Nearly 150 pages of glorious, indulgent nostalgia of memories that refuse to go away...

Elvis, Batman, Lost in Space, Thunderbirds, Doctor Who... What a decade for popular culture. And that was just the tip of the iceberg. Here are some rare and candid images from the era, some meticulously posed, some randomly snapped, all of them absolutely fascinating and evocative of the period.

Jon Abbott, author of hundreds of magazine articles and several books (including the popular Cool TV series) has been collecting and writing about 20th century pop culture for most of his life, and presents here a lively, esoteric and eclectic collection of pictures he's retrieved from boot fairs, collectors' markets, and even programme distributors' rubbish bins during his trawl through the past for the present. He has gone out of his way to present the most bizarre and peculiar shots he has found over the years. All of them have been chosen to capture the particular mood of the times; they could not belong to any other decade. They are presented mostly without comment, but occasionally with humour and unobtrusive information.

Enjoy a trip down memory lane, or take your first time travel back to the most creative and innovative decade of the 20th century. All these films and TV series are out there for you to discover, or re-visit, today. Start on Amazon.

See Jon's other retro TV and film books by clicking on blue, or visiting his author's page. Jon currently writes about retro sci-fi for Infinity magazine.