1957-1965 That'll Be The Day
Browse archive audio and memories of the Today Generation of an era that witnessed the Big Freeze, Churchill's funeral and Kennedy's assassination.
Funeral of Winston Churchill - 30 January 1965
The end of the war era. Churchill's funeral attracts a crowd of thousands.
From the archive: Churchill's funeralJudy Petran on childhood summers
"I mainly remember the endless summer days of childhood - playing in the garden, finding a kitten stuck in a tree, riding my tricycle down the street trying to keep up with my brothers' bikes."
Ian Denyer on town life
"There always seemed to be people about the street in a way we don't get down in our part of Brighton these days: the horse and cart of the rag and bone man, the daily milkman, a bike-riding French onion-seller."
Kennedy assassinated - 22 November 1963
The world reels after the killing of John F Kennedy, the charismatic American President.
From the archive: a report on the assassinationNeville Merritt on exploding toys
"My bedroom was festooned with planes dangling from fishing lines. Any casualties of the duster were finished off with a banger up the fuselage."
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