... the late fifties when Rock 'N' Roll music took over, the craze died down and would only return in the early sixties. The Sixties saw a time when the first people born after the Second World War would become teenagers. Also the fifties was said to be a time of gloom still in the aftermath of the war, rationing on certain goods and constraints on imports of such items like cloths. In the sixties things were changing the economy was picking up, rationing was over and tariffs on exports were being relaxed meaning a lot of fashion items from abroad were becoming available. It was the teenagers of the time that took advantage of this. The teenagers were well equipped to do so because of the "comprehensive welfare state" (Marwick) and full employment at the time. Many people would leave school at fifteen and walk straight into a job. During the ...

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