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| Age: | 51 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | East |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Zodiac: |  Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21) |
| Last Login: | May 8, 2008 (605 days back) |
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The Sixties were an exciting, revolutionary and turbulent time of great social and technological change. Assassination, unforgettable fashion, new musical styles, civil rights, sexual freedom, gay and women's liberation, Vietnam, the first manned landing on the Moon, peace marches, World Fairs, flower power, great TV and film. The decade to me is a decade of childhood memories - Matchbox cars, Airfix planes, Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds; envy of my brother's winklepickers and drainpipes; Woodstock, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Hendrix and many more. For children of the Sixties, life was so much simpler. A sunny optimism permeated everything, and possibilities seemed endless. The times certainly were a-changin’. This was the 'permissive' decade, and the introduction of the contraceptive pill in 1963 heralded a new freedom for women. Milk still came in bottles, Doctors still made house calls and Toys were always "Made in Hong Kong" or "Made in England". Employment was high and most were enjoying a reasonable income. The Sixties saw an increase in consumerism. Leisure time was shopping, going to the cinema, watching television and travelling abroad. By mid-decade motoring had also become a pleasure affordable to most, and cars were still made in America and England. Youth culture took the lead, and Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton modelled the latest short dresses by Mary Quant and the innovative hairstyles of Vidal Sassoon. Boutiques and discotheques and clubs were the chic places to go. In Britain, the police were still called "bobbies" (and walked around instead of driving around in cars) and while TV may have been black and white, it was consistently far more entertaining than most of what TV stations churn out today. In the United States, the Sixties were a period of great unrest and dramatic change. The Vietnam War and the civil rights movement were both beginning to make major changes in society. Young people were rebelling against the tremendous conformity of the Fifties. The Sixties also saw the most spectacular technical achievement of the 20th century when America won the Space race and man landed on the moon in July 1969. But the most resounding shock of the decade must be the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. The second half of the sixties were the years of change. No single year in the decade saw greater change than 1967. It was the year of Peace and Love. It was a year perfectly summed up in San Francisco by Scott McKenzie. Dressed in a kaftan, beads and bells and wearing flowers in his hair, McKenzie looked (through the eyes of a child) a right prat. Nevertheless, he and the rest of the psychedelic hippies believed that through rock music, drugs and "free love”, they could change the world. They had the innocence of children and (to me, at that time) most likely, the drug-induced IQ of a coffee pot. Flower Power. They called themselves Flower Children. Their slogan was "Make love not war". They took their message to military establishments all over America and Britain until the authorities banned them because of increased violence as soldiers fought each other over whose turn it was to beat up, or make love to, a flower child. Just as 1967 was the year of peace and love, 1968 became the year of protest. In Chicago, hippies clashed with Mayor Daley's police force; in Tokyo, Red Brigades smashed police blockades; in Paris students rioted on the boulevards and in Belgium .........well, Belgium is Belgium - nothing had changed so nothing happened at all. 1968 was a year of anger. The year when young people finally said "No" in songs that voiced their bitter frustrations at the establishment. No area of society was immune to the wave of revolution. Like me, if you were born in the fifties (or even the early sixties), I hope something strikes a chord and brings back long-forgotten memories. For those born since then, take a look at how innocent the world seemed back then. Flower power - the slogan used by hippies (Flower Children) during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of the non-violence ideology. It is rooted in opposition to the Vietnam War. They burned their draft cards and created a hippy culture. They dressed in flowery clothing and wore flowers in their hair. The expression is said to have been coined by the US poet Allen Ginsberg in 1965. The meeting place for the Flower Power movement was based in Amsterdam, in a club called Paradiso. The hippies chose this club because of the name paradiso, which reminded them of a peaceful place, paradise. Artists such as Yoko Ono have since been performing there on occasional visits. Flower Power also included actions by teenagers; giving flowers to policemen and putting flowers inside guns and revolvers, as a sign of peace and not war. Youth cultural radicalism was manifested by the hippies and the counter-culture, whose emblematic moments were the Summer of Love in San Francisco in 1967 and the Woodstock Festival in 1969. The sub-culture, associated with this movement, spread the recreational use of cannabis and other drugs, particularly new semi-synthetic drugs such as LSD. The era heralded the rejection, and a reformation by hippies, of traditional Christian notions on spirituality, leading to the widespread introduction of Eastern and ethnic religious thinking to western values and concepts concerning ones religious and spiritual development. Psychedelic drugs, especially LSD, were popularly used medicinally, spiritually and recreationally throughout the 1960s. Psychedelia influenced the music, artwork and movies of the decade. |
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‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’ Perhaps derived from a ‘Tin Pan Alley’ phrase. The first pressing of a record would be played to people called the ‘old greys’ (the collective nickname for office cleaners who typically started work at 5pm as office staff were leaving). The tunes they could remember and could whistle, having heard them just once or twice, passed "the old grey whistle test". History will always remember the Sixties as the era when hems got shorter. But the swinging Sixties brought more than just the mini skirt. The first Doc Martens boot was produced in 1960; Chelsea boots became a must-have fashion accessory in 1961; Pill Box hats were popularised in 1962 after Jackie Kennedy was photographed wearing hers on TV; Go-Go boots (or kinky boots) - as worn by Honor Blackman in The Avengers - became the ultimate in flirty footwear in 1962 (later worshipped in ‘These Boots are Made for Walking’); Twiggy in 1965 and dieting, elfin haircuts and false eyelashes became the rage. Mary Quant, undoubtedly fashion queen of the decade, rose to fame in 1966; the mini skirt, the ultimate 60s fashion item, first exposed legs in 1966; hippie psychedelia reached its peak in 1967, flooding the 'alternative' fashion world with flowery garb such as kaftans, afghan coats, body paint and flowers in the hair; Space Age fashion truly took off in 1968 as Barbarella hit cinema screens and the imminent moon landings gripped the nation; funky clothes at affordable prices in 1969. UK TV went colour. Britain's first ever soap was launched and Dr Who was born. Jukebox Jury landed in the UK in 1959 but didn't really make it big until 1960; in 1961, The Avengers hit the small screen; now the oldest soap opera in the world, people first tuned into Coronation Street in 1961; Z Cars first started in 1962 (the show was named after the then new Ford Zephyr cars used as patrol vehicles in the series); Dr Who first appeared in 1963 with his Tardis and the infamous Daleks; Steptoe and Son. Top of the Pops, originally transmitted from a converted church in Manchester in 1964, was initially commissioned for six shows (the first episode featured Dusty Springfield, The Beatles and Cliff Richard and The Shadows); Thunderbirds first set out in 1965 to save the world; The Magic Roundabout was created by French author Serge Danot in 1965 with Florence, Dougal, Ermintrude and other groovy friends; Til Death Us Do Part and the first arch bigot; from 1967, Number 6; Dad's Army started in 1968 and produced around 80 episodes in the next nine years. And then there was Andy Pandy, Rag Tag & Bobtail, The Woodentops, Bill & Ben The Flowerpot Men, Pinky & Perky, Sooty, Blue Peter, The Saint, Star Trek, Mission:Impossible, Crossroads, The Billy Cotton Band Show, The Morecambe and Wise Show, The Flintstones, Deputy Dawg, The Jetsons, Top Cat, Camberwick Green, Trumpton, Supercar, Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet & The Mysterons, boy wonder Joe 90, Wacky Races and Daktari. Where do you start with films........from Sci-Fi films such as ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ and ‘Barbarella’ to depictions of the vibrant Sixties lifestyle in ‘Blow Up’, ‘Alfie’ and ‘A Hard Day's Night’, it was a busy decade for cinema-goers. Arguably one of Hitchcock's finest films Psycho in 1960; Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1961 (the sunglasses with black dress and cigarette holder look went down in history); A Taste of Honey was a turning point for British cinema in 1961; the first ever James Bond film, Dr No, hit screens in 1962 starring a little known Scottish actor called Sean Connery; Lawrence of Arabia in 1962; The Great Escape in 1963 (and for many a Christmas); Mary Poppins and Dr Strangelove in 1964; A Hard Day's Night was a dream come true for Beatles fans worldwide in 1964. The Good The Bad and the Ugly starred Clint Eastwood in 1966 (the ultimate spaghetti Western - and the music.....); Blow Up and Michael Caine played Alfie also from 1966; The Graduate from 1967 was the classic coming-of-age comedy; Bonnie and Clyde, the story of the depression era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, came out in 1967; Barbarella was set in the 40th Century and released in 1968; Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, came out in 1968; Midnight Cowboy hit screens in 1969; Easy Rider was also released in 1969 and became the ultimate road movie. From Tiny Tears and Action Man to Lego and Twister, the youth of yesteryear had plenty of playthings to keep them occupied. Doodling was revolutionized with Etch-a-Sketch in 1960; 1960 also gave birth to Lego; Barbie was lonely by 1961 so she got her very own plastic fantastic boyfriend Ken (then Sindy went on sale as a rival to Barbie in 1963); Spiderman (the comic) hit the shelves in 1962; Mr Potato Head was invented in 1964 and the humble spud took on an exciting new role; Tiny Tears arrived in the UK from America in 1966 (I’ve never understood why her ability to drink from a bottle and then cry and wet her nappy made her an instant hit). Twister, the floor game, about trying to get hands and feet on the right colours without injuring yourself, went down a storm in 1966; 1966 also brought dolls for the boys in the form of Action Man; a bunch of sticks and marbles became a highly strategic sport in 1967 with Kerplunk; the Frisbee craze took flight in the UK in 1967; board game Battleships brought naval warfare in a box in 1967; Hot wheels came out in 1969; and Silly string (string in a spray can) was an instant party hit in 1969. And for Saturday mornings (and a long lie in bed) there was ‘The Victor’ comic (Alf Tupper et al), The Beano, The Dandy, The Buster, The Hotspur, The Eagle, The Topper and a fight with my big brother to see who got to read them first. The Sixties was a watershed decade. The Sixties were different from anything that came before. It was thought the generation gap which existed between teenagers and their parents would be a permanent feature. But here was just one generation gap - between those who grew up before the Beatles and those who grew up after it. The Sixties revolution involved moving from scarcity to abundance, the struggle to survive losing its intensity, the search for identity, the desire to make something of oneself, a new spirit. It produced a consumer society. The mass market broke through class barriers, upturned traditions, made revered customs obsolete. The decade was a triumph of economic freedom, of the power of free markets to change lives and produce a more open, exciting society. But change was not all gain - family breakdown, drug addiction, a coarsening of public debate and a continuing deterioration in standards of civility and decency. Pop was the first choice of most people who were young. Television was very much making its presence felt and cinemas were starting to close. Smoking was popular (70% of men and around 40% of women). Pubs were favoured by most, but also Working Men's Clubs, student or college bars. Eating out was less popular; it was an expensive luxury. The Sixties brought a revolution to the home in the form of a multitude of electric and electronic gadgets. The television became almost universal, the radio, record player, radiogram, reel-to-reel tape recorder, washing machine (twin tub rather than an automatic), cameras (Kodak Instamatic), electric irons. People had to save to buy things rather than have them on credit. Supermarkets were fairly new and many people still used local shops or corner shops (some of these shops were prepared to deliver to the door), many people still made their own clothes (but then there was Marks & Spencer, C&A, the Co-op, Lewis's), for men it was the era of the made-to-measure suit; Minis were popular cars (and very popular skirts); the new motorways but service stations were not well-liked (expensive for petrol and unpleasant food); new house buyers could expect to lay out their own gardens and even build their own garages. The big issues (no, not today’s magazine) included Dr Beeching's savage pruning of under-used of branch lines; CND Ban the Bomb marches; The Profumo Scandal; the death John F Kennedy; the death of Sir Winston Churchill; the Torrey Canyon disaster; racial unease; pollution; housing; the Rhodesian Crisis; apartheid in South Africa; preparing for decimalisation; the Common Market; Biafra; the Iron Curtain; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the Prince of Wales' Investiture; 11+ and selective state education; rising interest rates; the Sterling crisis and devaluation; manned space flight and landing on the moon. There was a slower pace of life, less pressure to succeed, lower expectations; a simpler, less crowded, less complicated life but, in many respects, a modern, forward looking decade. Less traffic and quieter roads; respect and a greater trust and neighbourliness; families did more together and there was a greater sense of family values; religion was also more important than today A perceived freedom from crime (in some areas, you could leave your house unlocked); children could play outside without too much worry; a freedom to walk around without fear. There was more open space, green belt, open parks and common land; less pollution and less noise; travel abroad was felt to be for the privileged classes (most people had to make do with a UK holiday); no mobile phones or internet access Today people have so much and yet seem no happier and certainly don't seem to have the love of life we had. |
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Music:13th Floor Elevators; The 5th Dimension; 1910 Fruitgum Company Jon Abnor; Johnny Ace; The Ad Libs; Jewel Akens; Amen Corner The American Breed; The Ames Brothers; Chris Andrews Bobby Angelo; The Angels; The Animals; Paul Anka The Applejacks; The Archies; Louis Armstrong; Eddie Arnold PP Arnold; Arrival; The Association; Patti Austin; Frankie Avalon The Bachelors; Badfinger; Joan Baez; Bobby Baker; Lavern Baker Long John Baldry; Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen; The Band Barrett Strong; The Barron Knights; Len Barry; Fontella Bass Shirley Bassey; The Beach Boys; The Beathovens; The Beatles The Beau Brummels; Jeff Beck; Bee Gees; Harry Belafonte Archie Bell & The Drells; Jesse Belvin; Bern Elliot & The Fenmen Brook Benton; Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers; Chuck Berry Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones; Mike Berry & The Outlaws Dave Berry; Big Bopper; Big Brother And The Holding Company Acker Bilk; Bill Black's Combo; Billie And Lillie; Cilla Black; Marcie Blane; Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg; Mr Bloe; Blond Blood, Sweat And Tears; Bobby Bloom; Blue Mink; Blues Magoos The Bobbettes; Bobby Fuller Four; Graham Bonney; Sonny Bono Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band; Booker T & The MGs; Daniel Boone Pat Boone; David Bowie; The Box Tops; Idalia Boyd; Bread Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart; James Brown; The Buckinghams Joe Brown & The Bruvvers; Tommy Bruce; Buffalo Springfield Eric Burdon & The Animals; Johnny Burnette; Jerry Butler The Byrds Glen Campbell; Canned Heat; Freddy Cannon; The Caravelles The Carpenters; Vikki Carr; Clarence Carter; The Cascades Johnny Cash; Mama Cass; The Castaways; The Casuals; CCS Chad And Jeremy; Gene Chandler; Bruce Channel; Ray Charles Sonny Charles and the Checkmates Ltd; Chubby Checker; Cher Chicken Shack; Chicory Tip; The Chiffons; The Chordettes Neil Christian & The Crusaders; Christie; Lou Christie; Dee Clark Petula Clark; The Cleftones; The Clovers; The Coasters Eddie Cochran; Joe Cocker; Alma Cogan; Leonard Cohen Nat King Cole; Judy Collins; Arthur Conley; Consortium Russ Conway; Sam Cooke; Count Five; Country Joe And The Fish Michael Cox; Crazy Elephant; The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown The Cream; The Creation; Creedence Clearwater Revival The Crests; The Crystals; Cupid's Inspiration; The Cyrkle Roger Daltrey; Danny & The Juniors; Bobby Darin; James Darren Dave Clark Five; Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich; Dave Davies David And Jonathan; Spencer Davis Group; Dawn; Bobby Day Doris Day; Jimmy Dean; Joey & The Starlighters; The Deejays Deep Purple; Desmond Dekker & The Aces; The Dells; Derek Karl Denver; Jackie DeShannon; Detroit Road Runners Neil Diamond; The Diamonds; Dick And Dee Dee; Bo Diddley Mark Dinning; Dion; The Dixie Cups; Carl Dobkins Jr; Donovan Fats Domino; The Donays; The Doors; Lee Dorsey; Craig Douglas Mike Douglas; Ronnie Dove; The Downliners Sect; The Drifters The Dreamlovers; Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity Simon Dupree & The Big Sound; The Duprees; Bob Dylan |
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Movies:The Easybeats; Edison Lighthouse; Dave Edmunds; Shirley Ellis Bern Elliot & The Fenmen; The Equals; The Everly Brothers The Essex; Faces; Percy Faith & His Orchestra; Marianne Faithfull Georgie Fame; Family; Family Dogg; Don Fardon; Chris Farlowe Jose Feliciano; Larry Finnegan; The Fireballs; Fleetwood Mac The Five Americans; The Flowerpot Men; The Flying Machine Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders; Emile Ford; The Fortunes The Foundations; The Four Pennies; The Four Seasons The Four Tops; The Fourmost; Connie Francis; Aretha Franklin John Fred & His Playboy Band; Freddie & The Dreamers Billy Fury Gale Garnett; David Garrick; Gary US Bonds; Marvin Gaye; Gun The Gentry's; Bobbie Gentry; Lorne Gibson; Ginger & The Snaps Robin Gibb; Bobby Goldsboro; Lesley Gore; The Grass Roots Gerry & The Pacemakers; Norman Greenbaum; Guckenheimer The Guess Who; Tim Hardin; Harmony Grass; Dale Hawkins Edwin Hawkins Singers; Bobby Hebb; Jimi Hendrix Hedgehoppers Anonymous; Heinz; Clarence 'Frogman' Henry The Hep Stars; The Herd; Herman's Hermits; The Highwaymen Al Hirt; Eddie Hodges; The Hollies; Buddy Holly; The Honeybus The Hollywood Argyles; The Honeycombs; The Honeys Mary Hopkin; The Hounds; Humble Pie; Engelbert Humperdinck Brian Hyland; Idle Race; Frank Ifield ;The Impalas; The In Crowd The Innocents; Big Dee Irwin; The Isley Brothers; The Ivy League The Iveys; Terry Jacks; The Jackson Five; Wanda Jackson Tommy James; Tommy James & The Shondells; Jan And Dean Jethro Tull; Jay And The Americans; John Howard Abdnor Jefferson Airplane; Jon and Robin and The In Crowd; Davy Jones John's Children; Elton John; Jon Paul Jones; Tom Jones; Janis Joplin; Ernie K-Doe; Eden Kane; Johnny Kidd & The Pirates Jonathan King; The Kinks; Ben E King; The Knickerbockers The Kingston Trio; Curtis Knight; The Kingsmen; Buddy Knox; Gladys Knight And The Pips; Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas Steve Lawrence; Led Zeppelin; Left Banke; The Lemon Pipers; Brenda Lee; Jackie Lee; Leapy Lee; John Lennon; Bobby Lewis; Gary Lewis & The Playboys; John Leyton; Bob Lind; Mark Lindsay Little Anthony & The Imperials; Little Eva; Lobo; Locomotive Trini Lopez; Los Bravos; The Love Affair; Love Sculpture The Lovin' Spoonful; Lulu; Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers The Mama's & The Papa's; Barry Mann; The Marbles; Marmalade Manfred Mann; Peggy March; The Marketts; Dean Martin The Marvelettes; The Mascots; Matthews Southern Comfort Paul Mauriat; Paul McCartney; The McCoys; Gene McDaniels Barry McGuire; Scott McKenzie; Don McLean; Clyde McPhatter Melanie; The Merseybeats; The Merseys; The Migil Five; Ned Miller; Rex Miller; Roger Miller; The Miracles; The Mojos;The Mindbenders; The Monkees; Chris Montez; The Moody Blues The Move; The Murmaids; The Music Explosion The Namelosers; Napoleon XIV; The Nashville Teens; The Nice Nat King Cole; Rick Nelson; Aaron Neville; The Newbeats The New Vaudeville Band; Nilsson; Peter Noone; Ohio Express Gilbert O'Sullivan; Esther & Abi Ofarim; Oliver; Roy Orbison Ola & The Janglers; The Outsiders; The Overlanders Pacific Gas & Electric; Patti Page; The Paper Dolls; The Paramounts; The Partridge Family; Don Partridge Bobby Patterson; Paul & Paula; Peaches & Herb; Peter & Gordon Peter, Paul & Mary; Ray Peterson; Pinkerton's Assorted Colours John Phillips; Wilson Pickett; Pink Floyd; The Pipkins Gene Pitney The Plastic Penny; The Platters; Brian Poole & The Tremeloes Sandy Posey; Joey Powers; Elvis Presley; The Pretty Things Alan Price; Lloyd Price; The Primates; PJ Proby; Procul Harum Question Mark & The Mysterians Radna Krishna Temple; The Rascals; The Red Squares; Otis Redding; Jim Reeves; Martha Reeves & The Vandellas The Remains; Paul Revere & The Raiders; Cliff Richard The Righteous Brothers; The Rip Chords; The Ripples; Robin Johnny Rivers; Marty Robbins; Smokey Robinson & The Miracles The Rockin' Berries; The Rockin' Rebels; Clodagh Rodgers Jimmie Rodgers; Tommy Roe; The Rolling Stones; The Ronettes The Roulettes; The Routers; The Royal Guardsmen; Barry Ryan Billy Joe Royal; Royal Showband Waterford; Billy Joe Royal Ruby & The Romantics; Bobby Rydell Barry Sadler; Buffy Sainte-Marie; Kyu Sakamoto; Sam & Dave Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs; Chris Sandford; The Sapphires Peter Sarstedt; The Scaffold; Science Poption; The Searchers Jack Scott; Linda Scott; Neil Sedaka; The Seeds; The Seekers The Shadows of Knight; The Shadows; The Shakers; The Shanes Bobby Shafto; The Shangri-las; Del Shannon; Helen Shapiro Sandie Shaw; The Sherrys; The Shirelles; The Silkie; Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel; Shocking Blue; Frank Sinatra; Nancy Sinatra The Singing Nun; Frank Slay; Percy Sledge; The Small Faces Sly & The Family Stone; OC Smith; Whistling Jack Smith The Smoke; The Snobs; Errol Sober; Sonny & Cher; The Sorrows The Soul Clan; Sounds Nice; Dusty Springfield; Crispian St Peters St Louis Union; Joe South; Terry Stafford; The Statler Brothers Edwin Starr; Ringo Starr; Status Quo; Tommy Steele; Steppenwolf Cat Stevens; Connie Stevens; Billy Stewart; Maria Strattin Rod Stewart; The Strawbs; Strawberry Alarm Clock; The Survivors The Supremes; Screaming Lord Sutch; Swinging Blue Jeans The T-Bones; T Rex; Tages; The Tams; R Dean Taylor; Thin Lizzy The Temptations; Ten Years After; Them; BJ Thomas; The Tokens Three Dog Night; Thunderclap Newman; Johnny Tillotson; Traffic The Toys; The Trashmen; The Tremeloes; The Troggs; Twinkle Ike & Tina Turner; The Turtles; Truth; Twice As Much; The Tymes The Union Gap; Unit Four Plus Two; Ritchie Valens; Vanity Fair Mark Valentino; Leroy Van Dyke; Bobby Vee; The Velvelettes; The Velvet Underground; Jimmy Velvet; Gene Vincent; Bobby Vinton; The Vogues; The Walker Brothers; Gary Walker Scott Walker; Gordon Waller; Dionne Warwick; Lenny Welch Pat Wayne & The Beachcombers; We Five; Mary Wells Keith West; White Plains; Tony Joe White; The Who Andy Williams; Jackie Wilson; Mark Wirtz; The Wizzard The Wonder Who; Stevie Wonder; Brenton Wood; Roy Wood Glenn Yarbrough; The Yardbirds; Young Idea; Karen Young; The Young Rascals; Zager And Evans; The Zombies Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band Like me, if you were born in the Fifties, we were born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, xerox, contact lenses, frisbees and the Pill. We were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams, ball-point pens, tights, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry clothes and before man walked on the moon. Men and women got married first..........and then lived together. You needed a husband and a wife to have a baby Oh, how quaint can you be? Closets were for clothes, not for "coming out of". Bunnies were small rabbits, designer jeans were scheming girls named Jean or Jeanne; and having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with our cousins. We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent; and Outer Space was the back of the Odeon Cinema. No house-husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers, computer marriages, day-care centres, group therapy or nursing homes. FM radio, tape decks, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word-processors, yoghurt, guys wearing earrings, pizzas, MacDonalds and instant coffee were unheard of. Time-sharing meant togetherness; not computers or apartments. A chip meant a piece of wood; hardware meant hardware.....and software wasn't even a word! "Made in Japan" meant junk and the term "making out" referred to how you did on your exam. Cigarette smoking was fashionable. Grass was mowed, coke was a cold drink, pot was something you cooked in, snow was snow and crack was something you didn’t stand on. Rock music was a grandmother's lullaby and AIDS were helpers in the Principal's office. Then came the Sixties. We were certainly not born before the difference between the sexes was discovered, but we were before the sex change; we made do with what we had. Myspace Profile Tracker World Visitor Map |
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13 January1964Hindu-Muslim rioting breaks out in Calcutta (India) resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people1964Karol Wojtyla (future Pope John Paul II) is appointed ar... Posted by Swinging Sixties on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:13:00 PST |
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UKRupert Murdoch purchases the Sunday newspaper The News of the World; riots in Derry leave over 100 people injured; the Reverend Ian Paisley is jailed for 3 months for illegal assembly... Posted by Swinging Sixties on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:24:00 PST |
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1968 was a time of war, civil rights movements and riots; the year of the barricades. Many significant events took place during 1968 and many lives were changed by these events. From th... Posted by Swinging Sixties on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:09:00 PST |
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UKUK negotiates for EEC membership; the Dutch supports UK membership but Charles De Gaulle vetoes British entry again; Milton Keynes founded; Parliament decides to nationalise the steel... Posted by Swinging Sixties on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:55:00 PST |
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UKRonnie Kray murders George Cornell in the Blind Beggar pub; Archbishop of Canterbury Ramsey and Pope Paul VI meet in Rome; the Labour Party wins the General Election; the opening of P... Posted by Swinging Sixties on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:46:00 PST |
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UKThe Prime Ministers of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years; Winston Churchill dies; Sir Stanley Matthews plays his final game at the recor... Posted by Swinging Sixties on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:35:00 PST |
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UKLeyland Motors announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the US blockade of Cuba; Radio Caroline becomes the first pirate radio station, broadcasting... Posted by Swinging Sixties on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:00:00 PST |
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EuropeThe UK Big Freeze continues; The Beatles release the album Please Please Me; the Beeching Report calls for huge cuts to the rail network; 70,000 marchers arrive in London from Ald... Posted by Swinging Sixties on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:26:00 PST |
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WorldThe Cuban Missile CrisisEuropeThe Beatles first record is released by Polydor; The Sunday Times becomes the first paper to print a colour supplement; James Hanratty is hanged in Be... Posted by Swinging Sixties on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:10:00 PST |
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