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BRITAIN
The Official Handbooks
Discover fifty handbooks in one website:
Timeline
A History of the Handbooks
The Britain and UK Handbooks were produced between 1954 and 2005. The Central Statistics Bureau produced the Handbooks each year for government officials and international diplomats, to communicate information about what Britain was like.
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The Handbooks cover a wide range of topics such as technology, economy, sport, and the physical landscape.
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Click through the pages and see for yourself what the Handbooks are like!
Map
UK and Ireland Map
Quiz
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