On Wednesday 13th May at Elland Working Mens Club, Mr. Stuart Hartley entertained us with a talk on the defining decade of the 1960’s. Running through the talk was the popular music of each year, an era which still remains strong to the present day.

Videos supported the music where possible, from Frankie Vaughan to Procol Harum.

Each year had its highlights, divided roughly between triumphs, tragedies, politics, death and sex.

However, summing up the decade that had promised so much after the post war years of the 1950’s, it ended with the Vietnam war and the nagging question, did the Americans really land on the moon, or was it a Hollywood Special?

This was a memorable and highly interesting talk to end our 2025/2026 season.

(JD)