The People's Archive 1960s
A selection of our crowdsourced archive documenting snapshots and memories of life in Britain during the 1960s.
Robin Hood Caravan Park. Rhyl, North Wales, 1966.
Photo submitted by Phil Truman.
Photo © Phil Truman/The People's Archive.
Lincolnshire, 1964.
Photo submitted by Jacki Harrison-Stanley.
Jacki” In my mum’s arms with my brother, dad & dog in the garden”
Photo © Jacki Harrison-Stanley/The People's Archive.
Pimlico, London, 1969.
Photo submitted by Colin Staplehurst.
Colin” My sister Bonnie blow drying my close-cropped/skin cut at home in Pimlico”.
Photo © Colin Staplehurst / The People's Archive ®
East End Mods. London, 1966.
Photo submitted by Craig Curahee.
Photo © Craig Curahee/The People's Archive ®
Young Mods on Box Hill, Surrey, 1962.
Photo submitted by Jack Oxford.
Jack “A photo of my nan aged 15/16 with all her mod mates in 1962”
Photo © Jack Oxford/The People's Archive ®
Caxton Mod Club, London, 1969.
Photo submitted by Colin Staplehurst.
Photo © Colin Staplehurst/The People's Archive ®
Bermondsey, London, 1965.
Photo submitted by Andrew Copley.
Andrew "My dad and his pals, Bermondsey mods. Enjoying a night out in 1965".
Photo © Andrew Copley/The People's Archive ®
Stockport, 1960s.
Photo submitted by Scarlett Meikle.
Scarlett”My grandad and ‘The Boys’ (still a phrase he uses to this day) in Stockport, Greater Manchester, approximately 1966. I personally think they’re really cool, most of them still meet each weekend down the pubs in Stockport. Their friendship is something very special”.
Photo © Scarlett Meikle/The People's Archive ®
Stockport, 1960s.
Photo submitted by Scarlett Meikle.
Scarlett”My grandad and ‘The Boys’ (still a phrase he uses to this day) in Stockport, Greater Manchester, approximately 1966. I personally think they’re really cool, most of them still meet each weekend down the pubs in Stockport. Their friendship is something very special”.
Photo © Scarlett Meikle/The People's Archive ®
Stockport, 1960s.
Photo submitted by Scarlett Meikle.
Scarlett”My grandad and ‘The Boys’ (still a phrase he uses to this day) in Stockport, Greater Manchester, approximately 1966. I personally think they’re really cool, most of them still meet each weekend down the pubs in Stockport. Their friendship is something very special”.
Photo © Scarlett Meikle/The People's Archive ®
Butlins. Clacton-on-Sea, 1962.
Photo submitted by Matt Locke.
Photo © Matt Locke/The People's Archive ®
Somercotes, Derbyshire, 1968.
Photo submitted by Stuart Woodman.
Photo © Stuart Woodman/The People's Archive ®
Llanbradach, South Wales, Christmas, 1969.
Photo submitted by Alan Davies.
Photo © Alan Davies/The People's Archive ®
Kitchen in Reading, June, 1967.
Photo submitted by Alex Harvey.
Alex "My great aunt Ro in full flow about something!".
Photo © Alex Harvey/The People's Archive ®
May Queen. May Day parade in Manchester, 1960s.
Photo submitted by Rita Corneille.
Photo © Rita Corneille/The People's Archive.
Barnsley, 1962
Photo submitted by Lawrence Sheppherd.
Lawrence:”My grandad who was born in Ireland and followed the coal via Wigan to Barnsley in the mid 1920s. He had a strong Barnsley accent but would speak with an Irish one when he had had a drink. The youngest of 13 boys who were quite a handful in the 30/40s, so much so that he would not let my father have his surname and used my grandmothers maiden name. Photo taken in Worsbrough Common Barnsley outside his house, I think the dogs names were brandy and beauty”.
Photo © Lawrence Sheppherd/The People's Archive ®
Swanley, Kent, 1966.
Photo submitted by Paul Louis Archer.
Paul:”From left to right, mum, gran, grandad and my sister Susan at Lullingstone Avenue, Swanley, Kent, UK in 1966.
Photographed by my dad using his Voigtländer Vito B camera, which he still owns at the grand age of 91-years-old. Mum is also doing well at 86-years-old. Grandad worked as an engine driver on the railway during peacetime and fought in The Somme, while gran worked in an ammunition factory, during WWI. There was a touch of Raymond Briggs' 'Ethel & Ernest' to them”.
Photo © Paul Louis Archer/The People's Archive ®
A young Beatles fan in her bedroom plastered with images of the Fab Four. Old Trafford, Manchester, 1963.
Photo submitted by Andy Shaw.
Photo © Andy Shaw/The People's Archive ®
Blackpool, 1961.
Photo submitted by Steve Chapple.
A break for chips on the golden mile during a family trip to the North West seaside resort.
Photo © Steve Chapple/The People's Archive ®
A night out in York, 1968.
Photo submitted by Dean Wade.
Photo © Dean Wade/The People's Archive ®
Green Street Green, Bromley, Kent. 1969.
Photo submitted by Bob Meyer.
Bob “A photo of my sister and I taken outside my fathers garage”
Photo © Bob Meyer/The People's Archive ®
Pat & Mavis. Margate, 1964.
Photo submitted by Sue McIndoe.
Sue: “This is my sister Pat and her friend Mavis on the beach at Margate, 1964. Apparently, it wasn’t seen as a bad thing to have the same outfit as your mate back then!”
Photo © Sue McIndoe/The People's Archive ®
Girl Gang. Midlands, 1961
Photo submitted by Gareth Davis.
Gareth "A photo of my Nan her four sisters and a friend in Rugby, 1961".
Photo © Gareth Davies/The People's Archive ®
Moon landing fever hits Selsdon, Surrey, 1969.
Photo submitted by Jules.
Jules "My Grandma and cousin. Taken on Thorold Close, Selsdon, Surrey, 1969.
Photo © Jules/The People's Archive ®
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