Task 5 - INF 14/147

Four young people sit on a shopping street talking to each other. There is one man and three women. They wear fashionable clothes in 1960s styles.
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Photograph entitled: ‘London: shopping: streets and shops: Teenagers in Carnaby Street’, 1969, Catalogue ref: INF 14/147

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Look at the photograph.

  • Can you describe the clothing worn by the people in the photograph?
  • How old do you think they are?
  • What does the word ‘teenager’ mean?
  • What does this photograph tell us about fashion and hair styles in the 1960s?
  • Why is it helpful that this is a colour photograph?
  • Where has this photograph been taken?
  • Why might it have been taken?
  • What of sort of photograph is this?
  • Can you create a timeline for the 1960s? Find out about key events in Britain.
  • Ask family and friends if they remember what life was like in the 1960s. Do they remember the events on your timeline?