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Deference, respectability, conformity, restraint and trust - the core values of 1950s family and society begin to fray at the edges.
Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people.
Deference, respectability, conformity, restraint and trust - the core values of family and society begin to fray at the edges.
Abridged by Jane Greenwood.
A Loftus Audio production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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