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Barry Foster who starred in Van der Valk. Image: W. Punt for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 NL (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons

Detective shows - 1970s UK

Television
Cigarette brands in the 1960s USA

Cigarette brands in the 1960s USA

Advertising & packaging
1957 Ford Custom, image by Florida Memory, no known copyright restrictions

Ford cars of the 1950s - USA

Transport
Ford Fiesta Mk1

Ford Cortina in the 1970s

Transport
Linemen working for Seattle City Light in 1952, image by Seattle Municipal Archives licenced under Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) (cropped)

How much did people earn in the 1950s - USA?

Prices & incomes
McMichael M104BT radio, 1961 - An American-style radio, made in Britain

McMichael 'Gadabout'

Technology
1968 Plymouth Road-Runner, a car aimed at the youth market (image by Tap Tapzz, public domain)

Teenage consumers in the 60s

60s
Polaroid Swinger 20

Polaroid Swinger 20

Technology
The last ever two shilling piece, 1970

History of the florin

Old money
General Electric 675 radio, 1956

GE 675 radio

Technology
USA/imperial length calculator

Imperial/USA caclulator - length

Imperial weights and measures
Lyndon B. Johnson was President from 1963 to 1969 (Image: public domain)

Facts about the 60s - USA

Social history
A selection of UK market imported pocket tranistor radios from the 1960s

60s transistor radios

Technology
Ford Fiesta Mk1

Ford Fiesta in the 1970s

Transport
Pounds, shillings and pence

What happened in 1973 - USA

Social history
Margaret Thatcher in 1983. (image: Rob Bogaerts, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)

What happened in 1983, UK

Social history
Lucas WLR576 spot lamp, Halfords Surveyor Beam Lamp, Lucas Fogranger foglamp

Motoring gifts from the past

Transport
In 1973 the Royal Mint issued a special fifty pence piece to mark Britain's entry into the European Economic Community (EEC)

What happened in 1973, UK

Social history
Proof brass threepence piece, 1970

History of the threepenny bit

Old money
A 1960 Ford Consul Mk II Deluxe pictured in 1970 (Image: Barry Lewis licenced under Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Old cars in the 1970s - UK

Transport
Chevrolet Corvette 1987 (image: public domain)

How much did things cost in the 1980s - USA?

Prices & incomes
Office work in the 1980s (image: public domain

How much did people earn in the 1980s - UK?

Prices & incomes
Winter of 1962-3; the Big Freeze. Image: Richard Johnson / CC BY-SA 2.0

What happened in 1963

Social history
A cookery lesson at Throckley Vallum First School, Throckley, Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1977 (public domain image)

What was school like the 1970s - UK

School days
Rupert Davies as Maigret (Image by Allan warren licensed and distributed under Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)) (cropped)

Detective shows - 1960s UK

Television
Queen Elizabeth II after her coronation on 2 June 1953

What happened in 1953?

Social history
Ford cars in the 1970s - USA

Ford cars in the 1970s - USA

Transport
Geometry sets

Geometry sets

School days
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