“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there” L.P.Hartley
After watching this, I paid my membership dues for the Society of Dinosaurs, Old Farts Branch.
It’s not just the images, it’s the narration. Any non-Brits watching this whose ears are not attuned to British accents and inflections may not be quite as amused as I was by the voiceover. It’s a long time since such clipped voices commented on the hip and happening. Groovy, baby!
I reckon this dates from 1966: no men with long hair, no signs of flowerpower, and I remember only too clearly how old I was I was when I was desperately trying to learn to apply thick eye-liner and persuade my Mother that a Mary Quant geometric haircut was just what I needed to make my life perfect …
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by Gill
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