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.

17. En route
The 2nd Battalion of the Cameronians march up Hanover Street to the Assembly Rooms to play at an exhibition for disabled ex-servicemen in November 1960. | TSPL

18. Bucolic
A picture of the village of Wanlockhead, in Dumfries and Galloway, in July 1960. | TSPL

19. The modern world
A new self-service store in St Cuthberts Co-operative Store, in Edinburgh's Gilmerton area, in August 1960. | TSPL
