To accompany my post about 1960s fashion today, I am happy to reblog this marvellous memoir from Janet, with photos of her own life in the same period.
With my two friends Patrick and Maureen in front of the then newly constructed Commonwealth Institute in Kensington London…….now The Design Museum.
I posted this image on FB and Twitter this week with the added text saying ‘whata good time this was to be alive’. In this post I want to examine why so many feel this way.
I will be 77 years old tomorrow….which is a good time to re-examine life…
On my Lambretta scooter with Maureen on the back – Kensington London.
These pictures were taken in 1964 – when I was studying at Rochester Art College…..and only two years before I sailed for the United States…something I had no idea about at the time these pictures was taken.
Although I had not a clue where life would take me, at that time America was not in the cards!
It was to be the start…
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Great to get such an funny insight into the past. Thanks, Pete! Will head over to read the full posting! Best wishes, Michael
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Thanks, Michael. Janet is an entertaining writer.
Best wishes, Pete.
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This was a wonderful post. Hope. Yes! I left her a reply. Thanks, Pete.
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It was indeed. Thanks, Jennie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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You’re welcome, Pete. Best to you.
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Great stuff. I mentioned to an old friend who uses a thirty year old picture in his avatar that we were all cute and thin at 40. He said that’s why I don’t take it down. Or like Stephen Stills said “the sixties were great. I was single, had a twenty eight inch waist and nothing hurt.”
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Good quote from Stills. Thanks, Phil.
Best wishes, Pete.
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A great post. I followed the blog and wrote a comment.
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Thanks for that, Stevie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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great share!
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Glad you think so, Beth.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Heading over to read the rest!
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Thank you doing that, Liz.
Best wishes, Pete.
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You’re welcome, Pete.
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Thanks, Warmest regards, Ed
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It was an essential reblog for me today, Ed.
Best wishes, Pete.
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The times they be a-changin’. And not necessarily for the better.
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People wonder why I spend so much time reflecting on my past. Simply because life was better then, David.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I am certainly glad to have started my life back then, as opposed to now!
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Me too, Carolyn. I am glad of that every single day when I look at the state of things now, and a potentially very bleak future ahead.
Best wishes, Pete.
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