The world was going through massive change in 1953 - the year Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin died leading to a power struggle in the USSR, the Korean War came to an end, and a train crash in New Zealand killed 151 people.
In Britain there were celebrations for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, scientists at Cambridge University determined the double-helix structure of DNA, and over 300 people died when a massive storm surge from the North Sea flooded large areas of the east coast.
Meanwhile in Scotland the Royal Yacht Britannia was launched by Queen Elizabeth II, Celtic beat Hibernian 2-0 in the final of the Coronation Cup, and former Prime Minister Tony Blair was born in Edinburgh.
Here are 26 pictures to take you back to that year.
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1. Checking in
Actor Gene Kelly with film producer Arthur Freed checking in at the Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh, in April 1953. | National World
2. On the buses
Edinburgh's latest double decker bus is examined by a driver and a conductor at Shrubhill depot. The bus was one of 60 that were bought from London and reconditioned and rebodied. | National World
3. School time
The 15 pupils from Crawfordjohn village, in Lanarkshire, on their way to school in September 1953. | Johnston Press
4. River police
Semper Vigilo, the Glasgow Police Patrol launch, on the River Clyde in 1953. | National World