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2 June 1954, 18-year-old British jockey Lester Piggott riding Never Say Die became the youngest jockey to win Epsom Derby.

2 June 2022, The Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations - main members of the British royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, London, England.

2 June 1953, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Happy birthday Penelope Wilton, popular multi-award-winning English actress, born 3 June 1946. #EverDecreasingCircles #DowntonAbbey

4 June 1971, first class letter post cost 3p; equivalent to 63p today, allowing for inflation. The actual minimum cost of Royal Mail first class letter post today is £1.70p.

4 June 2022, the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Concert was held in front of Buckingham Palace in London.

TV Times magazine, 4–10 June 1966. Featuring 19-year-old Marianne Faithfull.

5 June 1975, Britain held its first referendum on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC), or Common Market. 67% of voters voted to stay in Common Market, despite several Labour cabinet ministers being in favour of British withdrawal.

5 June 1966, The Bowie Showboat at Marquee Club in London. The cost of entry to David Bowie’s live lunchtime show was three shillings (equivalent to £3.90 today, allowing for inflation).

6 June 1962, George Martin auditioned the Beatles for Parlophone record label. Pictured here are George Martin, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon.

6 June 1844, The Factory Act was introduced in Britain restricting women textile workers to a 12-hour day, and children aged 9-13 to a 9-hour day.

6 June 1921, London's new (still existing) Southwark Bridge, designed by Ernest George & Basil Mott, was officially opened.

6 June 1936, Gatwick Aerodrome reopens as rebranded Gatwick Airport following renovations, which included building a new "Beehive" terminal building.

6 June 1944, D-Day, Operation Neptune - the Normandy landings. Remembering the brave Allied forces, many just young men, who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Thank you. #LestWeForget #DDay #WW2

7 June 1966 - ITV Children's Hour - Five O'Clock Club presented by Muriel Young and Wally Whyton, both pictured below with Pussy Cat Willum.

7 June 1963, the Rolling Stones debut single, ‘Come On’ (a Chuck Berry song), was released. It reached number 21 in the UK singles charts.

Happy birthday Tom Jones, born in Treforest, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, South Wales on 7 June 1940.

7 June 1977, more than a million people lined London's streets to see the Queen at the start of her Silver Jubilee celebrations.

8 June 1949, George Orwell’s novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' is published.

Gift idea book for Father's Day, Sunday 15 June. 'A 1950s Childhood' by Paul Feeney Memories of British way of life in the 1950s. #nostalgia #fathersday