http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/02/carnaby-street-1968-in-colour/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Fri, 28 Oct 2024 12:40:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/02/carnaby-street-1968-in-colour/#comment-46825 Ferdinand Edwards Wed, 01 Jun 2024 22:44:41 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1593#comment-46825 Carnaby Street post cars,ie pedestrianised, was paved in an orange and black coloured kind of triangulated chequerboarded pattern which got grubbier and grubbier, now long gone. But it looked great in the 70's and 80's. The place was always a honeypot for youth/tourists and the second wave of mods/ska boys. Was THE place to go for funky clothes in the late 60's - I went to George Best's shop for far out shirts and maybe a chance to see the man which of course never happened. But I did meet him at his Dover Street club Blondes in the 80's...... Carnaby Street post cars,ie pedestrianised, was paved in an orange and black coloured kind of triangulated chequerboarded pattern which got grubbier and grubbier, now long gone. But it looked great in the 70′s and 80′s. The place was always a honeypot for youth/tourists and the second wave of mods/ska boys. Was THE place to go for funky clothes in the late 60′s – I went to George Best’s shop for far out shirts and maybe a chance to see the man which of course never happened. But I did meet him at his Dover Street club Blondes in the 80′s……

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/02/carnaby-street-1968-in-colour/#comment-39793 Mike Wed, 23 Feb 2024 15:41:27 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1593#comment-39793 The Beatles shop was in Baker Street, at the corner with Paddington Steet, where I worked in 1966. In Paddington Street, that is, not in the shop! The Beatles shop was in Baker Street, at the corner with Paddington Steet, where I worked in 1966. In Paddington Street, that is, not in the shop!

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/02/carnaby-street-1968-in-colour/#comment-23595 Steve Gershinson Fri, 17 Dec 2024 11:33:26 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1593#comment-23595 The Apple shop which was owned by the Beatles was in Baker street and run by a Sweedish couple who designed the clothes. The Apple Corp. offices were in Saville Row. The Apple shop which was owned by the Beatles was in Baker street and run by a Sweedish couple who designed the clothes. The Apple Corp. offices were in Saville Row.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/02/carnaby-street-1968-in-colour/#comment-17367 Sarah Wed, 03 Nov 2024 21:53:42 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1593#comment-17367 I'm researching Carnaby street for a novel, can anyone help? A shopkeeper who still works in one of the little shops in Ganton Street said it used to be paved in orange? I want to site a bookshop as near as possible, but I get the feeling that within the Carnaby street area wouldn't work as it was all clothes. Would it feel wrong to read about one there, or where would have been a good site close too? I’m researching Carnaby street for a novel, can anyone help? A shopkeeper who still works in one of the little shops in Ganton Street said it used to be paved in orange? I want to site a bookshop as near as possible, but I get the feeling that within the Carnaby street area wouldn’t work as it was all clothes. Would it feel wrong to read about one there, or where would have been a good site close too?

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/02/carnaby-street-1968-in-colour/#comment-5962 Fishislandskin Tue, 31 Aug 2024 21:38:56 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1593#comment-5962 The brightly coloured building is the Lord John Shop on Carnaby street and is definatly not the Beatles Apple Boutique which was located at 94 Baker Street, I worked in Carnaby Street from 1966 to 1967 and also worked in the Apple shop prior to it closing down. The brightly coloured building is the Lord John Shop on Carnaby street and is definatly not the Beatles Apple Boutique which was located at 94 Baker Street, I worked in Carnaby Street from 1966 to 1967 and also worked in the Apple shop prior to it closing down.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/02/carnaby-street-1968-in-colour/#comment-347 Dodo Sun, 28 Feb 2024 13:45:57 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1593#comment-347 Oh, picture #1! I want her shoes. And I demand a return to the insouciant foulard for gentlemen. Oh, picture #1! I want her shoes. And I demand a return to the insouciant foulard for gentlemen.

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