Memories

Now that I am of an age to remember six decades I have been pondering what I remember of the characteristics and big events of each.

50s - Post war austerity and the end of rationing. The death of the king. Coronation. Retirement of Churchill. The four minute mile. Laker's 10 wickets. Trueman and Statham. Listening to the radio.

60s - The Beatles and the Mersey sound. Cuban missile crisis. Assassination of Kennedys. Vietnam war. Start of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Biafran civil war. England win the World Cup. Satellites in space. Television at home. Profumo scandal.

70s - Watergate. James Herriot's vet books. Escalation of petrol prices. Colour TV. Hijacking. Inflation. Labour government's failure. Asian immigration from East Africa. Idi Amin.

80s. Thatcher, Reagan, Gorbachev and the start of the end of the Soviet Empire. Miners' strike. Falklands war. Hostage taking. IRA bombs.

90s. New Labour and decline in sexual morality enshrined in law. National lottery :-(
Good Friday Agreement. EU takes control. Computers. Mobile phones.

00s. Twin towers and the rise of Islam worldwide. Eastern European immigration. Financial meltdown. Internet.