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The end is nigh!!! A disturbing memory was a gang of us jumping in a motor and going to this 'happening' at Woburn. We gatecrashed (as you do) as no way we were paying!
What a disturbing event. Lots of weird hippies around and quite a…

I have recently put my three Kindle books originally available on Amazon ,
August ’64 Extended
The Summer Of ‘64
Bird’s Eye View
And s are now combined in this paperback edition available through Amazon,. Three…

The mod look is one of those that never truly go out of fashion. They’ll always be someone, somewhere, discovering or rediscovering the scene and wanting to emulate them once again. The mods started in the 60s, but they had a strong following…
H.G. Wells wrote of one, and a GS scooter might make you think that you are on one, but I am convinced that Brixton's Hand In Hand is an actual Time Machine. Through the doors, around the bar and up the stairs led straight back to 1979. After an…


My wife of fifty years a beautiful Mod girl was killed in a tragic accident last weekend, she was my inspiration and a true Mod until the very end. I will put on Mod Generation a very short story of how we met written in the depth of my darkness…

My second Mods and Rockers novella 'Summer of '64' is now available on Kindle Amazon.
Clacton during Easter Bank Holiday in 1964 had been the coldest on record for over 100 years and a thoroughly dismal weekend but now as Whitsun…

Have you heard of Atom Retro? We’re an online retailer of retro and mod clothing from brands including Ben Sherman, Merc, Trojan Records, Pretty Green and Baracuta. Our own brand,…


I somehow must have missed this Vespa in our local showroom in Southend on Sea in the 1960's, where it most certainly would had an effect on the local rockers!!!!!!!!…



Memorial day for the events of 13th November, countless Tricolours graced balconies and other improvised available spaces, armed police stood in groups on corners outside cafe's; aside from that Paris got on with its main business - enjoying…

This classic group started way back in 1953 with a young…