What was happening in 1969? Lots, including great films like The Italian Job, Carry on Camping, The Battle of Britain, Midnight Cowboy and Easy Rider. '69 saw the first man on the moon along with top TV shows The Clangers and Star Trek. Cool toys included Silly String and Hot Wheels and the top selling Album of the year was the Beatle's Abbey Road closely followed by Led Zep 2. Johnny Ball presented PlaySchool and Pan's People interpreted the fab top 20 on Top of the Pops.

Number 1 singles of '69 included Marmalade: Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Scaffold: Lily The Pink (which came back in again at number 1 after being the Christmas Number 1 of 1968), Fleetwood Mac: Albatross, Peter Sarstedt: Where Do You Go To My Lovely, Marvin Gaye: I Heard It Through The Grapevine, The Rolling Stones: Honky Tonk Woman, Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg: Je T'Aime... Moi Non, Bobbie Gentry: I'll Never Fall In Love Again, The Archies: Sugar Sugar and, of course, Rolf Harris: Two Little Boys.

The Raleigh 'Chopper' bike was introduced to the UK in September '69 but with a giant price tag of £32. Yeh Baby!