There was plenty going on in the world in 1960 - the year that saw John F. Kennedy elected President of the United States of America.
It saw Chile hit by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, the temprature of the Cold War plummet when the U-2 American spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, the birth control pill approved as safe to use, and Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann captured.
In Britain future Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance was born, Manchester City signed a 20-year-old Denis Law for a record £55,000, Lonnie Donegan went to number one with My Old Man's a Dustman, and the Grand National was televised for the first time.
13. Say it with flowers
The Queen Mother in Edinburgh visiting the North British Rubber Company in November 1960 | National World
14. Wintery
Snow on the B715 Road near Forth in Lanarkshire in February 1960. | Johnston Press
15. A quick fling
Office cleaners from government offices in Edinburgh do a Highland Fling as they celebrate a Union Social meeting in 1960. | Johnston Press Resell
