1960s Childhood

by John Shepherd and Janet Shepherd

Sixties children grew up in a more permissive and commercial age. They enjoyed a childhood in which new vaccines gave children protection from life threatening diseases while the contraceptive pill meant smaller family groups. A controversial programme of comprehensive education began to be rolled out while primary schools would become less rigid and more centred on the needs of the child. This was also the first young generation not to be conscripted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445683202
• ISBN13: 9781445683201
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 64 Pages