The Story of the 1960s Telegraph Edition Book

IT’S THE EARLY HOURS of August 8th, 1963, and the Glasgow–London mail train speeds through the countryside. Suddenly … masked men strike! The robbers strike the Royal Mail van … £2.6 million stolen, the largest heist in British history! Shock ripples across the nation. The police launch a massive manhunt, and the tension is unbearable.

Follow the story of the 1960s through a book of authentic Telegraph newspaper articles, curated from original reports published at the time. This edition captures the decade’s defining moments — exactly as they were reported.

Featuring:

– The Great Train Robbery and its shocking aftermath
– The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and escalating Cold War tensions
– The tragic assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963
– Milestones in space exploration, from Yuri Gagarin’s orbit in 1961 to the first moon landing in 1969
– Political upheavals, social change, and cultural highlights that defined the decade

Choose from a range of book covers and personalise your copy with a name and message to transform it into a unique keepsake. Whether for a history enthusiast, a student of politics, or someone who remembers it all first-hand — you hold not just a gift, but a piece of the 1960s ready to be treasured.

Archivist insight: We reproduce these newspaper articles from the Daily Telegraph scan archive. In some cases, there’ll be blemishes and the reproduction quality might not be as clear or precise as it was in the original paper.