If the 1950s saw the rise of stiletto heels, it was the 1960s that took them to extreme lengths – in every sense of the word!
Around the middle of the 1950s, shoes for women with high, thin heels – called stiletto heels after the Italian slim but deadly stiletto dagger – became fashionable.
It’s so sad what happened to Marc Bolan. Born in 1947 in London as Mark Feld he was exposed to all the rock and roll emerging in 50s Britain and determined to make music his career.
To foreshadow a post to come, as a teenager, like many others, he used to frequent the ’2 I’s’ coffee bar which was a mecca for trendy up and coming musicians in the 60s.
Posted in Music
Tagged 1960s, 60s, acoustic rock, bolan, marc, Music, rock, rock and roll, t rex, tyranosaurus rex
I wrote about Airfix models a few posts ago, the link is here, and in that post I said that I was sorry that the Avro Lancaster did not seem to be a popular model and expressed my surprise.
Following on from that, I was pleased to see in my Corgi newsletter that the Lancaster was voted ‘Best Aircraft Model of 2009′ by readers of Model Collector magazine.
Posted in Lifestyle
Tagged airfix, corgi, model, aircraft, flying, hobby, lancaster, plastic
Canada used to use the Union flag (the Union Jack, the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) along with the Canadian Red Ensign (a Union Jack with a shield containing the arms of Canada).
However, in a poll conducted in 1958 many Canadians said they wanted a flag of their own that was quite different from that of any other country. In addition, over half of those who voted in the survey wanted a flag that used a maple leaf design.
Where would music be without the incredible and much lamented Jimi Hendrix? But the sounds keep on coming! This formerly unreleased studio album has twelve tracks previously unheard and made around 1969, just one year before his untimely death.
Although not made in the 1960s, the excellent and very popular TV show ‘Heartbeat’ is firmly set in 1960s Yorkshire.
Heartbeat first began broadcasting in April 1992 and by the Autumn 2008 it had reached its 18th series, clocking up over 370 episodes. It’s fairly obvious that it was a very popular TV program, at one point being in the top five ITV shows.
Posted in Entertainment
Tagged 1960s, itv, moors, police, tv shows, yorkshire, heartbeat, 60s, tv
I make no apologies for yet another post on model train inspired ideas! One thing I particularly liked, but was never able to afford, was the scenery you can add to a model train set. In fact, I have to say that it interested me as much as did the trains!
Like most young men, I had a model train set by Hornby that, as far as I remember, had a nice steam engine and coaches but just went round and round on a track.
However, I always dreamed of greater things.
