Sixties Boys

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Remember Brylcreem? Dusty Springfield? Ford Cortinas? The Twist? Knickerbocker Glories? Radio Luxembourg & Horace Batchelor? Old Spice? George Best? Round the Horne? Winkle Pickers? Ready Steady Go? Sunlight soap? They're all here in this happy-go-lucky tale of some likely lads in the mid '60s. Nick & Steve are just 17 & best mates. They're both Mods & as with most lads of that age they're keen on girls clothes music & football. A meeting with a gang of Rockers is nearly disastrous but takes a surprising twist. Their own band Modern Edge goes on tour to the West Country so obviously there's fun with local lasses & uncompromising landladies not to mention some chaotic gigs. Later they're asked to play Rhodes though none of the group has the faintest idea where Rhodes is. They still have a hilarious time. The book is seen through the eyes of the well-known railway author who lived through & enjoyed the sixties. Anyone who was around in those exciting years will instantly recognise so much of the story. & even if you weren't there you won't be able to suppress the smiles as you enjoy Alan's unaffected racy style. Absolutely unputdownable as the best blurbs say. This will interest anyone who remembers the sixties; areas mentioned in particular include London Essex Suffolk Kent Sussex (especially Brighton) Devon Cornwall Somerset Bristol & the Midlands.