Fifty years ago today

The home page for my ‘diary’ from fifty years ago. By Derek Perry, 19 years old in 1968, written after the events.

I hope you enjoy my recollections from 50 years ago.

Please go to the navigation column on the left of this page.

  • See DIARY pages for my experiences of the time, growing up, going to university, London, Paris, Leeds.
  • See EARLY YEARS for my experiences as a child growing up in Birmingham, England in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • See ENCYCLOPEDIA for my comments on social, political and historical issues that I lived through.

Your comments are welcome.

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