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There was plenty happening in the world in 1956 - the year of the Suez Crisis when Egypt’s nationalisation of the Suez Canal led to an invasion by Britain, France and Israel.
Fidel Castro was plotting to overthrow the government in Cuba, there were uprisings against Soviet rule in Poland and Hungary, and the first cordless television remote control was invented.
In Britain the country’s first nuclear power station opened at Windscale, the Clean Air Act came into law to combat severe air pollution from smoke, and heroin was criminalised for the first time.
Meanwhile in Scotland, Hearts beat Celtic 3-1 in the Scottish Cup final, Edinburgh’s tram services was scrapped, and the first commercial ski centre opened in Glencoe.
Here are 25 pictures to take you back to that year.
17. Big day
Actor Dirk Bogarde arrives for his brother's wedding at Colinton in December 1956 | TSPL
18. Big band
Five Scottish members of the Ted Heath Band at the Usher Hall in 1956. | TSPL
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19. Cleaning up
A street orderly in a white uniform using an old besom broom to clean the High Street Royal Mile, in Edinburgh, in 1956. | TSPL
20. Winter scene
Lamington in Lanarkshire with a snow covered Tinto Hill in the background in February 1956. | Johnston Press