1960s Christmas

Roving Reporter - Sandy Row Christmas Lights

The well-known Belfast thoroughfare prepares for Christmas.

Solo bell-ringer, 1961

Alan Whicker meets Mrs Martindale, church bell-ringer extraordinaire, who always gives it 400%

Turkey plucking, 1961

Slim Hewitt tries to make a few extra bob, with a spot of seasonal work

Men's Christmas reflections, 1961

"It's a frightful chore for most grown-ups, but it's got to be done because the children enjoy it tremendously"

Christmas in Bethlehem, 1961

"God made man has been here, and you know that"

The Christmas Machine, 1962

A day in the life of a Bristol department store during the Christmas rush

Children meet Father Christmas, 1962

"I would like for Christmas a machine gun and PC Dixon's outfit"

Regent Street angels, 1963

A tale of forty-six angels and two Regent Streets

The Chink in the Wall, 1963

A Christmas truce for the people of Cold War Berlin

Christmas toys, 1964

"Big Ears is not quite so cuddly as he looks"

Anatomical model toys, 1964

"Ever since the three wise men invented them, children's presents have become more and more diabolically complicated"

Business gifts, 1964

"You've only to look at America to see what can happen when gift-giving gets out of hand"

Christmas gift ideas, 1965

"It's just as nice to have presents, of course, as it is to give them"

Christmas spending, 1966

"Freeze or no freeze, the children are going to be the last ones to suffer"

Cosmetics for men, 1966

"This cologne is so untamed they've had to lock it in"

Christmas shopping US style, 1967

Gerald Priestland reports on how Americans do their Christmas shopping

John Noakes goes to the shop, 1967

"Underneath the store is a whole world that the customer never sees"

Talkback - commercial Christmas, 1967

"No matter how you consider Christ - If you consider him the son of God or just a groovy, turned on teacher of men"

Properly prepare parcels for postage, 1967

"Sticky tape by itself is not good enough"

Record breaking Christmas sales, 1967

"We've got to have our bit of fun, I suppose, each year"

Jack Lynch message to 'exiled' Irish, 1967

"An appeal to you - Irish people in Britain - not to come home for Christmas"

Blue Peter - carol singing, 1968

John, Val and Peter join a tractor load of Christmas carollers.

Boxing Day comedy greats, 1968

Denis Norden, Marty Feldman, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan enjoy a Boxing Day lunch

Christmas and commerce, 1969

"A Christmas symbolised more by a department store Santa Claus than by a crib in a manger"

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