Gifts The Year Before Phones
The Year Before Phones
Layout illustration, shown without content
The year Mum, Dad or Grandad turned eleven, on one print: what made the news, the number ones, what things cost and how families kept in touch, with a booklet of questions to ask them about it.
A layout illustration: the panels are shown without content. Your print is researched for the year and town you choose, and every fact is cited.
What's included
- Their name, the year and the town where they grew up
- What made the news that year
- The number ones of the year
- What things cost, from published price records
- What was on television, from the published listings
- How families kept in touch: the landline, the letter and the phone box
- Their town that year
- A 12-page booklet (PDF) of questions for the family to ask them about their year, to print at home
- Every fact checked and cited
- A proof before printing
- UK delivery for posted prints
Formats and Christmas dates
- Printable PDFs: the A3 print and the 12-page booklet, emailed: £15, order by Tuesday 22 December for Christmas
- A3 premium matte print, posted, + the booklet as a PDF: £38, order by Monday 7 December for Christmas
- Framed 30×40 cm print (black frame, no mount), posted, + the booklet as a PDF: £65, order by Friday 4 December for Christmas
Christmas: Order by 7 December (A3) or 4 December (framed) for delivery before Christmas, or by 22 December for the PDFs.
Real records, honestly used. We build each item from archives and published sources, and say so where the record is incomplete. We email a proof before printing. We never research living private individuals.