The counterculture movement of the 1960s and ‘70s was one of the most influential time periods in modern Britain.
There were also huge economical changes and political controversies during these decades.
The 60s was also a time in which The Beatles shot to fame, Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon and Martin Luther King Jr made his historic “I Have a Dream” speech. With the 70s being the decade of the Ford Cortina, the record player and cassette recorder. It was also a decade of strikes, with postal workers, miners and dustmen all taking part in industrial action in the seventies.
Birmingham also remained by far Britain’s most prosperous provincial city as late as the 1970s, with household incomes in the West Midlands exceeding even those of London and the South East.
This week, we’ve decided to go back in time by looking at how life was for people in Solihull in the 60s and 70s. Here are 10 photos from the decades.
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Let’s take a look
9. A lorry carrying Rover SD1 by British Leyland Motor Corporation leaves Solihull plant, UK, 8th July 1976
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10. 21st July 1970: 7 year old Belinda-Jane Anderson from Rosmeath, 6 year old Tracy King from Lavenham, 5 year old Belinda Lewis from Solihull, Linzi Butler from Southport and 3 year old Hayley Sheppard from Lewisham compete for the title of ‘Miss Pears 1970’
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