60s Britain

What was it like to live in Britain in the sixties? Certainly many of the technological advances we enjoy today were unheard of then. There were no mobile phones or the Internet. There were limited opportunities for travel; for many, the most adventurous thing they could do was fly to Spain for their holidays.

The 60s was a time of great social change. How much was this change felt by ordinary people? To what extent was the 60s "old-fashioned" in terms of attitudes? Did people have less freedom and choice?

We asked people visiting the Swinging Sixties Exhibition touring Oxfordshire for their memories of the decade that gave us the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. We covered subjects as diverse as pop music and food shopping. At the end of the survey we asked the crucial question "Was life better in the Sixties or today?"

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