The sixties

Also there was (for a while) the great feelings coming from Woodstock and California, hippie, anti-war etc. and great pop music, plus lovely hot summer in 1967..

I wonder if it's because the 60's were a time of optimism that people, particularly young people, felt that they could create change for the better? It was the first time since WW2 that the economy was buoyant and people had money to spend. It was also a time when young people started to voice their opinions on what they wanted for themselves and society at large, for example "flower power", demonstrations, music and fashion.

I agree Maw we were rather behind the times- London being the place to be. They had stopped swinging when I went to London to work and eventually get married.

There were all those dreadful things going on but on the plus side the sixties were the decade where fashion, design, music etc were innovative and exciting.

Plus I met dh 12 days before the end of the 60s.

And if you lived in Scotland as I did, the Sixties did not reach us until well into the Seventies!