Winter brings memories of log fires and snuggling up on the sofa and watch DVDs - so why not treat yourself to a selection of
historical dvds from Home and Garden Gifts. We've a huge selection of
Christmas DVD gifts for everyone this Christmas.
DVD Gifts
Kent Past DVD
This DVD shows Kent going back 80 years. During the 1920's steam trains would bring holidaymakers to Margate and cockneys would head to the countryside to pick hops during the summer months. During the 1960's mechanism had reached the farms, eliminating the need for the cockney invasion, and holidaymakers were now discovering foreign travel.
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£10.99
Haunted London DVD
We have all heard about the hauntings and ghost stories of London and now, with documentary footage and interviews with eye witnesses, you can explore the REAL ghost stories of our capital city.
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£10.99
Kent At War DVD
Watch all about England's front line county during the five years of World War Two. From the Battle of Britain to the terror of the V bombs, watch the story of Kent defiantly opposing Hitler and his Army
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£10.99
London's East End DVD
An insight into the East End of London before the Second World War. London was a city of cobbles streets and thick fog, with residents living in cramped conditions, but the community was closeknit and humorous. Children played in the streets and unemployed men crowded the Dockyard for work.
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£10.99
London's Lost Docks DVD
This is unseen archive film of the story of London's Docks and the people who worked in them when they were a busy commercial port. The Dockland was the gateway to the Empire, a thriving and bustling area packed with ships and people and shipyards.
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£10.99
London in the Sixties DVD Part One
Archive footage of London during the first half of the sixties, featuring the birth of a new era. Television, supermarkets, coffee bars and new office blocks are all prevalent in this new era. Soho's gambling clubs are run by criminals, and young people drive around on Italian Scooters. This is a great panorama of London during the first half of the 1960's.
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£10.99
London in the Fifties DVD Part 1
This is London emerging from austerity, with Churchill as Prime Minister, a new Monarch and the Festival of Britian. This archive footage shows London without supermarkets, motorways and television, but with smog, back to back housing and a thriving Docklands.
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£10.99
London in the Fifties DVD Part 2
The second half of the 1950's shows London with full employment, a Rock n' Roll era and the emergence of trendy coffee bars. On the minus side, London experiences race riots, due to the West Indian immigrants arriving. Picturing London with its first motorway and electronic computer exhibition in Olympia.
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£10.99
We Ruled London - The Story of the Kray Twins DVD
This is the story of the criminal underworld of the Kray Twins during the 1950's. They ruled with fear, extortion and violence, but to the public they were celebrities. Learn the history of these men behind the myth.
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£10.99
London's Railways in 1960's DVD
During the 1960's London's railway network was updated by the British Railways and the British Transport Films unit and TV units captured this transformation. Here you can see unseen colour footage from the BTF archives, an ideal gift for all rail enthusiasts.
Running Time 55 minutes.
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£10.99
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