These photos show folk across the UK living the 60s dream, whether that’s embracing the latest fashions and ideas or enjoying the mod cons which made life that little bit easier.
Everybody has different memories of the 60s, which weren’t necessarily as swinging for everyone as they are often portrayed.
Hippies broke with convention and pursued a more carefree lifestyle, shunning the pursuit of material wealth.
But others enjoyed the trappings of consumerism, as the privations of the post-war years gave way to greater wealth to be spent on new technology and the bold designs which typified the decade.
This retro photo gallery shows young people cutting loose, from Mods and Rockers to hippies at a music festival.
It also captures family life, from camping trips and shopping outings to some of the most popular cars of the 60s, and the latest kitchen gadgets.
Elsewhere, a prefab home is lowered into position, women in mini-skirts prepare to break the record for most people in a Mini, and a young boy watches Andy Pandy on TV.
Do these photos bring back any happy memories for you of life in the 60s? If you’re after more 60s nostalgia, you might like this look at six ways in which life really was better back then.
1. A Mini queue
Fifteen young women in mini skirts wait to board a BMC Mini in July 1966 to break the world record for passengers in a Mini | Getty Images Photo: Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive
2. Pre-fab living
A prefabricated house is lifted into position at its new address in November 1962 | Getty Images Photo: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive
3. Listening to records
Marianne Faithfull playing records at her home in Reading in October 1964, including albums by Pete Seeger and Manfred Mann | Getty Images Photo: John Pratt/Keystone Features
4. Hippies
Three hippies, wearing fringed shawls, hold hands at a pop concert in Hyde Park, London | Getty Images Photo: John Minihan