Growing Up in the 1960's

This series tells what life was like for children, from birth to adulthood, in a particular period of history, or in a particular civilization. The influence of the young was particularly strong in the "swinging sixties" - an age of change, an age of affluence, a permissive society, an age of protest.The author describes world events which marked the decade - Sir Francis Chichester, the Aberfan disaster, the Great Train Robbery, and the assassination of President Kennedy. He then looks at the economic situation of Britain and the way of life of British people - their homes, work and food. In a chapter on "Beatlemania" he surveys the teenage world of pop stars and fashions, and then discusses the permissive society, from the legalization of bingo to pop art. The decade's TV programmes and the effects of television are described, as are developments in education, achievements in sport, and the experience of immigrants to Britain.