A car park in rapidly changing Northampton reveals some rarities – and a surprising absence

BRENT, NORTH LONDON

We kick off our bumper trio of scenes from yesterday with two Cambridges in Cambridge in the mid-Sixties

THIRSK, NORTH YORKSHIRE

An A-road transport cafe circa 1958, the atmosphere thick with intrigue and cheap-cigar fumes. The waitress, a twin for comedy starlet Liz Fraser, scowls at the attempts of four businessmen at the win

The year 1953 was when life in Britain began finally to bleed from monochrome to colour. Not everywhere, and not for everybody, but, slowly, there was a palpable sense that brighter days were just bey