Memories of 1963

Events and Milestones

• Plymouth in Pictures from the Sixties
• 1963 in History
• More Events and Stuff
• Top 100 Popular Songs
• Some Top 40 Songs

Calendar of Events -- Plymouth

Plymouth in 1963

The town we knew back in those far-off days was quite different from what it became once the new Route 3 and the construction of the Pilgrim nuclear plant (which lowered taxes) attracted thousands of new residents. The population was still, as it had been for centuries, concentrated in the northeast corner, so that what is now "West Plymouth" (formerly ) and "South Plymouth" did not exist. Manomet (pronounced locally with the emphasis on the first—not the last—syllable) was just beginning to shift from a summer resort to year-round residences. The population was