Some great 50’s articles from Squidoo:

These are just a few of the articles written about the 50’s genre on Squidoo.  Click on the link and check them out.

Edward Hopper Painter by DaveStone13

http://www.squidoo.com/edward-hopper-realism-in-prints-posters-and-life

Movie Rear Window  by me

http://www.squidoo.com/alfred-hitchcocks-rear-window

Dr Seuss  by patgoltz

http://www.squidoo.com/drseussbestchildrenswriter

Chronicles of Narnia  by me

http://www.squidoo.com/workshop/always-winter-never-christmas

Queen Elizbeth by britflorida

http://britflorida.squidoo.com/queen-elizabeth-11-1950s-style-icon

Grace Kelly by britflorida

http://britflorida.squidoo.com/grace-kelly-the-look

An Affair to Remember by britflorida

http://britflorida.squidoo.com/an-affair-to-remember-best-1950s-film

Hitchcock Blondes  by britflorida

http://britflorida.squidoo.com/hitchcock-blondes

The Bertoia chair by britflorida

http://britflorida.squidoo.com/the-bertoia-chair-meets-the-iphone

The 50’s Musicals by Cercis

http://www.squidoo.com/the-golden-age-of-musical-films

Richard Greens TV Robin Hood by me

http://www.squidoo.com/richard-greens-tv-robin-hood

Camping with dad by me

http://www.squidoo.com/camping-with-dad

Music of the 50’s  by Sylvestermouse

http://sylvestermouse.squidoo.com/music-of-the-50s

A Baby Boomer Defines Life after WWII  byLindaJM

http://lindajm.squidoo.com/baby-boomer-defines-life

Derek Bentley and Christopher Craig (murder case in the 50’s) by britflorida

http://britflorida.squidoo.com/derek-bentley-and-christopher-craig

Fanny Cradock by britflorida

http://britflorida.squidoo.com/fanny-cradock

Injustice – John Christie by britflorida

http://britflorida.squidoo.com/injustice-john-christie-and-timothy-evans

Retro Vintage Prom Dresses by brightideas

http://brite-ideas.squidoo.com/retro-vintage-prom-dresses

Ruth Ellis by britflorida

http://britflorida.squidoo.com/ruth-ellis

1950s Fashion:  The 50s were a time of attitudes by OddSally

http://www.squidoo.com/1950s-fashion-vintage

Tony Bennett & Bill Evans by DaveStone13

http://www.squidoo.com/tony-bennett-meets-bill-evans

Blackboard Jungle was our movie by nacycarol

http://nancycarol.squidoo.com/blackboard-jungle-was-our-movie

What happened in the 50's

Some really vital and historic things happened in the 50's.  I mean besides being born myself.

The first modern credit card was introduced.
Charles Schultz published the first Peanuts cartoon strip.  (That was fairly vital!)
Joe McCarthy started his Communist witch hunt.
Color TVs were introduced, although I didn't get to see one till the 60's because my dad was cheap.
Car seat belts were introduced, although I don't remember them being very popular until Batman and Robin used them in the 60's TV show.
Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth when her father King George VI died.
Jacques Cousteau, the co-inventer of the aqualung, became fairly famous discovering an ancient Greek Ship.
Polio vaccine discovered by Jonas Salk
DNA was discovered!  Amazing.
The first report published suggesting that cigarette smoking causes cancer.
Walt Disney opens Disneyland.  (And the world will never be the same!)
Emmett Till is murdered.
The McDonalds franchise is created.  (I had one of those early burgers... not that great)
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat in the bus and is taken to jail.
Velcro is introduced.  That's up there with zippers and sliced bread!
The Soviet's launching of Sputnik starts the Space Race.
Hoola hoops and Legos building blocks is introduced.
Castro becomes the dictator of Cuba.
The TV Remote control is invented.  Although my dad claimed he had invented four of them.  Their names were Denise, Sherry, Lynne and Scotty.  The same goes for dish-washing machines.  He had four.

All in all a pretty remarkable decade.  More to come.

The Fabulous 50's Live

I'm a 50's baby but I love the music, the movies, the black and white TV shows from the 50s.  I love the extreme petticoats that rustle when you walk and the poodle skirts and the slick-back duck-tails.  What's not to love?  I intend to report, recreate, celebrate and remember the 50's here.  Join me.