1960s people

kids, children, young, toddlers, overcoats, shoes, water, sea, shore, sand, holiday, dressed, cold, chilly, sunshine, shadows, tide, sixties, 1960s, play, coast, coastline, shoreline, seaside, fun, activity, IPSV0404, IPSV0405, IPSV0937, IPSV5271, IPSV5272,

Two children play at the water's edge despite wearing overcoats and shoes. A sixties coast scene.

kids, children, young, schoolchildren, school, playground, teaching, education, learning, class, play time, playtime, 1960s, sixties, Brightlingsea, Essex, primary, infants, classroom, IPSV0404, IPSV0405, IPSV1900, IPSV0986, IPSV2042, IPSV5787, IPSV2050, IPSV2049, IPSV6996,

Children in a primary class line up in the playground to enter their classroom at Brightlingsea Infants' School in the 1960s.

draughts, checkers, chequers, board, men, old, senior, OAPs, OAP, elderly, girl, schoolgirl, pieces, white, black, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, 1960, game, outdoor, hobby, outdoors, concentration, activity, thinking, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV4417, IPSV0405, IPSV5130, IPSV4751, IPSV5070,

Two pensioners play draughts on a concrete outdoors board in Rothesay, Isle of Bute in September 1960. Expert watchers include a schoolgirl and another pensioner.

football, soccer, crowd, fans, bus, leaving, people, running, walking, ground, street, gates, stand, pitch, supporters, bike, Colchester, Essex, vehicle, road vehicle, historic vehicle, 1945 bus, KEV331, Bristol K6A, W2042, Duple, H30/26R, Jolliffe's, advert, Middleborough, pubic transport, IPSV2830, IPSV2836, IPSV2832, IPSV0937, IPSV1374, IPSV2970, IPSV0896, IPSV5578, IPSV1406, IPSV1091, IPSV5527,

Fans leave Colchester United's Layer Road football ground after a league match in the 1960. A Colchester Corporation bus waits to take passengers on the one mile journey into the town centre. A regular shuttle service was run on all match days. The bus is a Bristol K6A registered in 1945 and withdrawn from service in 1964. It may have been used over the next few years as a special to cover extra demand. The picture was most likely taken in 1965.

Cowal, ferry, boat, ship, Scotland, seagull, sailor, sea, throw, bread, titbit, deck, rail, sailing, Glasgow, Wemyss Bay, Rothesay, Firth of Clyde, 1960, sixties, navy, uniform, Merchant Navy, IPSV1276, IPSV0937, IPSV0173, IPSV2517, IPSV2547, IPSV2887, IPSV2884, IPSV2888,

Sailors feed seagulls from the deck of the ferry Cowal in the Firth of Clyde, September 1960.

bikini, fete, sideshow, village, sixties, 1960s, Colchester, Essex, beauty, glamour, glamorous, fun, enjoyment, leisure, pleasure, bales, bed,

Tip the lady out of bed is the idea of this village fete sideshow in north Essex during the 1960s. Two bikini clad girls take it in turn to be tipped out of bed every time a ball hit the target above them.

ordinary, bike, bicycle, penny-farthing, Victorian, wheels, bowler hat, snow, Elmstead, Colchester Rovers, cycle club, tails, handlebars, car, Kings Arms, Colchester, Essex, Christmas Day, tradition, sixties, 1960s, Malseed collection, road,

Throughout the 1960s members of Colchester Rovers Cycling Club gathered at the Kings Arms, Elmstead Market, near Colchester, Essex, where a group of them rode old bikes from the Malseed Collection. This one is a penny-farthing or ordinary bicycle. The rider is probably the owner, John Malseed.

Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Bute, Scotland, western, beach, sand, stone, seaside, sea, holiday, enjoyment, child, girl, ginger hair, red hair, shore, seashore, shoreline, 1960, sixties, Ph10.4d, MSRW615, IPSV0405, IPSV0768, IPSV4526, IPSV5271, IPSV5272,

Toddler walks up the beach at Rothesay, Isle of Bute, September 1960.

children, schoolchildren, sixties, mid 1960s, infants, primary, school, playground, teacher, lessons, class, cold, duffel coat, trees, kids, girls, boys, schoolgirls, schoolboys, Brightlingsea, Essex, SKL67, IPSV2042, IPSV1900, IPSV0986, IPSV5787,

A class of children line up in the playground to walk into school under the supervision of their teacher, Brightlingsea Infant's School, Essex, mid 1960s.

fire, fireman, firemen, firefighters, stubble, wheat, corn, barley, crop, field, farm, farming, smoke, hose, trees, filed, 1960s, sixties, IPSV0613, IPSV6603, IPSV6604, IPSV6606, IPSV0015,

A fireman takes a hose to smoking stubble in a farm field during the 1960s.

bricklayer, master, skilled, work, brickie, expert, skill, wall, laying, bricks, building, trade, site, house, home, new, construction, sixties, 1960s, line, wheelbarrow, hod, carrier, apprentice,

Master bricklayer laying bricks for the wall of a new home during the 1960s.

Market, stalls, traders, pedestrians, van, bike, cycle, bicycle, canvas, covers, buildings, traffic lights, street, road, trees, strolling, looking, buying, shopping, Norwich, Norfolk, city, East Anglia, capital, buildings, architecture, IPSV2262, IPSV0576, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV0128, IPSV0015, IPSV1395, IPSV6952, IPSV2650, IPSV0773,

A 1960s scene at Norwich's permanent Market site in the city centre. Norwich is often regarded as the capital of East Anglia.

infants, primary, school, class, classroom, kids, children, schoolchildren, schoolboys, schoolgirls, girls, boys, teacher, teaching, learning, activities, desks, chairs, hands up, answers, Brightlingsea, Essex, 1960s, mid 1960s, sixties,

Classroom activity at Brightlingsea Infant's School, Essex in the mid 1960s.

Scottish, lady, woman, person, OAP, senior citizen, character, boat, ferry, sea, coast, coastline, Scotland, Ayrshire, Firth of Clyde, scarf, headscarf, 1960, sixties, retired, IPSV0937, IPSV1028, IPSV4417, IPSV2888, IPSV2887, IPSV5271, IPSV5272,

A local lady looks across to the Ayrshire coast from a ferry in the Firth of Clyde, 1960.

carnival, float, fun, enjoyment, show, 1960s, sixties, Colchester, Essex, parade, procession, lorry, men, dressed up, costume, humorous, silly, crazy, daft, nurse, baby, hat, soap, bath,

Crazy fun on a carnival float at Colchester in the 1960s.

stall, sideshow, village, fete, sixties, 1960s, Colchester, Essex, girls, schoolgirls, hat, boater, dress, frock, field, event, show, funds, fun, enjoyment, pleasure, jam jar, ball, table tennis, shorts, prize,

Girl in dress tries to get a table tennis ball into a jamjar to win a prize at a village fete in north Essex during the 1960s.

buskers, busking, music, players, playing, accordion, violin, boat, Scotland, Firth of Clyde, Ayrshire, Glasgow, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Western Islands, Ayr, 1960, sixties, entertainers, entertainment, accordian, stringed instrument, men, people, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV4825, IPSV2888, IPSV2887,

Buskers play violin and accordion aboard the Paddle Steamer Waverley on an excursion trip on the Firth of Clyde from Rothesay, Isle of Bute, to Ayr Races, September 1960.

1960s, sixties, policeman, copper, bobby, uniform, duty, hat, shirt, shirtsleeves, working, cooling, sun, sunshine, shades, dark glasses, sunglasses, hat, SKL65, IPSV0999, IPSV0937

A 1960s policemen enjoys an orange lolly while on duty during a hot spell.

couple, cuddle, holding hands, ship, boat, coast, coastline, Ayrshire, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, Glasgow, loving, romantic, relaxed, happy, pleasure, people, man, woman, Waverley, PS Waverley, Paddle Steamer, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV1028, IPSV2888, IPSV2887,

A couple look across to the Ayrshire coast for the Paddle Steamer, Waverley, September 1960. The Waverley is now the only paddle steamer in operation following an expensive refit.

onboard, ferry, Firth of Clyde, 1960, sixties, service, ship, boat, Glasgow, Scotland, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Ayrshire, passengers, Western Scotland, Western Isles, coastal, coast, on board, travellers, discussions, talking, talkers, IPSV0937, IPSV1536, IPSV4417, IPSV2887, IPSV2888, IPSV2884,

Ferry boat passengers, in the Firth of Forth, Western Scotland, September 1960.

tractor, trailer, float, carnival, queen, princess, princesses, attendants, dresses, parade, heart, driver, vehicle, farm vehicle, watchers, onlookers, fun, pleasure, entertainment, driver, IPSV0937, IPSV5048, IPSV2737, IPSV2741,

A 1960s carnival queen and her attendants pulled by a farm tractor in a float made in the shape of a heart.

small, child, cowboy, costume, outfit, toy gun, gun, toy, crowd, people, spectators, watching, sixties, 1960s, event, play, playing, fun, Cowboys and Indians, toddler, boy, little, IPSV0404, IPSV4226, IPSV0937,

A little boy plays by himself in his cowboy outfit, ignoring the event the adults are watching in front of him. A 1960s scene.

toddler, little girl, girl, baby, lawn, lawn mower, lawnmower, box, push mower, grass, garden, houses, homes, 1960s, sixties, sunshine, fun, play, work, flowers, IPSV4226, IPSV0404, IPSV0937, IPSV0460, IPSV3232, IPSV1119, IPSV1120,

In the mid 1960s, a little girl helps with mowing the lawn outside and opposite 1960s new homes.

bees, beekeeper, beekeeping, bee-keeping, apiculture, insects, hive, apiary, honey, pollen, pollination, farm, farming, hobby, netting, protective clothing, gloves, sixties, 1960s IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV2517, IPSV2565, IPSV2726, IPSV5576,

A beekeper inspects one of his hives during the 1960s.

windsurfer, windsurfing, wind surfing, wind surfer, sail, sailboard, sail board, fall, splash, river, water, tumble, falling, losing control, wet suit, sport, water sport, water sport, yachts, marina, moored, moorings, breakwater, IPSV5876, IPSV5374, IPSV1450, IPSV5404, IPSV1398, RDPC0101e

1960s windsurfer takes and tumble at Brightlingsea, Essex. Brightlingsea is a popular yachting resort on the mouth of the River Colne between Colchester and Clacton, Essex.

Diss, Norfolk, 1960s, sixties, road, street, crossing, pedestrians, walkers, strolling, cars, vehicles, shops, couple yellow lines, road markings, shops, retail premises, retail, people, men, women, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV1028, IPSV1441, IPSV2998, IPSV1332, IPSV5962, IPSV6911, IPSV1474, IPSV1473, IPSV0266, IPSV1406, IPSV2970,

A couple prepare to cross the road in Diss, Norfolk, during the 1960s.

military, band, Colchester, garrison, sixties, 1960s, parade, drum, instrument, trumpet, sixties, 1960s, smart, shadow, sunshine, pattern, regiment, regimental, discipline, IPSV0937, IPSV2998, IPSV4790, IPSV4819, IPSV6040,

A military band parades along Colchester High Street. The band would have been stqationed with their regiment at Colchester Garrison at this time in spring of 1963. They were part of a parade led by a squad of police officers followed by the town mayor up the High Street against the newly introduced one way system.

primary, infant, girl, learning, teaching, school, class, classroom, cutting, scissors, Brightlingsea, Essex, sixties, 1960s, schoolchild, schoolgirl, activity, education, ipsv6996, ipsv2050, ipsv2049, IPSV1900, IPSV2042, IPSV0986, IPSV0937, IPSV0405, IPSV7161,

A little girl enjoys cutting out shapes in her classroom at Brightlingsea, Essex, Infants' School during the mid 1960s.

netball, league, action, competitive, match, girls, ball, sport, referee, net, hoop, council houses, playing field, Colchester, Essex, Post Office, 1960s, players, teams, short skirts, skirts, athletic, IPSV1678, IPSV0876, IPSV5411,

The girls of the Colchester Post Office netball team were regularly one of the top two teams in the local netball league during the 1960s. Here they are seen (darker skirts) on the attack during one of their matches.

anti-apartheid, anti apartheid, apartheid, march, placards, signs, demonstration, banners, concern, issue, politics, political, viewpoint, feelings, cricket, strong, belief, South Africa, Mandela, ANC, Botha, sixties, trees, park, footpath, 1960s, IPSV0937, IPSV1208, IPSV1276, IPSV6579, IPSV6581, IPSV0015,

Concerned people show their views on the South African Apartheid regime during a demonstration in 1968 against the cricket tour to South Africa.

mum, mother, baby, nurses, district nurse, show, tea, cups, refreshments, marquee, tent, produce, horticultural, advice, sixties, uniforms, 1960s, health, check, chat, discussion, talk, event, parent, nurses, assurance, IPSV0937, IPSV1208, IPSV0407, IPSV0405, IPSV0749, IPSV4487,

Mum hold baby while chatting with two nurses on their stand at a local horticultural show during the 1960s.

twins, twin pram, pram, upright, perambulator, sixties, 1960s, alert, babies, little girls, healthy, IPSV0407, IPSV0768, IPSV0405,

Twin pram and contents, 1960s. Twins in a twin pram. Prams were a common sight in the sixties, but twin prams were rarer.

girl, birds, budgies, cage, feathers, show, event, horticultural, produce, admire, 1960s, sixties, dress, frock, serious, judging, rosette, girl, schoolgirl, cages, IPSV0937, IPSV0405, IPSV2547, IPSV2517,

Horticultural shows during the 1960s were not restricted to garden or allotment produce as proved by these budgies being studied by a little girl. The one on the right has won a rosette.

fork lift, fork lift truck, work, store, storeman, storekeeper, storesman, lift, conveyancer, Post Office Telephones, 1960, sixties, Ipswich, Suffolk, Conveyancer, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV1406, IPSV2970,

A storeman drives a fork lift truck beside outdoor stored products. Post Office Telephones (then Civil Service), Ipswich, 1960.

fashion, fashionable, dress, frock, high heels, truck, van, load, restricted, 20mph, vehicle, ladders, work, girl, lady, young lady, woman, IPSV0937, IPSV1208, IPSV1406, IPSV2970,

A fashionable young woman poses on the back of a works vehicle, 1960.

rain, rainy, weather, fete, show, event, village, Little Bentley, Essex, Clacton, Colchester, Tendring, umbrellas, wet, bunting, flags, sixties, 1960s, people, men, women, trees, washed out, IPSV0937, IPSV1208, IPSV1276, IPSV0015, IPSV5052,

Wet weather didn't stop this village fete at Little Bentley, between Colchester and Clacton, during the 1960s.

dodgems, amusements, Southend, 1960s, fashion, girls, hats, fun, pleasure, enjoyment, holiday, activity, Kursaal, Essex, seaside, entertainment, electric, cars, bumper, bumps, Ph17.4e, IPSV5047, IPSV0937, IPSV1406, IPSV4971,

Young girls enjoy the fun on the dodgem cars at the Kursaal,Southend on Sea in the 1960s.

Spanish, Spain, ideal, homes, oranges, display, dress, fruit, citrus fruit, traditional, Market, stall, display stand, stool, dress, London, 1960s, 1964, pretty, girl, woman, Olympia, European, international, lady, advertising, IPSV0937, IPSV1083, IPSV5050, IPSV1028, IPSV0487,

The Ideal Homes Exhibition, London, Olympia, 1964. The Spanish stand in the International section displayed and sold oranges with young ladies in traditional Spanish dress in charge.

rain, rainy, wet, umbrellas, shelter, car, station wagon, Morris Minor Traveller, Morris, minor, traveller, umbrellas, bunting, flags, Little Bentley, Clacton, Colchester, Tendring, lawn, trees, shade, shelter, 1960s, sixties, fete, village, children, schoolchildren, IPSV0937, IPSV1208, IPSV0405, IPSV0768, IPSV1900, IPSV5052, IPSV0015, IPSV0266, IPSV1406, IPSV2970,

Rainy conditions didn't stop this village fete at Little Bentley, between Clacton and Colchester, in the 1960s.

river, men, boat, row boat, rowboat, outboard, outboard motor, outboard engine, oars, jeans, t-shirts, pulling, pull, 1960s, sixties, shore, riverside, river bank,

Four men pull small row boat with outboard engine ashore after a river trip in the 1960s.

paddle, paddling, sea, seaside, seashore, shore, waves, water, swimming costumes, trunks, 1960s, sixties, fun, holiday, activity, enjoyment, pleasure, play, wet, swim,

A group of boys enjoy paddling at the sea's edge in the 1960s.

football, amateur, park, sport, playing field, pitch, header, referee, ref, , forward, fun, play, soccer, games, team, ball, goal, centre, recreation ground, forward, defender, goalkeeper, local, league, mud, pitch, competitive, public park, Ph12.4b, IPSV6954, IPSV5504, IPSV6954, IPSV5659, IPSV5662, IPSV0529, IPSV5514, IPSV5503, IPSV5507, IPSV1678, IPSV0896, IPSV1091, IPSV5578, IPSV5508,

Local league football action at Colchester Recreation Ground, 1960s.

fishing, boat, catch, fishermen, Scotland, Scottish, Cambeltown, Firth of Clyde, 1960, sixties, fishing, fleet, buoys, boy, men, living, livelihood, nets, sea, ship, deck, lad, Ayrshire, harbour, coast,

Fishermen and young lad in discussion on deck of fishing boat in Cambeltown harbours, Ayrshire in September 1960.

May, maypole, dance, folk, tradition, school, schoolgirls, schoolchildren, infants, crowd, fun, leisure, dancing, enjoyment, fete, village, English, show, tradition, traditional, historic, folk dancing, folk dance, schoolgirls, girls, young girls, children, IPSV4875, IPSV45626, IPSV0768, IPSV0203, IPSV4909, IPSV7161, MSRW615, IPSV0405, IPSV1900,

Schoolgirls give a Maypole dancing demonstration at a village fet or country show 1960s, in the Colchester area.

1960s, 1964, sixties, Ideal Homes Exhibition, London, Olympia, event, show, visitors, stands, selling, sales, showpiece, crowds, watchers, lookers, buyers, touring, viewing, flowers, display, aisles, hall, large, colourful, shops, manufacturers, spiel, spielers, annual, event

Visitors to the Ideal Homes Exhibition, 1964, enjoy walking round all the displays on the various stands.

Walton, Walton on the Naze, pier, 1960s, sixties, pleasure, leisure, fun, ride, fairground, amusements, rocking, sky, sun, sunshine, holiday, big wheel, wheel, Essex, North Sea, coast, seaside, entertainment, Ph17.4e

The big wheel on the pier at Walton on the Naze on the Essex coast, was a big attraction in the 1960s.

river, Blackwater, Maldon, Essex, sixties, 1960s, cleaning, man, person, boating, sanding, boat, yacht, maintenance, ship, steps, water, wellies, jumper, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV5876, IPSV2887, IPSV5374, IPSV1398,

Little has changed on the river Blackwater at Maldon, Essex, since this picture was taken during the 1960s.

rowing, row boat, rowboat, rented, hired, hire, Stour, Suffolk, Essex, Constable Country, Dedham, Flatford, tourist, tourism, East Anglia, popular, activity, exercise, fun, pleasure, leisure, craft, oars, sixties, fashion, hat, 1960s, IPSV0937, IPSV0405, IPSV0015, IPSV1398, IPSV5876, IPSV2887, IPSV5374,

Young girl in hired rowboat on the River Stour between Dedham, Essex and Flatford, Suffolk - best known as Constable Country after landscape painter John Constable. The boats and clothing fashion may have changed, but hiring rowing boats is still very popular with visitors.

Mall, royalty, London, trees, sun, sunshine, summer, tourists, crowds, attraction, sights, sightseers, visitors, foreign, British, capital, Britain, Buckingham Palace, 1960s, sixties, flags, union flag, union jack, Trafalgar Square, nationalities

Tourists of many nationalities in The Mall, Londlon, 1960s. Admiralty and Trafalgar are in the background.

fashion, dress, frock, high heels, stilettos, winkle pickers, shoes, winklepicker shoes, glamour, glamorous, pretty, beauty, young, woman, lady, girl, attractive, bright, park, garden, 1960, sixties, attractive, sexy, IPSV0937, IPSV1208, IPSV0529, IPSV5662,

Fashionable young woman, 1960. The feminine dress style of the late fifties carried on into the early sixties.

boat, outboard, motor, outboard motor, engine, shore, sea, river, dinghy, sixties, 1960s, people, men, outboard engine, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV5374, IPSV5876, IPSV2887,

Two men working with an outboard engine attached to a dinghy, in the 1960s.

Paddle Steamer Waverley, Waverley, PS Waverley, relaxing, sunning, sunbathing, passengers, on board, travel, ship, boat, steamship, steam, steamer, sea, Scotland, ferry, trip, deck, wake, western, islands, Glasgow, Ayrshire, coast, excursion, air, Rothesay, Bute, paddle steamer, PS, Kintyre, Ayr, Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde, IPSV0937, IPSV2887, IPSV2888, IPSV1028, IPSV1276, IPSV0768, IPSV0405,

Passengers relax on board the Paddle Steamer Waverley off the west coast of Scotland, September 1960. This was an excursion trip from Glasgow and Rothesay, Isle of Bute, to Ayr races. Waverley was still in regular service on west coast of Scotland at that time. It is now the only surviving paddle steamer and travels around the British coast doing day excursions from various pick-up points.

River Stour, Stour, river, boat, rowing boat, rowboat, hire boat, rented boat, oars, child, kid, play, fun, girl, toddler, little girl, hat, vest, flaking paintwork, rope, Essex, Suffolk, sixties, 1960s, Constable Country, Dedham, MSRW615, IPSV0768, IPSV4526, IPSV5876, IPSV5374, IPSV5638, IPSV2887, IPSV0405, IPSV1398, IPSV2892,

Little girl enjoys a river trip in a rented rowing boat between Dedham and Flatford on the River Stour.

football, soccer, local, amateur, Colchester, Essex, game, play, referee, player, mud, game, park, recreation, ground, league, junior, FA, referee, IPSV0896, IPSV1678, IPSV5514, IPSV1683, IPSV5507, IPSV1091, IPSV5503, IPSV5578, IPSV5508,

Player injured after a minor knock gets treatment on the field. Local amateur match at Colchester Recreation Ground, 1960s.

paddle ship, paddleship, Waverley, old man, beer, pipe, smoking, drink, drinking, paddle steamer, steam, steamer, leisure, elderly, 1960, Scot, Scottish, Scotsman, western, coast, Scotland, Glasgow, Ayrshire, IPSV0937, IPSV2888, IPSV6857, IPSV5249, IPSV0524,

A contented Scot enjoys his pipe and drink in the bar of PS Waverley, on an excursion off the coast of Western Scotland, September 1960.

Ganges, HMS, boys, gym, gymnastics, display, tumbling, Royal Navy, cadets, athletic, mat, horse, pommel, fete, show, navy, training, ship, shore based, establishment, boat, sea, cadet, sailor, learn, fun, activity, Shotley, Suffolk, crowd, people, watching, training, IPSV4499, IPSV0589, IPSV0173, IPSV5545

The boys of HMS Ganges perform a gymnastics display for the crowd at a display in the Colchester area during the 1960s. The displays were a popular feature of local fetes and country shows during the period Ganges was in operation at Shotley, Suffolk. The shore based naval training establishement was opened in 1945 and closed in 1976.

horse, trap, horse & trap, horse and trap, horse and cart, horse & cart, tent, marquee, cars, people, country folk, showground, show ring, ring, display, fete, country show, agricultural, rally, working horse, working animal, transport, IPSV0937, IPSV2517, IPSV2525,

Horse and Trap with passengers at a country show in the 1960s.

Lands End, Cornwall, 1962, sixties, 1960s, popular, tourist, attraction, rocks, cliffs, Atlantic Ocean, signboard, photos, California,

Tourists at Lands End, Cornwall, in 1962.

scramble, motorcycle, motorbikes, track, helmet, watchers, sunshine, rough, sport, riding, riders, Halstead, race, racers, racing, spectators, crowd, watchers, IPSV5503, IPSV5353, IPSV2919, IPSV2921, IPSV5355, IPSV5357, IPSV2920, IPSV2922, IPSV0268, IPSV5347,

Motor cycle scramble action at Wakes Colne, Essex, a popular venue for events organised by the Halstead Club.

children, kids, toddlers, babies, parents, sitting, watching, splashing, paddling, flowers, shopping, mall, 1960s, sixties, flowers, pool, pond, ornamental, schoolchildren, IPSV0937, IPSV0404, IPSV0405, IPSV4226, IPSV1276, IPSV1208, IPSV4487, IPSV7161,

Children and toddlers enjoy paddling in an ornamental pool in a shopping centre - unknown location - during the 1960s.

backstage, puppets, shadow, puppeteer, skill, entertainment, fun, stories, traditional, manipulation, costume, 1960s, sixties, folk, schools, education, children, song, fairy tale, Chinese, narrator,

Puppeteer manipulates her shadow puppet behind the screen which the audience view. A narrator told the story with the puppeteers supplying voices for the characters. Subsidised by the Arts Council the Midlands based group, Magic Lantern, entertained at schools, theatres and folk clubs across the country. The shows varied according to the age of the audiences.

Kursaal, Southend, Essex, amusements, roller coaster, roller, coaster, fun, holiday, seaside, theme park, day trip, ride, daring, dare devil, girls, daredevil, laughter, laughing, enjoyment, pleasure, pleasure park, entertainment, entertainment venue, tourists, trippers, tourism, visitors, fair, 1960s, Ph17.4e, IPSV0937, IPSV5047, IPSV4958, IPSV1028, IPSV5049, IPSV0462,

Two girls - or possibly mum and daughter - enjoy a ride on the roller coaster at Southend's Kursaal amusements theme park in the 1960s.

beach, couple, sunbathing, bikini, swim trunks, towels, stony, stones, shore, sea, seaside, sun, summer, holiday, sixties, 1960s, sunny, hot weather, romantic, pleasure, leisure, enjoyment, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV1208, IPSV2707,

Couple sunbathing on a stony beach during a 1960s summer.

1960s, beach, sand, steps, tea, swimsuit, swimming costume, tray, takeaway, refreshments, holiday, day trip, relaxation, wooden steps, coast, seaside, swimming, dress, costume, enjoyment, traditional, English, Southend, Essex, teapot, IPSV2628, IPSV0937, IPSV5272, IPSV5271,

A typical 1960s beach scene at Southend on Sea. A lady walks up wooden steps with a tray of tea while underneath and in the background people change in or out of swimming costumes.

1960s, lad, boy, schoolboy, schoolchild, teenager, fishing, angling, angler, river, riverside, litter, can, rod, line, fish, catch, litter, IPSV5887, IPSV5556, IPSV0404, IPSV5558, IPSV0479, IPSV1451, IPSV4527, MSRW615, IPSV1900,

A young lad relaxes by a riverside with his rod and line, 1960s.

bowls, bowling, bowling green, players, bowls green, lawn, grass, smooth, balls, woods, hedge, IPSV5515, IPSV0896, IPSV5578, IPSV5514, NEED81, IDEAS36

Competitive bowling at a match hosted by West End Bowls Club, Colchester in the 1960s. According to satellilte image, the site is now occupied by Colchester Indoors Bowls Club.

Norman Maiden, dance, band, dance band, 1960s, sixties, popular, music, singer, crooner, piano, drums, saxophone, sax, cello, double bass, mike, mic, microphone, stage, entertainers, entertainment, music, players, playing, posing, smart, Colchester, Essex, dancing, hall, dance hall, gig, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV4814, IPSV4867, IPSV4825,

The Norman Maiden Band played popular music for local dances in the Colchester in the late fifties and sixties. here seen posing for the camera during a gig.

shooting, shot, gun, airgun, rifle, prizes, sideshow, fair, fairground, amusements, Kursaal, Southend, Essex, fun, skill, lady, woman, luck, lucky, theme, holiday, seaside, pleasure, prizes, park, Ph17.4e, IPSV0937, IPSV5047, IPSV1028,

A young woman tries her skill and luck at the Shooting Gallery at the Kursaal amusement theme park, Southend, during the 1960s.

schoolboy, boy, child, class, classroom, education, Brightlingsea, infants, school, learning, teaching, shapes, concentration, serious, primary, pupil, desk, IDEAS36, IPSV1900, IPSV0986, IPSV5787, IPSV0768,

A pupil at Brightlingsea Infant's School, Essex, during the 1960s, concentrates on cutting out a paper shape in class.

class, children, concentration, cutting, scissors, shapes, glue, activity, school, primary, infants, Brightlingsea, Essex, 1960s, sixties, boys, schoolboys, schoolchildren, schoolgirls, education, learning, IPSV0937, IPSV0404, IPSV0405, IPSV1900, IPSV0986, IPSV2042, IPSV7161,

Concentration in class at Brightlingsea Infant's School, Essex in the 1960s.

bandstand, band, brass, silver, Colchester Castle Park, Colchester, castle, park, 1960s, sixties, smart, uniform, playing, music, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV0015, IPSV4825, IPSV0529, IPSV5662,

Brass/silver band playing in the bandstand in Colchester Castle Park during the 1960s.

1960s, sixties, rock, rock band, music, entertainment, play, playing, stage, guitar, drums, speakers, amplifiers, singer, mike, mic, microphone, Colchester, Essex, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV4825, IPSV4814,

A 1960s rock band in action in the Colchester, Essex, area.

toddler, girl, little girl, baby, child, concentration, vehicle, car, van, mini, wheels, looking, checking, inspection, sixties, 1960s, IPSV0405, IPSV4226, IPSV0266, IPSV1406, IPSV2970,

Little girl 'helps' daddy by checking for problems under their vehicle. A mid 1960s picture.

sheaf, tossing, high, post, pole, fork, pitchfork, rural, dog, Labrador, farm labourer, strength, strong, skill, throw, Great Bromley, Essex, 1960s, sixties, prize, Colchester, Clacton, fete, village,

Farm worker lifts sheaf to toss over a high bar in a sheaf tossing contest at a village fete in Great Bromley, Essex during the 1960s. Gt Bromley is between Colchester and Clacton in north Essex.

obstacle, race, sport, sports, sports day, school, fun, racing, crawling, bench, fun, enjoyment, pleasure, children, kids, schoolboy, schoolgirl, watchers, watching, health and safety, education, course, IPSV0937, IPSV0405, IPSV0404, IPSV1900, IPSV0768, IPSV4256, IPSV7161, IPSV0896, IPSV5514, IPSV5503,

Children enjoy an obstacle race during a school sports day in the 1960s. No signs of health and safety rules in those days.

carnival, queen, princess, attendant, fete, pleasure, hoopla, stall, sideshow, recreation, Brightlingsea, Essex, sixties, 1960, fun, pleasure, leisure, throwing, hoops, IPSV0937, IPSV1208, IPSV6957, IPSV0529, IPSV5662, IPSV5048,

Brightlingsea's 1960 Carnival Queen and her princess try their hands at the hoopla stall at the carnival fete on the local recreation ground.

tennis, match, doubles, mixed, mixed doubles, action, playing field, sports ground, amateur, competition, play, serve, net, ball, girl, man, player, enthusiast, sport, Colchester, West End Playing Field, recreation, sports ground, recreation ground, public park, IPSV5504, IPSV6954, IPSV5507, IPSV5503, IPSV1678, IPSV5582, IPSV0896, IPSV5514, IPSV1683, IPSV1687, IPSV5364, E72

Mixed doubles action during a tennis match at West End Sports Ground, Colchester, 1963.

amateur, stage, drama, dramatic, group, 1960s, sixties, entertainment, Colchester, Essex, play, performance, vicar, set, IPSV0937, IPSV4924, IPSV0197, IPSV4960, IPSV4922, IPSV4917, IPSV4918, H100, IPSV1276, IPSV1208,

A local drama group in action during a 1960s performance in the Colchester area.

school, woodwork, class, boys, lads, teacher, saw, wood, set square, bench, vice, 1960s, pupils, IPSV0986, IPSV1900, IPSV5985, IPSV1451, IPSV0479, IPSV4527, IPSV2107, IPSV0404, MSLS553,

Pupils concentrate on their work during a 1960s woodwork class.

fashion, fashionable, feminine, pretty, girl, woman, young woman, young lady, teenager, teenage, attractive, lady, dress, frock, smart, fence, happy, posing, trees, fence, sitting, skirt, blouse, 1960, sixties, IPSV0937, IPSV1028, IPSV0015, IPSV5316,

A fashionable young woman poses for the camera in 1960. The feminine dress style of the 1950s persisted into the early sixties.

golf, play, playing, players, club, ball, tee, green, course, 1960s, trolley, people, sport, hobby, enjoyment, match, IPSV0937, IPSV5569, IPSV5514, IPSV5516,

Waiting players watch as a player tees off during a 1960s golf match.

Pearly King, pearly, king, fete, event, show, bowling, people, entertainment, enjoyment, relaxing, relaxed, summer, sunshine, sixties, 1960s, Cockney, Londoner, Bow Bells, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV0404, IPSV0405, IPSV1208, IPSV5052,

People enjoy the sunshine at a 1960s village summer fete. A man is bowling - probably for a pig, live or dead - with onlookers including a Cockney Pearly King who visited the event on a fund raising mission.

sisters, little girls, long hair, children, schoolchildren, happy, enjoyment, game, pat-a-cake, hands, sixties, 1960s, wall, pretty, IPSV0937, IPSV0405,

Pretty young sisters sit on a low wall to play pat-a-cake - a popular children's game in the 1960s.

Scottish, Scots, Scotland, Ayrshire, Glasgow, Firth of Clyde, coast, coastline, shore, shoreline, mountains, ferry, ship, boat, on board, sea, water, travel, service, hats, women, headscarf, sixties, dour, hardy, weather beaten, weatherbeaten, pensioners, OAPs, senior citizens, 1960, IPSV0937, IPSV1208, IPSV4417, IPSV1536, IPSV2888, IPSV2887, IPSV2884, IPSV5272, IPSV5271,

Two Scottish women on board a ferry in the Firth of Clyde, september 1960.

primary, school, infants, Brightlingsea, Essex, Brightlingsea Infant's School, sixties, 1960s, teaching, education, class, girls, classroom, learning, concentration, pencil, ribbons, infants, long hair, little girls, children, school children, youngsters, education, primary school, IPSV1900, IPSV0986, IPSV55787, IPSV0768, IPSV4526, MSLS553, IPSV0405,

Two little girls concentrate on their school work at Brightlingsea Infant's School, Essex, in the 1960s.

fashion, fashionable, glamour, glamorous, pretty, young, girls, women, ladies, wall, attractive, happy, Colchester, Essex, 1960

Group of fashionable young women pose for the camera as they sit on a wall in Colchester, Essex during in 1960.

ferry, Scottish, Scot, Scotland, Glasgow, Firth of Clyde, 1960, sixties, on board, travel, sea, coast, bench, sleeping, eyes closed, cold, Ayrshire, woman, cap, headscarf, hat, OAP, senior citizen, hardy, hill mountains, coastline, shore, shoreline, passengers, boat, IPSV0937, IPSV1208, IPSV5876, IPSV2887, IPSV2888, IPSV2884, IPSV5271, IPSV5272,

A Scottish woman closes her eyes on board a ferry in the Firth of Clyde in September 1960. In the background is the Ayrshire coast.

Jenny, Jenny's Accordionists, band, accordion, instrument, music, musical, class, learners, Colchester, Essex, 1960s, sixties, popular

Jenny Cross ran an accordion class for all ages during the 1960s and she was a popular figure with her pupils entertaining at local concerts and other events in the Colchester area during the 1960s. The group also won many awards at regional and national competitions.

primary, class, classroom, Brightlingsea, infants, school, learning, teaching, concentration, desks, Essex, sixties, 1960s, busy, work, schoolchildren, children, boys, girls, schoolgirls, schoolboys, education, IPSV0937, IPSV0404, IPSV0405, IPSV0768, IPSV4526, IPSV1900, IPSV0986, IPSV5787, IPSV2042, IPSV2050, IPSV2049, IPSV6996,

Children concentrate on their work at Brightlingsea Infant's School, Essex, in the 1960s.

1963, couple, wedding, car, vehicle, Ford Anglia 100E, Ford, Anglia, Colchester, Essex, marriage, party, reception, happy, good luck, send off, leaving, departing, honeymoon, decorated,

Couple leave their wedding reception by car - a Ford Anglia 100E - to travel on their honeymoon. A scene in Colchester, 1963.

keep fit, fit, fitness, girls, women, young, ladies, young women, display, crowd, spectators, watchers, onlookers, house, manor house, grounds, lawn, fete, event, show, village, countryside, enjoyment, entertainment, sixties, 1960s, pleasure, leisure, visitors, fun, healthy, health, building, architecture, historic, trees, IPSV0937, IPSV1268, IPSV5047, IPSV5537, IPSV4103, IPSV2262, IPSV0576, IPSV2677, IPSV1164, IPSV0015,

A local keep fit group give an exercise display for the visitors to a village fete at the local manor house in the 1960s.

class, classroom, teacher, children, boys, girls, schoolchildren, schoolboys, schoolgirls, infants, primary, school, education, learning, teaching, Brightlingsea, Colchester, Essex, Clacton, coast, 1960s, sixties

Classroom scene in the mid 1960s at Brightlingsea Infants School, Essex. The town is on the coast between Colchester and Clacton.

sideshow, fun, bikini, young woman, girl, lady, bed, bucket, wet, fete, fun, balls, throw, towel, damp, enjoyment, pleasure, activity, 1960s, sixties, stall, ducking, woman, glamorous, IPSV0937, IPSV1268, IPSV5052,

A bikin clad young woman waits for a ducking from the bucket of water at a 1960s village fete sideshow. Those who hit the bullseye with the ball made the bucket empty it's contents over the girl.

school, kids, teacher, learning, playground, cold, coats, duffel, attention, teaching, class, infants, primary, education, Brightlingsea Infants School, 1960s, sixties, Essex, Colchester, Clacton,

Lining up in the playground at Brightlingsea Infants School in the mid 1960s. Brightlingsea is on the Essex coast between Colchester and Clacton.

fashionable, fashion, model, greenhouse, smallholding, tomatoes, slacks, trousers, blouse, bare midriff, glamour, glamorous, long hair, sixties, 1960s, plants, crops, IPSV1805, IPSV0891, IPSV0937, IPSV1208,

A fashionable young women poses in her parent's greenhouse in the 1960s.

marching, silver, brass, band, music, procession, parade, smart, car, vehicle, sixties, 1960s, road, narrow, Elmstead, Essex, Remembrance Day, November, Humber, Humber car, vintage Humber, HVE291, IPSV0937, IPSVIPSV1276, IPSV4814, IPSV4825, IPSV0266, IPSV1406, IPSV2970,

A marching band leads the Remembrance Day parade from the church to the village centre at Elmstead Market, Essex during the 1960s.

bowls, sixties, 1963, Colchester, Essex, successful, sport, team, winning, winners, trophy, trophies, smart, club, activity, amateur, pastime, league, pavilion, IPSV5578, IPSV5422, IPSV5423, NEED81, HEALTH66, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV4751, IPSV1678, IPSV5503, IPSV1683,

Successful men's bowls team, West End, of Colchester, show off their county champiopnship shield at the end of the 1963 season. The average age of this group must be over sixty.

boys, schoolboys, caps, children, railings, sea, bay, coast, coastline, beach, road, street, seafront, promenade, view, mountains, houses, distance, 1960, sixties, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, Glasgow, Firth of Clyde, kids, mountains, coast, coastline, shore, shoreline, hills, West Coast, IPSV0937, IPSV0404, IPSV5271, IPSV5272,

Two schoolboys sit on the railings along Rothesay sea front in September 1960.

Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, Glasgow, sea, sea front, bench, seated, sitting, chatting, talking, relaxing, newspaper, reading, sixties, 1960, men, pensioners, senior citizens, caps, suits, OAPs, news, papers, IPSV0937, IPSV1276, IPSV3104, IPSV4417, IPSV1536,

Two old men share a newspaper on a continuous bench along Rothesay seafront in September 1960.

primary, class, classroom, Brightlingsea, infants, school, learning, teaching, concentration, desks, Essex, sixties, 1960s, busy, work, schoolchildren, children, boy, schoolboy, youngster, education, IPSV0937, IPSV0404, IPSV0768, IPSV4526, IPSV1900, IPSV0986, IPSV5787, IPSV2042, IPSV2050, IPSV2049, IPSV6996, pupil, bright, keen, smart, lad,

Bright pupil has his hand up with the answer to teacher's question. Brightlingsea Infant's School, Essex, mid 1960s.