The 1960s was a period of change – the beginning of the world as we know it. It was the time of Beatlemania, the Apollo moon landings and Doctor Who, which had every small child hiding behind the sofa. Crazy fashions abounded, with bell-bottomed trousers, corduroys and cravats, and there was an explosion in British music, featuring great bands such as The Kinks, The Who and The Rolling Stones. Then who could forget the excitement of the 1966 World Cup when England beat Germany 4-2? It was every schoolboy’s dream!

Much has changed in the past fifty years, but the decade lives on in music, fashion and even television. For those who grew up at this time, the Swinging Sixties never really went away.

• Latest title in Amberley's Childhood Memoirs series
• Reviews in the national weeklies, national daily and Sunday newspapers, to include: The Independant and The Sunday Times, THES, and BBC Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
• The nostalgia market is moving into the 1950s and 1960s
• Inspector George Gently, set in the sixties, has been very popular
• Paul McCartney released a new album at the end of 2013, renewing interest in the Beatles. The book also marks the 50th anniversary of the forming of The Kinks
• Visitor numbers for York Castle Museum; The Beatles Story, Liverpool; the V&A Museum of Childhood and The Geffrye Museum of the Home, London, suggest continued interest in the 1960s