The Good Old Days

[Buckman]

Does anyone remember the old 1950/60's Harley Davidson with the gear change on the petrol tank and running boards on either side.

 

[otherclive]

A friend and I fitted a 600cc Panther engine into a smaller frame and used to run it around the local streets. Talk about a “thumper” no need for a rev meter. No exactly the most stable combination, but we had fun nevertheless.

 

[IanB1485]

I was on a tube in London a few years back and the only people talking were a couple of businessmen and me ( all from up north) You see it everywhere, even 'old folk' (60+) have earbuds or headphones on when out walking the one exception I see is the conductor of the black **** band as he goes for his morning constitutional I often wonder what psychologists make of this trend re social cohesion

 

[otherclive]

I was doing some research to write up a life story for the kids and had this article as a referenced link. It’s about the scene in Leicester in the early 1960s. I guess many of the older Forumites may well have similar experiences. For the record I felt Bob Dylan was overrated 😱

Mods in Leicester U.K. in the mid 1960s

This is copied from an article about Mods in Leicester in the mid 1960s printed in the Leicester Mercury in 2010. It is the only thing that comes up if you Google some of the Coffee Bars …

kennywilson.org

 

[Buckman]

I was doing some research to write up a life story for the kids and had this article as a referenced link. It’s about the scene in Leicester in the early 1960s. I guess many of the older Forumites may well have similar experiences. For the record I felt Bob Dylan was overrated 😱

Mods in Leicester U.K. in the mid 1960s

This is copied from an article about Mods in Leicester in the mid 1960s printed in the Leicester Mercury in 2010. It is the only thing that comes up if you Google some of the Coffee Bars …

kennywilson.org

In our South African newspapers the clashes between the Mods and the Rockers were often reported. I can remember pictures in our Cape Argus showing them fighting on Brighton beach. To us kids it was horrifying!