These photos were taken in the 50s and 60s, showing life as it was for children growing up around the North West at the time.
They take you back to the days long before streaming, social media and online shopping, when Saturday morning films, the siren call of the ice cream van jingle and marbles on the pavement were among life’s greatest pleasures.
Youngsters are seen playing on the street, splashing around at the beach and lido, and trying on hats at a high street giant that is now a distant memory.
These nostalgic pictures also capture the excitement of the space race, as crowds gather to catch a glimpse of Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit Earth.
They show a lost zoo that once drew visitors in their thousands; trips to the market, with rabbits strung up for sale; and school lessons during the days of chalk and blackboards.
If you grew up then, you’ll remember how different TVs looked from the huge flatscreens now hanging on many living room walls.
You probably yearn to once again fill a pick ‘n’ mix bag with sweets from the local Woolworths store.
And you’ll recall trips on the trams and buses of the day, when public transport looked very different from how it does now.
Do these photos bring back any happy memories for you of growing up in the 50s and 60s? What do you miss most about those days?
13. A study in concentration
A boy mulls over his next move at the Liverpool Junior Chess Championship in 1959 | Getty Images Photo: Neil Libbert
14. C&A
A boy tries on a hat at a C&A store in Manchester in 1968 | Getty Images Photo: Neil Libbert
15. Rock Around The Clock
Police officers keep an eye on the crowd gathered to see the film 'Rock Around the Clock,' starring American rock and roll band Bill Haley and His Comets, at the Gaiety Cinema, Manchester, in September 1956 | Getty Images Photo: Express Newspapers
16. Strictly ballroom
A girl in a frock at the Junior Ballroom Championships, Blackpool, in 1958 | Getty Images Photo: Neil Libbert