The sixties were a defining era for the world with it being one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in history with Birmingham not being immune to the decade for counterculture.
It was the last time England won the World Cup and as England advances to the knock-out stage of the Euros, the nation is buzzing with anticipation and excitement, for a next grand win.
But the 60s was also a decade that defined many moments.
It was when 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 in Washington to an audience of 250,000 people
In contrast to these milestone events the US increased their military authority in Vietnam, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and there was the threat of nuclear war between the US and Soviet Union after the Cuban Missile Crisis.
As Birmingham looked on, the city was starting to rapidly change in the post-war years with many still suffering from poverty. The city centre looks a lot different these days with New Street Station being completely rebuilt.
The car industry was key and celebrations for the millionth and two millionth minis made at Longbridge were held. There were protests about fluoride being put in our tap water and people travelled across the world to attend sports events at St Andrew’s, Villa Park and Edgbaston.
The following 35 pictures show snapshots of live in Birmingham in the defining decade of the 60s:
17. Fluoride in water protest in 1964
29th June 1964: A Birmingham man who objects to the addition of fluoride to drinking water fills bottles with unfluoridated water from his friends' home in Warwickshire. He is shown lining up the bottles he uses to pick up his supplies. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) | Getty Images
18. Shopping in Smethwick in 1964
View of shoppers and residents queuing at a bus stop on a shopping street in the town of Smethwick near Birmingham on 11th November 1964. (Photo by Reg Burkett/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | Getty Images
19. Prison escape plots in 1964
British politician George Brown (1914 - 1985), the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, talks to the press on his way to the Home Office in London, for talks with Home Secretary Henry Brooke on the recent prison escape plots in Birmingham and Manchester, 21st August 1964. (Photo by J. Wilds/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | Getty Images
20. The Archers in 1964
Cast members of British radio programme 'The Archers' meet members of radio show 'The Dales' (formerly 'Mrs Dale's Diary') in London, where 'The Archers' is now being produced while their usual studio in Birmingham is being modernised, 30th November 1964. From left to right, Monte Crick and Gwen Berryman of 'The Archers' meet Jessie Matthews (1907 - 1981) and Charles Simon of 'The Dales' at the BBC Studios in London. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | Getty Images