Sheila Hardy

Being a housewife in the 1950s was quite different from today. After the independence of the wartime years, many women now had to leave their jobs when they married. This book includes anecdotes and homemaking hints from 1950's housewives, providing a poignant insight into their lives.

Eliza Acton is the forgotten hero of our culinary past. One of the few Victorian ladies whose legacy has lasted well into the twenty-first century and whose recipes are still used in thousands of kitchens today. This is the story of her success, not only as the little-known mother of modern cookery, but also as a poet and a campaigner for healthy eating.