Title: Horsens i årtier - 1960'erne
Description: The 1960s offered marked changes compared to the somewhat scarce 1950s. In Horsens, progress and profits meant, among other things, the construction of new neighborhoods with detached houses, and there was an opportunity to acquire new technical marvels in the form of freezers, washing machines and televisions. More women entered the labor market and the need for childcare grew. One of the offers was the childcare project, Børneparkering, at Borgerskolen. The decade was generally characterized by a belief in the future, but also by a showdown with the past: the young explored the limits of normality with a struggle for a youth home, for the freedom to distance themselves from their parents in hair and clothing fashion, and that the whole was accompanied by new, groundbreaking music from artists like The Beatles and Petula Clark. On the cultural side, there were many highlights: Horsens had its first cultural committee set up, a new library built, and the city's pride HFS moved up in football's 1st division. Horsens was in progress, and the citizens of the city with it.

1960'erne bød på markante forandringer i forhold til de lidt knappe 1950'ere. I Horsens betød fremgang og overskud bl.a. anlæggelsen af nye kvarterer med parcelhuse, og der blev mulighed for at erhverve nye tekniske vidundere i form af frysere, vaskemaskiner og fjernsyn. Flere kvinder kom ud på arbejdsmarkedet, og behovet for børnepasning voksede. Ét af tilbuddene blev børnepasningsprojektet, Børneparkering, på Borgerskolen. Årtiet blev i det hele taget karakteriseret ved en tro på fremtiden, men også med et opgør med fortiden: De unge udforskede grænserne for normalitet med en kamp for et ungdomshus, for friheden til at distancere sig fra forældrene i hår-og tøjmode, og det hele blev akkompagneret af ny, banebrydende musik fra kunstnere som The Beatles og Petula Clark. På kultursiden var der mange højdepunkter: Horsens fik nedsat sit første kulturudvalg, der blev bygget et nyt bibliotek, og byens stolthed HFS rykkede op i fodboldens 1. division. Horsens var i fremgang, og byens borgere med den.
Subjects: Pictorial works, History
Places: Horsens (Denmark), Denmark, Horsens
Time periods: 20th century