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About Why Sugar Became The Signature Of 1930s Britain | Turn Back Time: The High Street

As government regulations reduce working hours and cheap sugar means lots of sweets, life gets a bit sweeter for our shopkeepers. Nostalgia boosts sales for the grocers, who have masses of 1930s recognisable brands, the dressmaker has to sell thirties glamour to the town, and the butcher has good old British beef. The Edwardian bazaar is now a toy shop, reflecting the shopkeepers' target customers - children. But it is far from plain sailing; the Bakers find themselves running a cake shop, but cakes aren't their forte. Rivalry builds between the grocers and the butchers, undermining the community spirit of the high street. The shopkeepers spend a week selling the 1930s to the town, but they have to pull out all the stops for Empire day - can they persuade a whole new generation of the joys of the traditional high street?

Why Sugar Became The Signature Of 1930s Britain | Turn Back Time: The High Street is presented by Absolute History. Its listed runtime is 57 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

As a nature & environment documentary, Why Sugar Became The Signature Of 1930s Britain | Turn Back Time: The High Street uses sugar, became, signature as its central frame. Nature films connect close observation with larger environmental systems. Consider habitat, seasonal change, human activity and the limits of what a single location can demonstrate about a global ecological issue.

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Why Sugar Became The Signature Of 1930s Britain | Turn Back Time: The High Street
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57 minutes
Language
English

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