Just a very pleasant collection of photos from a private family archive. All photos were taken in 1950s - 1960s, in the streets of Yaroslavl, a small town not far from Moscow. Simple things - outdoor sports, fishing, swimming, enjoying the music or spending time with the family - these 38 photos are relishing small pleasures and bringing a smile to a face.

As always, click on the mag­ni­fy­ing glass icon to see the pho­tos in detail. All photos are courtesy of Sergey Kulikov, a grandad of one of our contributors. He is 86 years old now, and photography has been his hobby all along. Let us know which ones you like - or if you have photos in your family archive which you'd like to share.

Waiting for the play off.

Waiting for the play off.

The first half

The first half

I am going to make it!

I am going to make it!

The finish line

The finish line

Fishing in the bay

Fishing in the bay

That's a nice one!

The big one.

Full of hope.

Full of hope.

In the street

In the street

First ride after the winter

First ride after the winter

The team spirit

The team spirit

Oh those icy Russian women!

Oh those icy Russian women!

Spring: sailing the wooden ships onto the puddle water

Spring: sailing the wooden ships onto the puddle water

The ice skate rink

The ice skate rink

Winter games

Winter games

Dashing through the snow

Dashing through the snow

Close up

Close up

A second hand book stall

A second hand book stall

The town of Yaroslavl chess championship. 1964.

The town of Yaroslavl chess championship. 1964.

The October Kids inauguration - see our article on them a couple of posts back.

The October Kids inauguration - see our article on them a couple of posts back.

The October kid.

The October kid.

Like father like daughter

Like father like daughter

Us or them!

Us or them!

Allow me

Allow me

Summertime

Summertime

Yyyes!

Yyyes!

Two friends

Two friends

Orchestra's little helper

Orchestra's little helper

Drumming away

Drumming away

An aspiring trombonist

An aspiring trombonist

Spring carnival

Spring carnival

Deep breath in

Deep breath in

In the street

In the street

Yaroslavl in paintings

Yaroslavl in paintings

A young artist

A young artist

The camera behind the camera behind the camera..

The camera behind the camera behind the camera..

Girls' stuff

Girls' stuff

They won't make it without me

They won't make it without me

Let's  fix that now

Let's fix that now

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