The photos also recall Aylesbury’s then Member of Parliament campaigning in town using a megaphone, and feature road accidents and broken bus shelters.
Turn back the clock and see what life was like in Aylesbury 66 years ago with our gallery below.
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1. Aylesbury in 1959
A photo from March 1959 looking down the canal from the Walton Street end - houses in the High Street can be seen in the distance. Photo: Bucks Herald
2. Aylesbury in 1959
The Bedgrove Farm sale from April 1959, when everything had to be sold to allow for the building of the housing estate. Bedgrove Farm was on the site now occupied by Pevensey Close and Caldicot Close. Photo: Bucks Herald
3. Aylesbury in 1959
A broken bus shelter in the Kingsbury area in June 1959. It was demolished in January 1970, shortly after the new bus station opened in Great Western Street. Photo: Bucks Herald
4. Aylesbury in 1959
A road accident near Aston Clinton in August 1959. Former Bucks Herald photographer Maurice Cousins is in front of the camera on this occasion, on the left. Photo: Bucks Herald