What do you remember of the 60s?

You've had a look at this website, maybe it brings back some memories for you.  We are doing a survey of life in the sixties and would appreciate it if you could spare us a few minutes to fill in this survey. We will be posting some of the replies on the website and using the information to gather views on the decade.

60s survey

Name:

Occupation (in the sixties)  

Age group in the sixties 

Entertainment - music

What music did you listen to? Pop, jazz or classical. Why did you like it?
If pop music, which groups or singers did you like and why?


Entertainment - cinema


Did you go to the cinema in the sixties? If so, which films did you see? What did you think of them?

Entertainment - TV

What were your favourite TV programmes of the sixties. Why did you like them?

Shopping

Consumer goods

The sixties was a great time for consumer goods. What did you have from this list (please select)?

Home entertainment:

Television
Pocket transistor radio
Radio
Record player
Radiogram
Stereo system
Reel to reel tape recorder
Cassette tape recorder
Slide projector
Telephone
Trimphone
Domestic electrical:
Washing machine (automatic)
Washing machine (twin tub)
Dishwasher
Television

Other (please specify):

Food

Where did you shop for food in the sixties? (Please mention local shops or national chains such as "Fine Fare")


Which were your favourite shops and why?


What were your favourite dishes in the sixties? Can you still get them today and do you?

Eating out



Did you eat out in the sixties? If so, what were your favourite restaurants and cafés? (Please describe local restaurants and national chains)

Did you at any of the following restaurants?

Indian
Chinese
Italian
French
Or any other type (please specify):


Which did you prefer and why?

Clothes

Where did you shop for clothes in the sixties?

Smoking

Smoking was still extremely popular in the sixties. In the sixties nearly 70% of men and around 40% of women smoked. The most popular brand in the UK was "Embassy Filter".

Did you smoke? If so, which brand of cigarette/cigar/pipe tobacco? Which brands were popular? Which were "upmarket"?


Drinking

What was your favourite drink in the sixties?

 

What were popular drinking places?

Motoring

Did you own a car in the sixties? If so, which make and model and why did you choose this one?

What did you think of the new motorways and motorways service stations?

Housing

Did you move into a new house of flat in the sixties? If so, what was it like?

Issues of the day

What were the main issues that concerned people in the sixties? For example: The Profumo Affair, the Sterling Crisis and devaluation, housing, traffic, Beeching and the railways.


What has changed?

Can you remember three things that make the sixties different from today?

(1)


(2)


(3)


Can you list three aspects of life in the sixties that were better then than today?

(1)


(2)


(3)


What three aspects of life are better today than in the sixties?

(1)


(2)


(3)


The big question.....Overall, do you think life was better in the sixties than today?

Please give reasons if possible.


The information collected on this form is processed in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998. It will only be used for the purposes of research into life in the 1960s.


Thank you for your time.

Steven & Diane

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