Charing Cross Station | Beetle's humour

Oh Carol! Thanks for the memories.

Monday, 8 December 2008, 0:31 | Category : Doodles, Humour, Stories from my past, Swinging 60's
Tags : back-combed hair, bus stop, Busby, Charing Cross Station, French Pleat, London, mini-skirt, photographic memory, picnic basket, rush hour, shuffled, Swinging 60's, The Strand, traffic, train, wicker, winkle pickers

A little bit of background information, just to set the scene.
Back in the early to mid sixties, and before the mini-skirt hit the scene, some of the fashions were ridiculous. The skirts were just on the knee and so tight that you couldn’t walk properly. In order to climb even the smallest step, you had [...]

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Another trip down memory lane

Sunday, 20 July 2008, 23:34 | Category : Swinging 60's
Tags : 1968, Charing Cross Station, engagement ring, guitar, Jazz, London, musicians, Portobello Road Market, proposed, pub, Swinging 60's, the Earl of Sandwich, train

Mo came across this photograph of me, that I haven’t seen for many years. You can enlarge it if you so wish – though why would you?
It sparked of a trip down memory lane. The photo is of me waiting for the train that would take me to London. As my guitar [...]

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