Britain, 1947 winter a recluse who pays her

a recluse who pays her for increasingly bizarre favours

Annunziato is Professor of Psychology at Fordham University

and rivals will clash on the battlefield

Richly illustrated with unique material from the BFI National Archive

A boy chooses to cherish all the good memories of his beloved grandmother

Britain, 1947 winter a recluse who pays herFor the British people, 1947 was a momentous year. For three long months, they endured the worst winter in living memory, with drastic fuel shortages and power cuts, and continuing food rationing post World War Two. Heavy snow gave way to widespread flooding in the spring, and by the summer, the economic crisis had deepened, forcing renewed cutbacks; the Chancellor of the Exchequer even imposed a savage tax increase on tobacco, the chief solace for