Sixties City - Bringing on back the good times

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Welcome! To the home of the music, memories and magic of the most fun and exciting decade in history!

Our London walk takes you around Soho, the birthplace of London's 'Swinging Sixties' and
many influential sites of the time where you'll
hear about those amazing years that helped
shape the cultural landscape of the nation.

Thanks for visiting the site and I hope you enjoy it. It's still just a hobby but it's getting a bit unwieldy - well over 500 pages now - so I'm spending some time revamping all the pages into a more consistent format (some are over 10 years old) - it may take me a while! As I'm doing that I will also still be trying to introduce other pages with new (and some unique) information and carrying out smaller additions and updates to existing pages.

With so many pages to keep track of, an automated 'menu' system can't really keep up with all the varied content without extensive changes and I am sure that there are quite a few pages that may be of interest to some of you that are not particularly easy to find as they are only accessible from sub-links in other pages, therefore I am introducing a 'site map' on which ALL pages will be listed, with descriptions, so you can see what is available without having to dig too deeply! This will be divided into approximate areas of interest and certain pages may appear under more than one heading due to their mixed content, but I hope this will make things a lot easier for you eventually.
This may take a bit of time and will link to all pages, both old and new. I will indicate which pages have been updated to a new format as it progresses.
Also, I will be changing the aspect ratio on updated pages to 1440 x 900 resolution as most people have HiRes screens capable of handling this and most new equipment is now supplied with widescreen VDU devices, so there will inevitably be a slight mix of formats during the changes. I hope you are not too inconvenienced by this and eventually find that it is all worthwhile!
Best wishes

Johnny - Remember Me?

What's On? A Selection of Live Music and 60s-related Events
A selection of current and upcoming events (mainly UK) plus info on 60s weekends and some great original bands and fab tribute acts available to book for your own 60s event!

Do you want to play poker in the UK? If so, you don't need to make a trip to a Genting Casino or even a Gala Casino to get your game on.
A simple search in Google for UK poker sites will provide you with the same games.

Yesterday TV - The majority of the channel's programmes are sourced from the BBC archives; however, some are bought in from other terrestrial stations and some productions are commissioned by UKTV themselves. Programmes previously shown on terrestrial channels are usually edited for timing, to accommodate the current three commercial breaks within each hour-long programme. Some of Yesterday's notable 60s-related programmes include: The 60's: The Beatles' Decade; The Beatles: From Liverpool to San Francisco; I Hate the 60s; Pop Go the Sixties; The Rolling Stones: Truth and Lies; Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll: The 60's; Top of the Pops 2

Sixties City Remembers . . .

Vidal Sassoon		Donald 'Duck' Dunn		Horst Faas
	Vidal Sassoon, who has died aged 84, was at the cutting edge – literally and metaphorically – of hairdressing; his sharp, geometric, low-maintenance 1960s hairstyles revolutionised his craft, sounding the death knell for the stiff, set hairdos of the 1950s. An astute businessman, Sassoon made a fortune from his salons and products.		Donald 'Duck’ Dunn, who has died aged 70, was the bass player with Booker T and the MGs, one of the most influential studio bands of the 1960s. The group was the driving force behind the gritty Southern Soul sound created by Stax Records in Memphis. Probably remembered best for the iconic 'Green Onions'.		Horst Faas, who has died aged 79, was an award-winning photographer best known for his arresting images of the Vietnam War. As chief photographer for the American news agency Associated Press (AP) in Saigon, Faas won a Pulitzer Prize in 1965 for his shocking portrayals of civilian suffering in Vietnam.

Booker T and The MGs - Green Onions	Patrick Macnee gained TV immortality when he appeared as dapper British secret agent John Steed in ‘The Avengers’, which received its first screening in January 1961. more	Pete Staples of 'The Troggs' writes a few words for Sixties City about his time with The Troggs and tells us about his music and new website. more	Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames - Yeh Yeh
	You can share Sixties City with your friends on FaceBook! Share Do you have any interesting or unique memories, pictures or anecdotes from the Sixties? Get in touch with me and we can share and re-live them on Sixties City!
Where Do Dead Websites Go? Having recently checked and updated some site links, I was saddened to discover a rather larger number of 'dead' links than I had anticipated. A lot of interesting sites with unique information and images come and go with alarming frequency, disappearing into the sunset without trace. Many of these are put up on edu sites by students and are apparently 'wiped' when the student leaves. If you have such a site, or are intending to abandon your pages for whatever reason, please get in touch! I am more than happy to import such information into Sixties City so that others may continue to enjoy the content and information and full credit will be given to the original constructor / owner for posterity.

Bill Harry's Sixties
The legendary Bill Harry tells the complete and fascinating story behind his iconic 60s music paper 'Mersey Beat' and his involvement with Mersey groups and The Beatles.
The pages also now include more than 130 articles written personally by Bill, providing information and his unique insight into 60s events, media and people.
Some of the latest articles are:

complete index of available articles	Elvis - Double Trouble	I've Gotta Horse	The Vernons Girls	David Garrick	Feel Good! NO cash required! It costs you nothing to give! Please click on these links . . .
complete index of available articles	Elvis - Fun In Acapulco	6.5 Special	A for Andromeda	The Spinners

New book releases and various
information & links to sites
that supply Sixties items
both original and retro

The Story of The Iconic Music Paper - 'Mersey Beat'
Presented here, in his own words, is the definitive story of one of the Sixties' seminal music newspapers - providing a fascinating and unique personal insight into the early days of the 'British Beat Boom' and the events, personalities, facts and legend surrounding the birth of the greatest musical revolution the world has ever known. Bill Harry was the founder of the Liverpool music paper which chronicled the groups and venues responsible for the 'Mersey Sound', the publication which was to give its name to the Sixties phenomenon and musical era that has since become almost universally known as 'Mersey Beat'.

Thanks so much to all of you who visit this site or e-mail me with questions, information and your own personal memories. I just never have as much time as I would like to work on the site - although there is usually something new somewhere. At the moment I am working on rebuilding all of the pages to a new format and also creating a menu page and site map so that all the content is easily accessible. It may take a while..................
I am very grateful to people like Danny, Glenn and Bill who have, and continue to contribute to the site content. I will continue to update the site, adding more and revised information, and more major content on new pages when available.

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