Ah......the 60's

[Mega]

[GRG55]

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I always pictured you as being a bit too young to remember the 1960s Mike.

But then maybe the appeal of Miss Peel transcends the generations?

[Mega]

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Oh I remember it, I recall having a French woman looking after me & my sister in the summer holiday (late 60's). She was good looking but Je-sus she had an Axe to grind. She smoked with out rest & drove in the most insane way possabile.....the Cool 60's lead into the crap 70's

[shiny!]

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My favorite low-brow homage to the 60's is Minions. The way I'm feeling, I think it's time for another re-watch.

[Mega]

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Just been chatting to my sister, she 4 years older than I thus remembers a lot more.
The French woman was called El Louise, she was an exchange student from Paris & it was either 68 or 69.
She came to England because of a shit storm she caused during the Paris Student riots & was a wanted woman!

She was a total bitch, she slapped me hard once, but I can't recall the event & she drank ....and crashed into the wall outside the house (I do recall the new Wall being built).

My Brother was ill in Hospital & Mum needed help as she was working. The lady next door knew her & surgested her as a baby sitter (Me).
She lived next door, but the lady found her with her husband & Fellow Marxist or not........she booted her ass out!

Today only French female I known.
Mike

[Mega]

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Woody
I got to see the 1960's via 1970's repeats , mostly when cutting School.

Mike

[Woodsman]

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I cut a fair amount myself, Mega. But I was more apt to be at the beach, making out with the local honeys under the pier, getting stoned, riding around in the MG and enjoying life outside.

[Mega]

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Yes.............& it ruined your life ;)

[GRG55]

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I cut a fair amount myself, Mega. But I was more apt to be at the beach, making out with the local honeys under the pier, getting stoned, riding around in the MG and enjoying life outside.

I could never understand how a nation where it's cloudy and raining so much of the time could become the originator of the then ubiquitous 2-seat soft-top roadster. MGs, Triumphs, Austin-Healeys, Lotus, Sunbeam, AC, the wood-frame Morgans, TVR and the ultimate in automotive sculpture the open-top 6-cylinder XKE. All from a single island nation with too much in-breeding. Amazing.

If anyone wants to take a shot at explaining why, I'm all ears.

I had a stunning blonde Finn as my home room teacher in 1965/66. Miss Kumpula. She arrived every morning in her bright red MGB and a mini-skirt. I think all the other teachers hated her. And an equally lovely French teacher, Miss Currie, who liked to read us stories in a language none of us actually understood. But both provided little incentive to cut class.

[shiny!]

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Not many people know about Morgans. Beautiful things. I used to ride in one when I was very young.

[FrankL]

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I could never understand how a nation where it's cloudy and raining so much of the time could become the originator of the then ubiquitous 2-seat soft-top roadster. MGs, Triumphs, Austin-Healeys, Lotus, Sunbeam, AC, the wood-frame Morgans, TVR and the ultimate in automotive sculpture the open-top 6-cylinder XKE. All from a single island nation with too much in-breeding. Amazing.

If anyone wants to take a shot at explaining why, I'm all ears.

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Because of the regularly recurring rain, nice weather is revered like a national treasure.

Once temperatures hit 18C accompanied with sunshine, it's time to shed that jumper, and take the open top car from the garage.to drive into the country side for a spin.

On a side note, in my experience the weather in south-east England is not that bad actually. Its status is more myth than reality imo. Rain is frequent but very light most of the time, and there is little wind and temperatures hold up pretty well throigh winter.
Climate wise, I'd much rather spend a whole year in London than on the north-western French coast, the 'low countries' (French Flanders, Belgian Flanders, the Netherlands) and Denmark.

[santafe2]

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Because of the regularly recurring rain, nice weather is revered like a national treasure.

Once temperatures hit 18C accompanied with sunshine, it's time to shed that jumper, and take the open top car from the garage.to drive into the country side for a spin.

Exactly. I was surprised our friend GRG asked that question. We try to be in Montreal for a couple of weeks each summer and the amazing sports cars that parade through the streets of Montreal are a sight to be seen. Porsches, Lambos, Ferraris, McLarens, along with older exotics and simple rag tops. Canadians treasure the few weeks of non-winter and the car lovers are out every night. Our favorite place to have dinner is in any restaurant with a 2nd floor balcony overlooking one of the many streets where Montreal car lovers cruise. Still hoping we can get back there this summer.

[Mega]

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[GRG55]

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Because of the regularly recurring rain, nice weather is revered like a national treasure.

Once temperatures hit 18C accompanied with sunshine, it's time to shed that jumper, and take the open top car from the garage.to drive into the country side for a spin.

On a side note, in my experience the weather in south-east England is not that bad actually. Its status is more myth than reality imo. Rain is frequent but very light most of the time, and there is little wind and temperatures hold up pretty well throigh winter.
Climate wise, I'd much rather spend a whole year in London than on the north-western French coast, the 'low countries' (French Flanders, Belgian Flanders, the Netherlands) and Denmark.

After keeping a flat in Kensington for four years last decade, I understand what you describe. One of my absolute favourite cities at any time of year. But I did find it somewhat less appealing in the heat and humidity of the peak of summer compared to wintertime.

The Canadian writer Mordecai Richler would decamp to London every year to escape winter in his native Montreal. I think he was on to something! Tomorrow will mark the start of the seventh consecutive month of winter snow on the ground in the Canadian Rockies where I live now. Enough already.

It does seem the narrow, winding lanes of the gorgeous English countryside are most conducive to open-top motoring in a small, nimble two-seater. A friend of mine in London owned a Mazda M5 Miata (he described it as "an MG without the oil leaks") and he introduced me to that pleasure one weekend.

[GRG55]

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Filled with water...no wonder they almost all rusted away. LOL.