Friday 2 December 2011

Historical DVD Gifts for Christmas

Home and Garden Gifts

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

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.

Our Price £10.99


Haunted London DVD

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.

Our Price £10.99


Kent At War DVD

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
Our Price £10.99


London's East End DVD

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.

Our Price £10.99


London's Lost Docks DVD

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.

Our Price £10.99


London in the Sixties DVD Part One

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.

Our Price £10.99


London in the Fifties DVD Part 1

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.

Our Price £10.99


London in the Fifties DVD Part 2

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.

Our Price £10.99


We Ruled London - The Story of the Kray Twins DVD

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.

Our Price £10.99


London's Railways in 1960's DVD

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.

Our Price £10.99

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