Pirate Radio ship, Radio Caroline, Essex coastThe pirate radio ship, Radio Caroline, anchored off the Essex coast near Walton-on-the-Naze, with a boat alongside. circa 1966
Queen Elizabeth II presents Bobby Moore with World CupWorld Cup Final 1966. Queen Elizabeth II presenting the World Cup trophy to Englands Bobby Moore victorious after winning the game against West Germany in London on 30 July 1966. Date: 1966
George Harrison and Patti BoydBeatle George Harrison (1943-2001) with his new wife, the model Patti Boyd (born 1944), pictured in London Life magazine in 1966 both wearing green-tinted sunglasses. Date: 1966
Fidel Castro / BaseballFidel Castro stands on the pitchers mound at the Cerro, Havanas baseball stadium, where he often went to pitch an innings. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*
Pirate Radio ship, Radio London, Essex coast
World Cup 1966 Front CoverFront cover of The Illustrated London News. Victory for the England football team. Bobby Moore passing the World Cup trophy to team manager
Eric Burdon - English singer-songwriterEric Burdon (1941- ), English singer-songwriter best known as a member and vocalist of rock band the Animals and the funk band War. Date: 1966
Vidal Sassoon (1928-2012), British hairdresser, renowned for created the sharp, geometric wedge cuts during the 1960s. Date: 1966
Stevenage New TownThis pedestrianised shopping centre at Stevenage New Town, Hertfordshire, England was the first in England, opened in 1959. It was also the first designated New Town in 1946. Date: July 1966
Connel Ferry BridgeThe Connel Ferry Bridge, the worlds 2nd largest steel cantilever bridge, Argyllshire, Scotland, opened in 1903. The Ballachulish railway line closed in 1966
Paula Rego and her three childrenThe Portuguese visual artist Paula Rego (b. 1935) with the three children she had from the marriage with the English painter Victor Willing. Date: 1966
Mary Quant - British fashion designer and fashion iconMary Quant (1934- ), British fashion designer and fashion icon, she became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton - actorsElizabeth Taylor (1932-2011), British-American actress, embraces her husband Richard Burton (1925-1984), Welsh actor. Date: 1966
An RAF Westland Wessex flies over HMS Fearless (L10) at ?An RAF Westland Wessex flies over HMS Fearless (L10) at Lee-on-Solent, 2 March 1966
HRH The Prince Philip Duke of EdinburghHRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, HonFRAeS, RAeS Honorary President 1966, in the uniform of Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Date: 1966
Ufos / Yorkshire, EnglandThree flying saucers are photographed as they fly in formation over Yorkshire. Alas, the photo has since been proved to be a fake
Birmingham Bull RingThe old Bull Ring Centre, a notorious symbol of post World War Two modernism, now demolished. Completed in 1964; Britains first multi-storey fully enclosed shopping centre
London Life front cover, 1966The cover of London Life from 31st December 1966 featuring a colourful array of previous magazine covers from this title. Date: 1966
Biba move to Kensington Church StreetA highly publicised moving day for the Biba boutique of Barbara Hulanicki as around 60 models and well-known sixties personalities help to move the shop from its original Abingdon Road location to
GLC-LFB - Croydon vehicle workshopsThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each location, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
Bar inside a martello tower, Walton-on-the-Naze, EssexView of a stylish circular bar which was built inside a martello tower at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Martello towers were small defensive forts
London Life front cover 1966Front cover of London Life magazine, the short-lived magazine which documented and encapsulated swinging sixties London, featuring Twiggy photographed with Justin de Villeneuve
London Life front cover 1966 featuring Julie ChristieFront cover of the impossibly groovy London Life magazine which ran for just two years between 1965 and 1966 but chronicled the life and times of swinging sixties London
Sibylla EdmondstoneMiss Sibylla Edmondstone, of Duntreath Castle, Scotland pictured on the front cover of London Life, the impossibly groovy but short-lived magazine which captured the mood and spirit of the 1960s
Spontaneous CombustionSPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION The remains of Dr John Irving Bentley (age 92) almost totally burnt in his home at Coudersport, Pennsylvania
Sheffield Street 1966A Sheffield street scene
Apparition / Queens HseFigures photographed on the Tulip Staircase of the Queens House, though photographer saw nothing; during normal opening hours of the Museum
Ufos / New Mexico / VillaNot a UFO, but an experimental disc made by Paul Villa to a design generously offered by visiting aliens from Coma Berenices 2 of 2
Childrens Exercise Drill at Cleevedon Toddlers Home, SouthStaff take young children through an exercise drill at the Cleevedon Toddlers Home, South Norwood, run by the Reformatory and Rescue Union (later known as the Childrens Aid Society)
GLC-LFB Lambeths pump escape on the roadLambeth fire stations pump-escape pictured on Lambeth Palace Road, SE1, in September 1966, with the Houses of Parliament in the background
The Flower Market Of The Madeleine by BlampiedAn illustration by Edmund Blampied of a bustling flower market at the Place de la Madeleine in Paris. Blampied (1886-1966) drew countless illustrations for the ILN magazines
The Queens House Ghost on the Tulip Staircase. In 1966, a retired Canadian Reverend and his wife visited the Queens House, Greenwich, London
HYNEK, 1966J ALLEN HYNEK American astronomer and UFO investigator, at a press conference regarding the 1966 Hillsdale sightings which he attributes to marsh gas
Ghost on the Tulip Staircase of the Queens HouseFigure photographed on the Tulip Staircase of the Queens House, though photographer saw nothing; during normal opening hours of the Museum - (a digitally restored version of image 10003710)
Catalhoyuk (Catal Hoyuk and Catal Huyuk) - a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7100 BC to 5700 BC
Brita Edholm in Biba dressBrita Edholm, a graphic designer and art director at Trends Promotion Unit, pictured in London Life magazines What People are Wearing section in a silver dress from Biba
Richard Harris - Irish actorRichard Harris (1930-2002), Irish actor, singer, theatrical producer, film director and writer. Date: 1966
Henley Regatta 1966A crew getting into their boat on the River Thames for the Henley Regatta, Henley- upon-Thames, Surrey, England. Date: 1966
Queen Elizabeth II - West Indies royal tour 1966Queen Elizabeth II during her West Indies tour of 1966, probably in St. Vincent. Date: 1966
Bristow Helicopters Westland WS-55 series 1 Whirlwind G-APWO (msn WA299), at Redhill. Later converted to Series 3 in 1966, sold in Iran as EP-HAG. Date: circa 1960
Royal Sovereign light ship off Eastbourne, SussexRoyal Sovereign light ship seven miles off Eastbourne, Sussex. It was later replaced by a lighthouse. Date: 1966
London Life front cover 1966 - This Swinging CityFront cover of London Life magazine, the short-lived but impossibly hip magazine that encapsulated swinging sixties London. Cover heralds a feature inside on the swinging capital by Allan Sherman
London Life cover - On the Level - 1960s fashionsFront cover of London Life magazine showing three cast members from a new musical, On The Level (about a GCE scandal) which opened in London on 19 April 1966
David Buck - English actorDavid Buck (1936-1989), English actor, known for his role as Richard Beckett in the series Plays of Mystery and Imagination. Date: 1966
GLC-LFB Centenary Royal Review at Lambeth HQTo celebrate the 100 years of the London Fire Brigade, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip reviewed the London Fire Brigade at Lambeth headquarters
London Life front cover, 23 July 1966Front cover of the impossibly groovy London Life magazine which ran for just two years between 1965 and 1966 but chronicled the life and times of swinging sixties London
Jackie Kennedy carrying London Life magazineJacqueline Kennedy, during a visit to London in 1966 is photographed carrying a copy of " London Life magazine which ran for just two years between 1965 and 1966 but chronicled the life
1960s tennis fashionFrilly panties by Teddy Tinling, as worn by tennis players in the 1960s. Worn with a navy banded white cardigan by Maxine Leighton
