Hobbies Annual: Useful Occupations for Practical Chaps

by Huw Pryce (Editor)

From 1895, "Hobbies Weekly" brought much-needed practical advice and inspiration to bespectacled boys in V-neck pullovers, young ladies in sensible shoes and their pipe-smoking parents (of both sexes) throughout the Empire. The Ammonite Press is proud to reintroduce these solid values at a time when society couldn't be in greater need of guidance. This book, which is full of humorous extracts and anecdotes, is bound to appeal to any young person in need of a phenakistoscope (an old-fashioned zoetrope, a moving image device), those women whose home is without a boot-cleaning stool and all men who wish to benefit from the advice given in a 1950s series of articles "Please the Wife."

254 pages, Hardcover

First published September 7, 2009

Reviews

[Alex Craigie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A delightful selection from the Hobbies magazines from the 1930s onwards. These were fascinating! most of the items required considerable skill and some of them might raise Health and Safety eyebrows - there's a great section on making your own fireworks! The illustrations were clear and the pictures certainly gave me a nostalgic vibe!

[Huw Pryce · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the nicest books I've ever written.