It was the year that England famously won its one and only World Cup title.
Closer to home, there were other pressing matters in 1966, including local nominations for a forthcoming General Election, a collapsed crane to remove from a railway embankment and the opening of a new school swimming pool to celebrate. Some of our readers may recall these events quite clearly, and may have themselves been involved.
Our younger followers may just marvel at the buildings, the fashions and the changes that have taken place in six decades – and the fact that these archive shots from the Hull Daily Mail were all taken in black and white, highly acceptable and expected of the newspapers of the time. Have a browse through our gallery below for a trip down memory lane to Sixties Hull and East Yorkshire.
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