Spalding in the Sixties follows on from the success of Spalding in the Fifties and contains more than 150 images from the Lincolnshire Free Press and Spalding Guardian archives.


This unforgettable volume picks up exactly where we left off on our journey into the past and covers every aspect of life in South Holland between 1960 and 1964.


It features everything from tulip farming to country fêtes so you can see how life has changed since the early half of the swinging sixties.


The big stories hitting the headlines in Spalding in the early part of the 1960s were plans to fight the closure of the town's rail station and also Holbeach hospital.


Other news making the front page is not that dissimilar to the stories we tell today with campaigns against speeding and violence while householders were battling rates increases.


The photographs included are a great reminder of how we used to live and capture some real characters on camera.


Many of them highlight the carefree nature of country living – days of paddling a canoe along the Coronation Channel and children playing with wild abandonment in woodland areas.


The anthology was compiled by Spalding Guardian and Lincolnshire Free Press deputy news editor Kate Chapman.


She said: "I really enjoyed choosing the photos for this book – even more so than the first edition.


"My personal favourites include a skater hitching a lift on the back of a sports car at Tongue End while being pulled along on the ice and a motoryclist who took his dog everywhere in his sidecar.


"I hope people enjoy Spalding in the Sixties.


"It's a great record of how the area has developed during the past 40 years. And you never know you may even spot a few familiar faces. I know I did as I was browsing through the archives!"