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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5. Aylesbury in 1959
Aylesbury MP Sir Spencer Summers campaigning with a megaphone on Bourbon Street in September 1959. Sir Spencer was the town’s Conservative MP between 1950 and 1970, receiving his knighthood in 1956. Photo: Bucks Herald
6. Aylesbury in 1959
A harvest festival at Queens Park Infants School in October 1959 Photo: Bucks Herald
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