1960s1964B+Wbedsitterblack and whitecheapchildrencoldcrampedcrowdeddampdilapidatedgirlhousinginterioriron-framedironingironing boardlaundryLondonmiddle-agedpoorpost-warpovertyprecariousrentingsingle bedstruggleSwinging Sixtiestabardtabletenanttoddleruncomfortableurbanwashing linewomanworking class
![A middle-aged woman sits on a iron-framed single bed with a young child in her lap in front of peeling and dilapidated wallpaper. There is laundry hanging across the room and in the foreground a teenager in a flowery tabard irons fabric on a very damaged ironing board, London circa 1964](https://hoppyx.com/wp-content/uploads/Bedsitter2-928-1-11A-550x550.jpg)
1960s1964B+Wbedsitterblack and whitecheapchildrencoldcrampedcrowdeddampdilapidatedgirlhousinginterioriron-framedLondonmiddle-agedpoorpost-warpovertyprecariousrentingsingle bedstruggleSwinging Sixtiestabletenanttoddleruncomfortableurbanwomanworking class
![A middle-aged woman sits on a iron-framed single bed with two children in front of peeling and dilapidated wallpaper. The younger child is on her lap whilst the older girl looks off camera, London circa 1964](https://hoppyx.com/wp-content/uploads/Bedsitter-928-1-7A-550x550.jpg)
1960s1964B+WB+Wpost-warblack and whiteboyscheapcoldcrampedcrowdeddampdilapidateddinnerHarrow RoadhousingkitchenLondonmiddle-agedpoorpost-warpovertyprecariousrentingsinkstruggleSwinging Sixtiestabletenanttoddleruncomfortableurbanwomanworking class
![A woman stands at a sink and two boys sit at a kitchen table and one boy holds a toddler. Harrow Road, London circa 1964](https://hoppyx.com/wp-content/uploads/Poverty7-1022-28A-550x550.jpg)
1960s1963architectsArnold Weskerarts and cultureB+WBenny Greenblack and whiteCamdenChalk Farmcommitteedevelopmentdramatistgin warehouseLondonmeetingmodelmusiciansregenerationRoundhouseSwinging Londontablevenue
![Arnold Wesker (4th from left), Benny Green, unknown musicians and others at a meeting with an architect's model of the Camden Roundhouse on the table, circa 1963](https://hoppyx.com/wp-content/uploads/WeskerRoundhouse-625-4A-550x550.jpg)
1960s1961adultsB+Wblack and whitecakecommunityeventfetefruitglasseshomemadeinsideKingstonleisureLondonmanmiddle-agedpipeproduceSwinging Sixtiestablevillage fete
![A middle-aged man wearing glasses and smoking a pipe sits behind a table containing food items and a hand-drawn sign stating 'Win a Cake', at an event in Kingston, West London, circa 1961](https://hoppyx.com/wp-content/uploads/Kingston-Cake-139-11A-550x550.jpg)
1960s1961adultsB+Wblack and whiteelderlyeventfeteglasseshatshomemadeinsideKingstonknittingleisureLondonmembersSwinging Sixtiestabletea cosyvillage fetewomanwomen
![Three older women wearing hats sit behind a table marked 'Members' that carries knitted items in Kingston, west London, circa 1961](https://hoppyx.com/wp-content/uploads/Kingston-Members-139-8A-550x550.jpg)