WhirligigTV

The fifties was the decade television came of age. In 1950, it was still at an experimental stage and regarded with suspicion (BBC radio folk referred to their TV counterparts at Alexandra Palace as 'the fools on the hill'). Three years later, as 20 million people crowded round tiny 14in screens to watch the Coronation, the nation was converted and ready to embrace the magic box with open arms. The wonderful Whirligig nostalgia site celebrates the decade in all its monochrome glory; the quaintly formal presenters with their clipped English accents, the clunky theatrical dramas, the cosy parlour games, and the first TV adverts with their curiously infectious jingles.