Britain's first motor way opened this year, no speed limit. Most cars disintegrated if they went over 40mph. Because of the speed of cars at that time no maximum speed limit had been imposed on any roads.

As more cars came on the roads men with paint brushes went round painting yellow lines in the road telling us we could not park. Then came the parking meter. The money collected paid for more yellow paint, so the only place to park was at a meter.

Nobody was safe from this insidious machine.

This year saw the end of censorship in the theatre.

The Hover craft was announced.

The effects of Thalidomide were being seen for the first time in Germany but the rest of the world were slow to react.

This roadside thief first appeared in Mayfair London, left unchecked they bred worse than rabbits and now populate the entire country

Worry about 'The Bomb' saw the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) organise a march to Aldermaston where 12000 people went to protest.

Marchers on the way to Aldermaston.