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“We shall fight them on the beaches…” Not Winston Churchill, but a reference to Whit Monday 1964 when Mods and Rockers clashed on Brighton beach. The two tribes set about each other with belts, chains, burning deckchairs and stones. This was the latest in a long line of Mods v Rockers “fixtures” - Clacton, Hastings, Margate, Bournemouth…

Saturday 9 February 1963

Soccer’s snowed-up 1962/63 season might run into June. So far, over 300 games have been postponed. Cricket is sure to protest, but it looks as if there will now be a major battle between the sports. Also, some football and cricket clubs share the same ground, so that issue also needs to be addressed.

Lady Penelope’s Notes on the Beatles

1968 again sees the Beatles on top of the world in pop music. It is just five years now since they crashed on to the pop scene with Love Me Do. Today and every day they are conquering new heights. With a string of fabulous hit records shattering all sales records and another tremendous LP release already this year there is nothing to stop the Beatles.

This fantastically detailed document records the birth of Martha Cottrell, second child born to my 5 x great grandparents Samuel Cottrell and Ann Baker. The document includes the family’s address, the midwives present, the date and registration of the birth, and that the family were Protestant Dissenters.

“With some boys, I found an unexploded World War Two bomb. We took it home and said, ‘Look what we’ve found!’ The RAF evacuated the whole area and took the bomb away, but we got our names in the local paper for digging the bomb out of the mud and slime. It was my first headline.” - Christine Keeler in her autobiography, Secrets and Lies.

On 26 November 1821, my 5 x great grandparents Samuel Cottrell and Ann Baker married, at St. Botolph Bishopsgate, London. Samuel and Ann had been together for over two years, and had already produced a son, my 4 x great grandfather Matthew.

📸 The interior of the church (Wikipedia)

Lady Penelope’s Notes on the Beatles

(From the Lady Penelope Annual, 1968)

1967

February - Single, Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
May - LP, Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
June - International TV programme “Our World”. Single, All You Need is Love

Tuesday 5 February 1963

Fierce new blizzards last night threatened to block all roads to the West Country. They followed a day in which widespread snowfalls, six inches deep, brought fresh chaos to the roads in many areas. Road conditions are described as bad to worse to appalling.

Patrick McGoohan was one of the most interesting actors of the 1960s, with The Prisoner being his iconic series. All Night Long, a British film, b+w, 1962 is worth watching too. The story unfolds in one building over the course of a night. McGoohan plays a jazz drummer - a liar, a manipulator, a man incapable of giving or receiving love. The story highlights how destructive such people can be.

I’m reposting my list of 1960s “Pop TV”, this time with the broadcaster listed. As you can see, ITV dominated the action/adventure series while the BBC had the edge in comedy, music and sci-fi.

June 1959
Juke Box Jury - BBC

September 1959
No Hiding Place - ITV
Interpol Calling - ITV

September 1960
Danger Man - ITV

January 1961
The Avengers - ITV

October 1961
A for Andromeda - BBC

October 1962
The Saint - ITV

Replied to Hannah Howe

@HannahHowe
LOL - Normal for the 19th century.
People just made shit up if it was even slightly inconvenient to be 'accurate'. There was no concept that in 100+ years time anyone would be able to search the entire written database at the press of a button.
e.g. Back then no-one would have had any reason to suspect that my GGF was married twice at the same time and using different names for different jobs. :-)