1963 Collection

QUEEN ELIZABETH II ARRIVES FOR A BANQUET AT CLARIDGES FOLLOWED BY THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Rocker boys on motorcycles - called "sickles"- talking to girls
Rocker boys on motorcycles - called " sickles" - talking to girls. Wearing black leather jackets and calf length boots - Rocker symbols. Ace Cafe on the North Circular Road in London

Elizabeth Taylor with Richard Burton - July 1963

Sobranie cigarettes advertisement, 1963
Advertisement for Sobranie Cocktail cigarettes, available in a variety of fancy rainbow colours with gold tips - like all the best parties well bred, well dressed and perfectly packed. Date: 1963

MALCOLM X (1925-1965). Originally Malcolm Little. American religious and political leader. Photograph, c1963

Lambretta Li 150 Special

Austin Healey 3000 Mk. 2, 1963, Red
Austin Healey 3000 Mk.2 1963 Red

Edith Piaf Photo
(born Edith Giovanna Gassion) changed name to Piaf (= slang for sparrow): popular French singer

THE SUPREMES, c1963. American vocal trio. From left to right: Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and Diana Ross in performance

The Great Train Robbery: aftermath & reportage, 1963
" The most daring and fruitful mail robbery in English History" : a page from The Illustrated London News, detailing the aftermath of the Great Train Robbery of 8th August 1963

Caravans in Martello Camp, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The Martello Caravan Camp at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. This photograph was taken from the top of the Martello Tower, which gave the camp its name

Ballet dancers Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn rehearsing Marguerite and Armand at Covent Garden, London, 12th March 1963

Wolseley car advertisement
Advertisment for Wolseley Motors Limited featuring an illustration of a woman driving a Wolseley Hornet Mk.II with 998 cc OHV engine and extra powerful brakes

Humber Sceptre
The Humber Spectre is a popular model which will pass through a number of modifications : this is the original Mark One, elegantly posed outside a gracious home

The Strongest "
" The Strongest.". Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

USA, Drowning girl
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), Drowning Girl, 1963, oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 171, 6 x 169, 5 cm

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963)

Margot Fonteyn dancing with Rudolf Nureyev at Theatre Royal Drury Lane - November 1963 22/11/1963

Anderton Boat Lift
The Anderton Boat Lift, near Northwich, Cheshire, England, which transfers the canal narrow boats from the River Weaver to the Trent and Mersey Canal and vice-versa. Date: June 1963

The Unknown Warrior - scene at Westminster Abbey, 11th November 1920. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

Daimler Dart SP250 (ex-Metropolitan Police) 1963 Black tan roof

Youth Culture Mod and Rockers October 1963 Two Rockers sit on their motor Bike wearing their leather jackets

The Beatles rehearsing for the Royal Variety Performance
Photo of The Beatles jumping during rehearsal for the Royal Variety Performance Date: 1963

Wallsend-on-Tyne - Shipbuilding and the BP Tanker British Hazel in dock. Date: 1963

Ford Consul Cortina, 1963, White
Ford Consul Cortina 1963 White

MALCOLM X (1925-1965). Born Malcolm Little. American religious and political leader. Photographed while giving a speech at a rally in Harlem, New York City, c1963

Police dog attacking a young black man during the Youth Mass Demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama, spring 1963
CIVIL RIGHTS, 1963. Police dog attacking a young black man during the Youth Mass Demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama, spring 1963

Caravans in Martello Camp, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The Martello Caravan Camp at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. This photograph was taken from the top of the Martello Tower, which gave the camp its name

Bishop Rock Lighthouse in a gale
The Bishop Rock Lighthouse in a Force 8 gale. Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly. It is the smallest island in the world to have a building on it

London Film Festival Poster - 1963
Poster from the 7th London Film Festival - 1963

Cambrian Coast Express
The Cambrian Coast Express steam locomotive train, at Llanbadarn crossing, near Aberystwyth, Wales

Fall / Irish Terrier / 1963
The heads of two unnamed Irish Terriers - one is raising its head and barking. Date: 1963

The Great Train Robbery, 8th August 1963. Wanted Poster for Ronald Buster Edwards. Date: 1963

Kapitsa and Androv, Russian physicists. Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (left, 1894-1984) is listening to a graduate student called Androv (right), who is defending his doctoral thesis

Mini Austin Cooper S

English Electric Lightning T. 4 XM989 56 Squadron RAF
English Electric Lightning T.4 XM989 of 56 Squadron RAF at Wattisham on 16 June 1963 with other Lightning F.1As Date: 1963

Benjamin Britten, Yehudi Menuhin
Rehearsal for Piano Trios Concert in the Aldeburgh Parish Church (24 June), Aldeburgh Festival 1963. Benjamin Britten (piano)

Punch and Judy Man (The) (1963)
A laughing Tony Hancock and Sylvia Syms in a scene from The Punch and Judy Man directed in 1963 by Jeremy Summers

Westland Wessex HAS1, XP116, of 845 Royal naval Air Squa?
Westland Wessex HAS1, XP116, of 845 Royal naval Air Squadron on the Batang Rajang, September 1963

Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato, 1963, Green
Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato 1963 Green

JFK Treason Poster
Dallas, Texas: November 21, 1963 A famous handbill circulated in Dallas the day before President Kennedy was assassinated

Grimstone and Frampton Station, Dorset, c. 1963
A sweeping view of the signal box, platform buildings and footbridge at Grimstone and Frampton Station. This photograph was taken from the embankment alongside the down line

VW Camper Van
A woman demonstrates how convenient it is to have ones breakfast in the Great Outdoors, with the marvellous VW Camper Caravan. Date: 1963

Mini Austin Cooper S

British Narrowboat
Narrow boats lashed together, on the Trent and Mersey Canal, near Northwich, Cheshire, England

Spike Milligan March 1963 with Harry Seacombe and Peter Sellers rehersing for the Goons radio show for the BBC

Triumph TR4 1963 White

Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, 1963, Red
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 1963 Red

The Great Train Robbery, 8th August 1963. Wanted Poster for Bruce Reynolds. 1963

Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, 1963
Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova preparing to become the first woman in space. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 1937) flew solo in the Vostok 6 spacecraft on 16 June 1963

Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (1934-1968), Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space. Gagarin was born in the village of Klushino near Gzhatsk, Russia

Lotus Ford Cortina MkI

Gagarin and Tereshkova, souvenir postcard
Gagarin and Tereshkova, Soviet cosmonauts, souvenir postcard. Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) was the first person in space. On 12 April 1961

Douglas-Home / Alec
SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME British Prime Minister (Conservative) 1963-4

The Flying Scotsman
The last run of the famous and popular steam locomotive The Flying Scotsman here leaving Kings Cross railway station, London, England, on its way back to Scotland

Peter Pears and Emanuel Hurwitz Aldeburgh Festival 1963
Peter Pears talking with Emanuel Hurwitz, violinist in the English Chamber Orchestra and Melos Ensemble during rehearsals of St Nicholas at Orford Church 23 June 1963 Aldeburgh Festival. Date: 1963

Yehudi Menuhin and Benjamin Britten Rehearsing
Yehudi Menuhin and Benjamin Britten rehearsing violin and piano in the Jubilee Hall for the Piano Trios recital in Aldeburgh Parish Church on 24 June 1963. Date: 1963

Janet Baker, Bryan Drake and Peter Pears
Janet Baker, Peter Pears and Bryan Drake rehearsing Schumann in the Jubilee Hall, for the concert in Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall on 21 June 1963, entitled Pot Pourri

(1929-1968). American clergyman and reformer. At the March on Washington, 28 August 1963
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (1929-1968). American clergyman and reformer. At the March on Washington, 28 August 1963

Warner / Cricketer
Sir Pelham Francis Warner ( Plum ), English cricketer (1873-1963)

Jack Hobbs / Cricketer
Jack Hobbs (Sir John Berry Hobbs), English cricketer (1882-1963)

John Cowper Powys
JOHN COWPER POWYS English Author of novels such as Owen Glendower (1940), poetry, philosophical and critical works

Ian Fleming Author the creator of James Bond 1963

Benjamin Britten, Yehudi Menuhin
Rehearsal for Piano Trios Concert in the Aldeburgh Parish Church (24 June), Aldeburgh Festival 1963. Benjamin Britten (piano)

Horstead Watermill, on the River Bure, Norfolk, was one of the most beautiful weatherboarded wooden mills in England. Tragically destroyed by fire on 23 January 1963

Morris Minor 1000 Convertible 1963 Green tan roof
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The Duke of Bedford public house, North Shields 18th December 1963

Kellys Cellars pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 9th October 1963

Sunderland 0 v Chelsea, 1 Old League Division Two match at Roker Park. Chelsea goalkeeper Peter Bonetti makes a save. 18th May 1963

The Beatles in concert at ABC Cinema Northampton 6 November 1963. Left to right: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr

Music cover, Hello, Dolly! Louis Armstrong
Music cover, Hello, Dolly! Words and music by Jerry Herman, recorded by Louis Armstrong. 1963

Gordon Highlander interrogated by German Officers
I won t - After a raid on the British lines in Northern France, a Gordon Highlander is being interrogated by German Officers.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)

With the field guns on the Western Front. A visit to a British battery. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)

Corwen Station, 1963
Corwen Station pictured on 15th July 1963 as locomotive No. 75027 steams into the down platform from Ruabon. The main station buildings unusual double canopy is clear to see in this image

Austin Mini body shells are spray painted in the paint shop on production line at Longbridge. 10th March 1963

Tottenham Hotspur European Cup Winners Cup Winners May 1963 Terry Dyson & Jimmy Greaves hold the cup and give a thumbs up gesture © Mirrorpix

Housing slums in the Dalmarnock district of Glasgow the deralict tenament housing with its windows broken a load of washing is hung out to dry October 1963

1963 Ford Zephyr Police car. Creator: Unknown
1963 Ford Zephyr Police car

The Tatler cover - Fashion for debutantes - party
Front cover of society magazine, The Tatler featuring a photograph of people doing what looks like the twist at the annual ball of the Heythrop Hunt held at R.A.F. Little Rissington

Hayley Mills in The Chalk Garden
The young British actress Hayley Mills (b.1946) during the filming of The Chalk Garden, released in 1964. Date: 1963-1964

Super Constellation 145925 Project Magnet UFO Investigation
A very rare photograph of a modified Super Constellation 145925, fitted with highly sensistive magnetometers. The aircraft was part of the TOP SECRET Project Magnet - a UFO Investigation run by

Swiss film actress. Film still from Dr. No, 1962
URSULA ANDRESS (1936-). Swiss film actress. Film still from Dr. No, 1962

The Farewell. Fortunino Matania, RI (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

Ferrari 250 GTO (contemporary recreation, custom aluminiium body on 330 GT chassis), 1963, Red
Ferrari 250 GTO (contemporary recreation, custom aluminiium body on 330 GT chassis) 1963 Red

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"1963: A Year of Contrasts and Cultural Shifts" In the midst of a changing world, 1963 brought forth a myriad of events that shaped history. The Lambretta Li 150 Special zoomed through the streets, symbolizing the spirit of freedom and rebellion. Meanwhile, in Saigon, South Vietnam, Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc made an indelible mark on humanity's conscience by committing self-immolation as a powerful protest against President Ngo Dinh Diem's anti-Buddhist measures. Caravans dotted Martello Camp in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, serving as humble abodes for families seeking respite from their daily lives. It was here that Malcolm X emerged as an influential religious and political leader with his unwavering dedication to civil rights. Amidst these scenes of everyday life were glimpses into popular culture. Sobranie cigarettes advertised their allure with sophistication and style while THE SUPREMES captivated audiences worldwide with their mesmerizing harmonies - Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and Diana Ross captivating hearts on stage. The Anderton Boat Lift stood tall as a testament to human ingenuity and engineering marvels while Bishop Rock Lighthouse braved treacherous gales to guide ships safely through stormy seas. In the automotive realm, the Austin Healey 3000 Mk. 2 painted itself red - a symbol of power and elegance that turned heads wherever it went. As London hosted its prestigious Film Festival in 1963, cinema enthusiasts eagerly awaited new stories unfolding on screen - tales that would inspire generations to come. Through triumphs and challenges alike, 1963 proved itself to be a year where strength prevailed amidst adversity; where voices rose against injustice; where artistry flourished; where innovation pushed boundaries; where cultural icons left an indelible mark upon our collective memory.