Emma Peel - 1960s Icon
20 November 1965 Daily Mirror
Emma and Steed break into print. Meanwhile, with reviews mixed and viewing figures lower than expected the television companies were trying new days and timings, to try to find the right slot for the series.
Monday 22 April 1963
Seven thousand Britons will quit these shores permanently next month and sail on five ships to Australia. “Most of them decided to migrate during the Big Freeze,” an Australia House official said yesterday. “This is the largest number of migrants to sail for Australian ports in any one month this year.”
Sunday 21 April 1963
Girls are reading up on judo since Honor Blackman showed how easily men can be thrown around in The Avengers TV series. Collins, the publishers, have sold more than 12,000 copies of their book “Judo” in two weeks. It costs 5s.
The Christine Keeler Story - As Told by the Press
32. Sheffield Star 8 June 1963
The crisis deepens for the individuals involved and the Conservative government as Stephen Ward is arrested.
The Christine Keeler Story - As Told by the Press
31. Daily Mirror 7 June 1963
For the press, the Christine Keeler story had now become the Profumo Affair, and it dominated all the front pages.
One of many questions asked: was there a breach in national security?
Friday 19 April 1963
The government plans to spend £117,000,000 on old people’s homes during the next ten years. By 1972 it is hoped that more than 1,000 new residential homes for elderly people will have been built. The number of people aged over 65 is expected to increase by one third in the next twenty years.
1960s Social History
Cricket: Glamorgan and the Summer of ‘69
By 1969, Glamorgan had only won the County Championship once in their history - in 1948. The 1968 season had been a good one seeing a rise from 14th in the table to 3rd. Could the team build on that?
The Christine Keeler Story - As Told by the Press
30. 6 June 1963
The Daily Mirror’s front page. War Minister John Profumo resigns.
Thursday 18 April 1963
The population of the world, 3,000 million people, will double by the end of the century predict America’s National Academy of Sciences. The scientists call for a world-wide birth control programme.
Wednesday 17 April 1963
A “millionaire-class” mini-car conversion with electrically-operated windows and a chromium-plated gear lever, is announced today by Harold Radford, the London coach-building firm. It is based on the £567 mini-car with the Cooper engine, and will cost £1,088.
Before we celebrate our Freedom Day, we'll have the opportunity to learn about the main results achieved by the #FIREUSES project team. The conference will take place at the National Library of Portugal on 24 April.
Emma Peel - 1960s Icon
27 September 1965 Daily Mirror
Previewing the forthcoming series and fashions. “Emma wears a hipster trouser-suit in ice-blue lame, bare to the navel. On sale for 29 guineas. Watch for this outfit in Episode Five, scheduled for the week of October 24th.”
The Christine Keeler Story - As Told by the Press
28. Daily Mirror 17 May 1963
The British Board of Film Censors were keen to suppress a film about Christine Keeler. Why? 
Tuesday 16 April 1963
Eight battalions of German tank soldiers will be drafted to Castlemartin, south Wales this summer. Each battalion will have fourteen day’s extensive training on the British tank ranges. At the ranges it is expected that the Germans will reveal their “hush-hush” wonder tank.
Emma Peel - 1960s Icon
27 September 1965
Previewing the new series of The Avengers and the transition from Cathy Gale to Emma Peel.
Monday 15 April 1963
Half a million Britons are spending £5 million a year on snuff and more and more women are joining the ranks. “It’s becoming the vogue,” a spokesman for the snuff industry said. “And it’s not unusual now for a woman to take a box of snuff out of her handbag - in public.”
The Christine Keeler Story - As Told by the Press
26. Daily Mirror 26 April 1963
Now, Christine’s friend Mandy Rice Davies is in trouble.
Sunday 14 April 1963
The possibility of lie detectors being used in the fight against crime is to be explored by Home Office Inspectors of Constabulary. They are to visit United States Service bases to see the detectors being used in court martial cases.
It’s believed that the first photograph of a snowman was taken in Wales by Mary Dillwyn (c.1853) one of the first female photographers in the world.
