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.
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9. Model kitchen
A woman puts the kettle on in a model kitchen in the Ideal Home Exhibition in March 1961 | Getty Images Photo: Bill Hulme/Fox Photos
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10. TV rentals
An employee of a TV rental shop delivering a television to a customer in 1961 | Getty Images Photo: George Wilkes/Hulton Archive
11. Reading comics
Two boys enjoying reading comics at a summer camp run by the National Association for Gifted Children in August 1967 | Getty Images Photo: Potter/Express
12. Keeping warm
Susan Hook and Ann Grierson with one of the latest gas heaters at an exhibition at London's Royal Horticultural Hall in February 1961 | Getty Images Photo: Reg Speller/Fox Photos