1960 Collection (#21)

Girls and Dachshund 1960
Two girls and their dachshund relax in the grass. Date: circa 1960

Babies with Biscuit
Two babies, aged 1 year and 9 months, politely sharing a biscuit. Date: circa 1960

Boy Playing with Puzzle
A small boy playing with a puzzle. Date: circa 1960

Two Boys Sledging C1960
Two boys speed along on a sledge in the snow. Date: circa 1960

Victor Hugos house at St Peter Port, Guernsey
VICTOR HUGO View across the front garden of Hauteville House, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, where the French novelist lived during his exile from France. Date: circa 1960

Science Lesson / Hailsham
A science lesson at Hailsham School. Date: 1960

Fall / English Toy Terrier
KNOWN ALSO AS BLACK & TAN CHAMPION BORDESLEY BEATNIK Owned by Voce. Date: 1960

Street scene in Montmartre, Paris, France
A street scene in Montmartre in Paris, France, showing buildings and parked cars. Date: circa 1960

St Giles Parish Church, Matlock, Derbyshire
View of St Giles Parish Church, Matlock, Derbyshire. Date: circa 1960

Antiscratch Collar
This unhappy-looking dog is wearing this medical collar to stop it scratching. Date: circa 1960

Potatoes, Lancashire
Lifting potatoes at Rainhill, Lancashire, using a tractor Date: 1960

The high hat trend, 1960
A selection of hats with high crowns, fashionable in the early 1960s. Top left is an original Tyrolean hat, which, can be bought over the counter at the big department stores for a modest price

High-speed passenger launch PL3 for Shell of Venezuela

Deltic D18 engine, triangle Date: 1960

Large output pinion - Deltic engine
Two fitters assemble the large output pinion into the phasing gear case of a Deltic engine Date: 1960

Wedding of Princess Margaret, 1960
Marriage of Princess Margaret to Antony Armstrong-Jones which took place at Westminster Abbey on 6 May 1960. The couple are pictured with their bridesmaids smiling

Swan Lake ballet, Swan Princess and Siegfried
The Swan Princess begs Siegfried not to shoot, and reveals that she and her followers are enchanted by the wicked Rotbart

Swan Lake ballet, the unfortunate girls become swans again
Siegfried and Odette are about to embrace when the evil Rotbart disguised as a large owl appears, and the unfortunate girls become swans again

Ondine taken from the ship, leaving Palemon with Berta
The angry Tirrenio creates a storm and carries Ondine from the ship, leaving Palemon with Berta. Illustration to a fairytale by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, first published 1812

Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried promises delivery from Rotbart
Siegfried promises to deliver the swans from the evil spell of Rotbart and they all dance for joy. He invites Odette to the ball his parents are giving

Palemon kisses Ondine and dies in her arms
Palemon kisses Ondine, despite knowing that this will be fatal, and dies in her arms. Illustration to a fairytale by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, first published 1812

Best Through Cooks, rail and steamer services
Poster or handbill design for Best Through Cooks, travel by British Railways rail and steamer services, showing a Mediterranean beach scene with boats, two wine glasses and a bottle, a green shutter

Skiing on a Shoestring with Thomas Cook
A poster or handbill advertising Skiing on a Shoestring, new low-cost holidays through Thomas Cook. Ski boots, ski poles and skis are arranged in a cartoon-style image

Fishermen at Hastings, Sussex
Four fishermen taking a break on the beach at Hastings, Sussex

Celik Palace Hotel, Bursa, Turkey - Water Treatments
Celik Palace Hotel, Bursa, Turkey. This Hotel boasts a standard mineral bath from a mountainside source but also a radioactive water source

Three-wheeler milkfloat
A Milkman on his morning round, fills up a crate from his vintage yet stylish three-wheeled float. This model is a Norwich Dairy milk electric, (DP Kathanode battery operated) delivery float

Captain Murray Sueter / Stamp
SIR MURRAY FRASER SUETER, CB, MP (1872 - 1960) Royal Naval officer and noted naval aviation pioneer

Queen Victoria with Alexander Battenberg
Queen Victoria holding her grandson, Prince Alexander of Battenberg, later Marquess of Carisbrooke(1886-1960), eldest son of Priness Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenberg

Worplesdon Golf Course
Page devoted to scenes of Worplesdon golf club during the 1960s

Alfie Bass (1921-1987) receiving the Variety Club of Great Britain ITV Personality of 1960 award with Bill Fraser (1908-1987). The pair were also known as Bootsie and Snudge

Sir Charles Morton Forbes
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Morton Forbes (1880-1960) he was Commander in Chief of the home fleet from 1938-1940

Sir Roy Welensky (1907-1991)
Photographic portrait of Sir Roy Welensky, the Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1956 to 1963

Harold Macmillan looking at the Kariba Dam, 1960
Photograph showing (Maurice) Harold Macmillan (1890-1986), the British Prime Minister, admiring the Kariba Dam, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 23rd January 1960

Harold Macmillan in a Gold Mine, 1960
Photograph showing (Maurice) Harold Macmillan (1890-1986) (centre, in white helmet), then British Prime Minister, taking a tour of a South African gold mine, 28th January 1960. Date: 1960

Learning to Type
A young woman learns to type at a secretarial school, on a massive manual machine

Liverpool Terrace Houses
A street in Liverpool with a long row of terraced houses sloping down the hill

England / Clovelly
A busy scene outside the tourist shop on the incredibly steep cobbled main street of Clovelly, Devon, England

Housewife Washing Up
A glamorous houswife, happy in her work, washes the dishes by hand at the kitchen sink

Children in Creche 1960
Children and nurses in a creche in Italy

Baby having Bottle C1960
A four-week-old baby being bottle fed: father looks over mothers shoulder, not wanting to be left out

Police Dog Trainer
A Metropolitan Police dog handler giving his dog obedience training

Old Age / Top Hat C1960
An elderly man wearing a top hat, spectacles and bow tie

Elderly Couple Walking
An elderly couple walking down the street, arm in arm

Furling the Mainsail on the Sorlandet
High above the deck of the Sorlandet three sailors cling on to the yards and rigging whilst up furling the sails during the Tall Ships Race

In 1960 - or thereabouts
A humorous pictorial forecast by George Studdy from 1908 predicting how electrical inventions would change life in 1960. Credit should read

Housewife Cook Tasting
A housewife tastes one of her creations with a spoon, wearing a frilly apron, and standing in an immaculate kitchen

Grouse Shooting C1960
Three men, wearing patterned tweed outfits, confer before starting a grouse shoot

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