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To some people the sixties were the best of times.

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To some people the 1960s were the best of times; to others it was a period when many things went wrong in society. Why so people have such different ideas about the 1960s? There is a lot of controversy about whether or not the 1960's were the best of times. Dave Clark claimed, "Everything and anything was possible", indicating that there was a lack of control in the sixties, which many used to their advantage for example the class system at school's had almost been completely abolished, whereas others, such as Mary Whitehouse became concerned about what she and many others perceived as the declining moral standards in the British media, especially in the BBC. Mary Whitehouse, being in her 50's during the 1960's, had been brought up to respect the church, politics and the monarchy; so when she and others saw this attack on establishment, they fought back. Attack on...

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