03/01/2011 – My Dad's Photos

Famous car

03/01/201112/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

July 1968 on the King's Road - A Bentley S1, registration 222 APL. It was decorated by some bloke who married the flat-mate of our current next door neighbour when she lived in Liverpool. That's not why I've posted this pic - he was slightly more famous for something else. Her name was Cynthia - she married John Lennon...See this website for a colour image - scroll down a bit....

Hey there groovy hepcats…

03/01/201112/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

It would appear that my father visited the King's Road in Chelsea a few times in the late 1960s and early 1970s to photograph the nation's trend setters. It looks like he went every summer from 1967 to 1975. These are from 1967 and 1968, and it'll be interesting to see how the fashions change over the years! ...

A few more of The Brother

03/01/201112/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

Just a handful more pictures of The Brother before his world gets turned upside down by my arrival - the first photos of me are on the scanner as I write this. And there's a corker already!I distinctly remember that blanket, and it must have subconsciously influenced my decision on what I bought for our office Secret Santa a couple of weeks ago - the enforced theme was "scarves", and the lady I bought for got something that looked remarkably like it.I'm sure he'll love me to bits for pointing out that he's still got that dog soft toy.Things haven't improved much...And finally, a follow on from the Social Services post I put up recently. Christmas 1966....

Famous Person Alert

03/01/201112/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

I had to be told as I wouldn't have guessed, but this is Lesley Joseph in the Masque Theatre's 1964 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream - she wasn't quite 20.Other subsequently famous people to have been at the Masque -Michael Green (author of The Art of Coarse Acting) was a member around 1950, Marc Warren, and Alan Carr was in one production....