Category Archives: 1960s

Ariel Leader and Arrow

Ariel Leader and ArrowThe Leader and Arrow were motorcycles produced by Ariel Motorcycles of Birmingham in the 1950s and 60s and were both examples of the way that the company tried to adapt to the 1960s idea of what a motorcycle should be.

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New Look For Sixties Britain

sixties britain new lookNo one likes to look the same every day and we have had this website since we started in April 2010 (was it really that long ago) so it’s about time we had a makeover.

The website is powered by WordPress and the new look is from a theme called Coraline. This is the theme that was used by WordPress to replace the Cutlines theme when that theme was dropped. It’s a nice, clean theme that is easy to customise and which has few options but which fits easily into the idea we have for the overall look of the website.

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