our social history and what life was like in the home of a Penrith family in the 1950s and 1960s. This week we are featuring some books from the library’s collection about life in the 1950s
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Australian houses of the forties and fifities / by Peter Cuffley
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Summary
The houses of the forties and fifties are the houses that were being built when the 'baby boomers' were growing up. When postwar austerity gave way to a new era of prosperity, whole streets sprang up around the suburbs of Australia.
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Rose tinted 50s: a perfect view of the past / by Ruth Anna Hobday (Edi
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Summary
A collation of images of popular culture in the 1950s. Includes television, film, music, products, sports, major events and more...
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Foul play: the art and artists of the notorious 1950s E.C. comics! / b
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Summary
Foul Play! celebrates the fan-favourite creators of E.C. Comics, profiling their artists -- a veritable who's who of mid-20th century popular illustration -- and describing how they came to work with Bill Gaines and how their careers evolved after E.C.
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Miller's collecting the 1950s / by Madeleine Marsh
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Summary
Over 300 collectables from homestyle, fashion and leisure.
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Over the top with Jim / by Hugh Lunn
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Summary
In this hilarious memoir of working class Brisbane, Hugh Lunn returns to us the language, humour and values of a time we thought we had lost
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Blood and tinsel: a memoir / by Jim Sharman
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Sharman is an international director of film, musicals and theatre. His story goes from the rough and ready world of outback Australia in the 50s, where boxers and panto dames shared the stage, to the cultural explosions in which Sharman played a part
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