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Clint Hough - Sixties City

Welcome to Sixties City - it's great to see you here and I do hope you enjoy your visit!
Updated Sunday 12th March 2023

Thanks for visiting! If you've been here before, please refresh the page, and thanks to all of you who have mailed me with questions, comments, information and your own personal memories. I've now been fiddling about with the content for over 30 years and, although I'm currently finding less time to create major new items, they will rock up now and then as there are still a few things I'm working on. Of course, I'll keep adding and updating content on a regular basis and there will occasionally be new articles and contributions, in a kind of 'magazine' format, generously provided by Bill Harry and others. There are well over 500 pages of great 60s-related information, sounds and images, including many unique articles and graphics, so you should be able to find something of interest to you, whether you are researching the decade or simply reviving old memories. Also, you won't find it filled with adverts as it is a non-profit hobby, not a business, although there may be the odd one or two adverts to help cover maintenance costs. Do please note that any pages at the old '.com' location are now completely unrelated to this site and I cannot hold any responsibility for any content or links used there. As above, pages are best viewed at 2560 x 1440 resolution. Best regards always,
Clint Hough

Pirate Radio Fort - Red Sands
Bill Harry Interview The Shortlisted
Here's a great little 'find' to have a look at - an online entertainment and music magazine currently featuring a recent interview with the legendary Bill Harry.
Not only that, but there are lots of other interesting Sixties-based articles and interviews to enjoy (The Animals, Pat Boone, The Tremeloes, The Merseybeats, The Zombies to mention but a few) and many more items covering the music scene from the 60s to the present day.
The Forgotten 'Beatle Girl'
Who is she? One of the original girls running the Beatles Fan Club in the London NEMS offices in Monmouth Street. Her personal memories of the Sixties operation and some amazing revelations about the events and personalities involved in Brian Epstein's organisation can be found in 'The Truth About Beatlemania'

Sixties Bill Harry
Presented here, in his own words, is the definitive story of one of the Sixties' seminal music papers - a fascinating and unique personal insight into the early days of the 'British Beat Boom'. Bill Harry was the original founder of the Liverpool music paper that chronicled the groups and venues responsible for the 'Mersey Sound', the publication that was to give its name to the Sixties phenomenon that has since become almost universally known as Merseybeat.

These pages feature
well over 230 articles from the personal pen of Bill Harry, providing his unique and informative view on many and varied aspects of Sixties events, personalities, music and culture, and personal interviews with the stars.

Sixties Events, Sport and Trivia
Alan 'Fluff' Freeman
UK Sixties news events and occurrences, data, statistics, legislation, documents, plus specific links to areas of particular interest.

As always, if you find any incorrect details (hopefully few) or can provide new or further information, I'd love to hear from you!    
I still need information and answers to queries from viewers on various Sixties subjects - please get in touch if you can help?
  Google Site Search:
Regrettably, the free Google site search facility is no longer available - guess they just want to make money from it! Anyway, please click the Main Menu link to the left and it will give you much more detailed information on what is currently available on Sixties City.I am investigating a replacement 'site search' option for you to make specific subject searches a better experience.
Clint Hough


Sixties City Jukebox

My 'Top 300' records of the British record charts of the 1960s - and a few 'bonus' tracks that didn't appear in the UK pop charts for whatever reason.
Records here reflect my own personal choice, either through being Sixties icons, innovative, quirky,
sounds I love or just records that hold a special memory for me and maybe you too. Currently updating the links.

Obituaries
Just some of
the notable or
famous 60s / 70s

people who have
recently left us

(Wikipedia list
of recent deaths)

kk
Stella Stevens  John Motson  Raquel Welch  Dickie Davis
kk    In memory of . . .
Bill TidyNapoleon XIVChaim TopolGary RossingtonJust Fontaine
Ricou Browning
John MotsonBruce BartholDickie Davis
Stella Stevens
Raquel WelchBilly Two RiversBurt Bacharach
Dennis LotisLillian WalkerPaco RabanneFranklin Florence
Charlie Thomas
Barrett StrongSylvia SymsTop Topham
David Sutherland
David CrosbyGina LollobrigidaRobbie Bachman
Lisa Marie Presley
Jeff BeckConstantine IIDavid Duckham
Gordy Harmon
David GoldWalter CunninghamKingsize Taylor
Fred White
Barbara WaltersAnita PointerPeleVivienne Westwood
Brian Casser
, Christian RobertsJohn BirdGeorge Cohen
Stephen Greif
Diane McBainSandy EdmondsMaggie Thrett

Carnaby Street and King's Road
  Carnaby Street, Soho and the Kings Road - history, information and Sixties location maps unique to this site
New enlarged maps and updated information, with dozens of new images.
Did you ever visit, or live in or near, Soho or Chelsea in the Sixties? Or maybe you just wonder what it was like back then? Revisit and refresh some old memories - these graphical maps of Sixties Carnaby Street and the Kings Road will take you back in time. There are hundreds of images of people and locations, plus information about the boutiques, cafes, clubs and other establishments with unique maps showing you where they were. There is also a bit of history thrown in about the Soho and Chelsea areas for good measure - it's amazing what you don't know! The Kings Road and Carnaby Street maps, which have taken many years to research, have now been enlarged for easier viewing and are fairly frequently updated with dozens of new locations and images added, often with information from you!

Sixties City Live Music
Live 60s / 70s related music events
Sixties Dance Crazes
Recently updated, featuring the names of well over 600 dance crazes and styles from the Sixties, and earlier, with instructions on how to do many of them. There are also links to some of the iconic records and songs that inspired them or classic beats from the decade. Check out choreographic masterpieces such as The Freddie, The Drac, The Nitty Gritty and The Ginza!
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All the fashion, fads and trends of 1963

Sixties Girl - Sixties City


The Rise and Fall of the Famous Funny Fools
The Rise of The Funny Fools - the true story of a real pop group formed in 1960s Hungary

Barbarella

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.


Diana Rigg
Sixties Internet Radio Sixties Star Trek Sixties Music Charts Sixties fashion Sixties Transport and Vehicles
         
Sixties Television British Stamps - Sixties Pirate Radio 1960s Sixties Retail 60s Youth Culture - Mods and Rockers
         
Pop Films Sixties 1960s Magazines and newspapers Sixties Toys and Household 1960s Sixties Dance Crazes

Sixties City Trivia and Quizzes
Sixties pop chart statistics, lists, music trivia and a collection of general Sixties quizzes and games to amuse yourselves with. Who was the most successful chart artist of the Sixties? Who were The Mars Bars? What was the first music played on Radio 1? (not 'Flowers In The Rain'!)?
The general 'Sixties' quizzes have quite wide-ranging subject matter - I hope you find them interesting and informative. The 380+ questions are of varying difficulty - easy enough if you know the answers, but there may be a few teasers here to test you.
 
Top Of The Pops - Peter Checksfield

New Book Releases - 2021 and 2022 by Peter Checksfield including:  
Undercover: 500 Rolling Stones Cover Versions That You Must Hear!
Mick and Keith learned fast. They released their first original song ‘Stoned’ as the UK B-side of their version of Lennon-McCartney’s ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’ in November 1963; within 18 months they had written and recorded ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’, and had become The Beatles’ biggest musical rivals.

In the 60 years since they started, there have been thousands of Rolling Stones cover versions. Music historian Peter Checksfield listened to most of them (so you don’t have to), and came up with the best 500, in a staggering variety of genres: Rock, Blues, Soul, Garage, Psych, Prog, Beat, Reggae, Ska, Pop, Funk, Disco, Country, Folk, Bluegrass, Rockabilly, Glam, Metal, Punk, New Wave, Indie, Gothic, Grunge, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Bossa Nova, World, Gospel, Electronica, Boogie Woogie, Jazz, even Cabaret, Polka and Classical.
Also included are a mammoth 130 exclusive interviews with many of the musicians involved.

Sixties City Reading Material
New and older publications: Currently available Sixties-related books and magazines - factual, fiction and reference.

    Can you help with any of these enquiries?

The Tiles Night Club
The TILES underground nightclub opened in Oxford Street in March 1966. Appearing were The Animals and other groups.
I have been contacted by a reader who has unique negatives and stills of the club's opening night but we have a bit of a mystery..... Do you know who this group was that performed on the opening night? The negatives are labelled Shock Treatment but they are not the band of that name from Belfast. Possibly a parody band?
Click on the image for a larger picture.
Kings Road and Carnaby Street
Do you have any information on the occupants of the various premises in these locations during the Sixties?

Please check out the street maps and, if you can help, or have images, do mail me

Bruce Cherry is currently working on a biography with Zoot Money and would love to hear from anyone with anecdotes or attended one of their 'Big Roll Band' gigs during the Sixties. If you can help, please send Bruce an e-mail..

Sixties City Sixties City DelReal Drawing
This drawing was done in 1961by artist Rafael DelReal on the back of 'Le Condor' headed paper, presumably in the club itself at Wardour Street.
Do you have any information regarding the artist, event or subjects?
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Park Walk Garage - Kings Rd
Any information on Park Walk Garage? It can be seen in the reflection of this window (see reverse larger image) and appears to be in the block numbered 418 to 424 from the elaborate doorway to the right in the refelection?

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Mobile Boutique?
Looks like an old London double-decker bus was used as a 'mobile boutique' called 'Birds Paradise' London W1. Also in the window at the top is 'London Bus Shop'. Does anyone have any information regarding this unusual venture?
Registration OLD 620

Sixties City Does anyone have any images of a skiffle group called Darktown that played the Liverpool Empire and other well-known venues?
Does anyone know anything about a Sixties cafe/restaurant called 'The Spot' - possibly near Dovehouse Green in the Kings Road?


I'm still looking for photos of the old Colney Heath Junior School (or Junior Mixed Infant) before its demolition? I attended there approx 1960 - 1967. Mid-60s staff picture right >
Can anyone provide information about a clothes fashion shop called SUSAN ROGERS in London W.!. ?
Colney Heath Junior School staff mid 60s

Sixties City Kings Road - Joseph at Salon 33
Joseph Ettedgui moved from Casablanca to London with his brother Maurice in 1960 to train as a hairdresser. In 1962 they opened a hairdressing salon (Salon 33) in King's Road and their brother Franklin joined them in 1964. Any other information, particularly on exact opening date or who owns the rights to the image shown?
Please mail me with any information.

Guy Stevens and The Scene
Mike Kerry is currently in production on a documentary on Guy Stevens and the Scene night club.Guy's time DJ-ing there was a key chapter in his life and he is keen to see any archive that might exist, with a view to possibly licensing it for the film. They are also looking for any and all archive photos, film, adverts/news clippings - anything connected to The Scene and Guy, and would appreciate any help you can give.
Please mail me with any information.

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60 Kings Road - Chelsea Pet Stores
Probably situated on the site now occupied by Atlantic Court / Marks & Spencer. I'd be grateful for any information. Are you the girl in the photo??
A wider view of the road is available by clicking on the image.
Please mail me with any information.

Artistes appearing at Soho Clubs in the Sixties
Nick is trying to build a daily 'diary' of groups and artistes who appeared at various London / Soho club venues, specifically Bag O'Nails, Speakeasy, Revolution, Hatchetts, Blaises, Scotch of St James. Sibylla's and The Cromwellian. If you are able to supply any names with appearance dates to add to his compilation mail me and I will be happy to pass them on.
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Another Art Mystery
The two images on the right (enlargeable) are silk screens purchased from an art gallery in the Kings Road in the 60s. The owner cannot recall the artist or the gallery. If you can help, or advise, please mail me with any information.
Sixties City   Sixties City Did you work in The Casserole in the Kings Road in the Sixties?
Yoshihisa Ito worked there during his stay in London, around 1966 and is looking
for information about one of his colleagues called Carlos, a Spanish guy from Madrid. They were really good friends and they spent a great time together,
working and enjoying London during that time. Also pictured is 'Amelia'.
Can you help? If so, please
mail me
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