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Ever So Contemporary

Series looking at changing fashions in British home design over the last fifty years. How Edwardian parlour walls were knocked down and windows enlarged.

Series looking at changing fashions in British home design over the last fifty years and the emergence of a nation of amateur designers.

In a reaction against the dark war years, cluttered Edwardian parlour walls were knocked down and windows enlarged. In a bid to boost postwar spending, the government supported the new contemporary look with films and exhibitions.

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