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If you want to get a taste and a feel of an era or a decade, then a good place to start is to take a look at photos of normal everyday folk of the time. In this post we’re going across the pond and back to the late sixties and seventies. A...
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Comments Off on Street Parades From The Past
Since the Middle Ages there have been parades and carnivals, from lavish processions like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade to a few Leyland lorries bound for the local town fete. Here we have a few Fab floats from the past. At the front of the...
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Comments Off on Fuel For Thought – 1970s Energy Crisis
When the UK had a fuel scare that led to motorists queuing for hours to fill their cars, jerry cans and (in one case) jam jars with petrol made us ponder how the world coped during the bona fide energy crisis in the mid 1970’s. A glimpse came via our...
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Comments Off on Scooter Squabble in California
Despite its reputation as Hog heaven, the birthplace of Easy Rider and the whole Hells Angels bike club thing America has always had quite a healthy scooter scene. Believe it or not Harley Davidson even produced their own range of scooters in the 1960s. Here...
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Comments Off on The Hippie Peddlers
We’re not sure what the criteria was to be labelled a Hippy in Life magazine, perhaps it was having a hairstyle that was over two inches long, as some of these street vendors from a photo set titled Hippie Peddlers don’t look like hippies....
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Comments Off on The Young in Rebellion – Japanese Teens in 1964
Back in September 1964 Life magazine published a special issue dedicated to Japan. One article called ‘The Young in Rebellion’ explored the youth culture of the country. Amongst the words were these wonderful black and white photos that...
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Comments Off on Walking Down The Kings Road
Few streets have such mythical status as King’s Road, Chelsea. From being the place where all the 1960s cool cats hung out to the centre of the UK ‘76 punk explosion it was for many years the place to hangout and be seen. More recently its gentrification...
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Comments Off on Muhammad Ali Fans at Madison Square Garden 1970
Going out under dressed was never going to be an option for these boldly dressed Muhammad Ali fans at Madison square garden, New York. In December 1970 Life Magazine photographer Bill Ray captured these funky fans on film, as well as famous faces in the...
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Comments Off on Sidewalk Surfers of Seventy Seven
Back in ’77 when shorts were short, socks were long and hair was big, professional photographer Nick De Wolf took these excellent shots of young skateboarders or as they were called in the early days Sidewalk Surfers showing off their skillz...
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Comments Off on Play Misty For Me at The Monterey Jazz Festival 1970
Every year thousands of people flock to the Monterey Jazz festival to witness some great live performances. The annual event began way-back in 1958 and over the years all the Jazz greats have graced the stage of the festival, from Louis Armstrong to Herbie...
