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The New Picadilly Cafe to close in September.
Excellent - so that's you, me and Baron and Baroness Kurtz at least.- Salv
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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On The Road: The Original Scroll
Penguin Books are to publish the unedited first draft of Jack Kerouac's classic On The Road. The US hardback edition is due on 16th August, while the UK hardback edition is due on 6th September, 50 years - almost exactly to the day - after the New York Times gave the book a lengthy, and very...- Salv
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The New Picadilly Cafe to close in September.
I'll actually be in town on Monday evening, 6th August. My wife and daughter are going to the theatre and I'll be driving them up. I'll have some time to kill so I was going to get something to eat, and wander around a few bookshops, but maybe we can organise a short notice meet in the New...- Salv
- Post #3
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The New Picadilly Cafe to close in September.
The formica heaven that is the New Picadilly Cafe in Soho, London, is to finally close on either the 22nd or 23rd September this year. The cafe is the last remaining classic 1950s Italian cafe in Soho. It opened in 1951 and has barely changed since; the tables, chairs, light fittings etc...- Salv
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Spanish Civil War
Thanks ZF - much appreciated. I hereby promise not to initiate any discussions on modern day Spanish politics, or politicians. -
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Jeans
A Lee and a Wrangler repro... First up is a version of the Lee 191-LB, with a red padded nylon lining rather than a blanket lining. The 191-LB was, I think, a 1970s version of the Lee 91-B, which was originally from 1929, and came unlined with a denim collar. My version is probably from the...- Salv
- Post #353
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Jeans
There are a few of those Lee Locos on eBay at the moment - search for vintage lee jacket and scroll down a little. There's also a very, very nice Lee Chetopa twill jacket with some fantastic chain-stitched embroidery on the back for Ed's Husky Service of East Helena, Montana, but it's too small...- Salv
- Post #352
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Jeans
Thanks Alan, so the second one won't be older than the 1970s then.- Salv
- Post #349
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Jeans
A couple of Lee repro jackets... Two Lee Loco repros, the first a mid-1990s Lee Europe jacket, bought in a branch of high street chain Top Man. I would have preferred it unwashed, but it was the first Loco - original or repro - I'd ever got my hands on. The second is a US Lee jacket with a...- Salv
- Post #347
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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What Are You Reading
An excellent series, and Arnott neatly manages to tie in almost every Brit youth cult from the early 60s to the late 80s in the shape of Simon Beardsley (one of my favourite characters in the books) and his friends and contacts. I also really like Geezer Gaz in Truecrime, and love his...- Salv
- Post #1,131
- Forum: The Reading Room
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How do you clean and preserve your 78rpm records?
Cousin Hepcat posted some cleaning tips on a thread about vintage jukeboxes, starting at post #27. Also you could try the Record Collectors Guild which has plenty of care and cleaning tips, and very good forums. -
Strange things in the back garden...
A couple of months ago I found a hedgehog nest tucked away behind my bike tool box in my garage, with three young hedgehogs in it. It's an old garage with a pit in the centre for working under a car, and I kept finding the young ones in the pit, so I stuck a plank of wood in to act as a ramp so...- Salv
- Post #30
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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40s Party in London, Photos!
Eames chaise longue! Mmmmm... Oh, and the ladies look lovely too :D- Salv
- Post #4
- Forum: The Powder Room
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On yer bike!
More Bianchi pics... Road-legal Bianchi Pista - with new 'bars, front brake, brake levers, computer, clip-on mudguards, pump, saddle pouch with spare tubes and essential tools: The front wheel was slightly out of true and while adjusting the spokes I noticed this for the first time...- Salv
- Post #82
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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The People of Carnaby Street
I wonder if he has anything to say about all the talents from the "Golden Era" who destroyed themselves with drugs. And this is the man who persuaded the parents of his under-aged girlfriend to sign custody of her over to him, so that he could continue to have sex with her without legal... -
On yer bike!
Great photos Mike, especially that virtually unobstructed shot of Dave Millar in the middle of the road. Nice Bianchi photo as well :D Some friends of mine rode the sportive, along the race route, the weekend before and had a fine old time, even with the rain and even though one of them...- Salv
- Post #80
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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The People of Carnaby Street
Great photo bk. Merc is a mod repro shop on Carnaby Street itself http://www.merc-clothing.com/ They have some nice looking suits, but they use nasty synthetic fabrics. The only shop I go in along Carnaby Street now is the Lee jeans shop; I go down in the basement to drool over the Lee... -
Jeans
Fair point - airfrogusmc's photos in that thread are excellent, but there's a lot to read through before you get there.- Salv
- Post #295
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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What will, or did you get married in?
Thanks Dan, you're too kind.- Salv
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
