BirthdayRewind

Our story

What was the world like on the day you arrived?

It's a question everyone wonders about. What was everyone singing? What was the weather doing? Who was running the country, and what did a pint of milk cost? BirthdayRewind answers it in a book you can hold, keep and pass around the table.

Every book is made for one person and one day. For big birthdays, it's a trip back in time full of things they'll remember, and plenty they won't believe. For new babies, it's a time capsule from their very first day, ready for them to open when they're grown.

Made properly

Each book is printed to order on thick gloss paper and bound as a 21 cm square hardback book by our print partner in the UK. We check every page is print-ready before it goes to the printer.

Where the facts come from

• Music: the official UK singles chart number ones (via Wikipedia).
• Weather: Met Office Hadley Centre records (Central England Temperature and England & Wales rainfall), under the Open Government Licence.
• Prices: Office for National Statistics price data, HM Land Registry house prices, and period adverts.
• Names: ONS baby name statistics for England and Wales.
• People, films, TV and events: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
• The sky: sunrise, sunset and the Moon calculated for the place and day of birth.
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons, used under their licences and credited on each page.

Every fact in a book comes from one of these sources, and each page says where its facts came from. Records are checked carefully, but if you spot something that looks wrong, please tell us.