I’ve got a friend who takes me to the theatre. It’s always such a struggle for me

Vauxhall in 1985

Alexis Korner with @PPArnold1 at a CND rally near St Paul's Cathedral, 15th April 1968.

Bankside and its surroundings, January 1947- the old Bankside power station on the left - St Paul's cathedral just visible through the mist.

I thought that must be the meaning of

Is Jim Rockford using Cockney rhyming slang?

London Fish Dinner at 275, Strand in 1884 (Opposite W.H. Smith & Son’s)

Joan Crawford asks her assistant to bite off a loose thread from her dress at the Dorchester Hotel, London, July 1956 - photograph by Thurston Hopkins.

I've never seen this before, it's lovely - Michael Nesmith performing Propinquity on The David Frost Show in 1971.

Me too, big time

Stunning Pictures of London's West End by Bob Hyde c.1965 - Flashbak London’s West-End by Bob Hyde These photographs were taken by Bob Hyde who was always taking photos and never without a camera. He studied and then taught at St. Martin’s – perhaps where he was when t...

Really reminds me of Bob Hyde photos from the 1960s - have you seen them? flashbak.com/stunning-pic...

Rupert Street Market in Soho, 1965 - photographer unknown

Menu at Veeraswamy’s, 99 Regent Street from November 1945. It included a Theatre Service and a weather forecast.

I’m very disappointed with this. What on earth is wrong with someone like Paul Gascoigne or Glen Hoddle?

‘Rye Lane’ is an underseen rom-com gem Modern romantic comedies, rare as they have become, have a tendency to feel fixated on the main couple and not the world that they live in. Think back to the famous “I’ll have what she’s having”…

‘Rye Lane’ is an underseen rom-com gem baltimorebeat.com/rye-lane-is-...

Me too

Veeraswamy's menu from March 1944

I’ve only seen one picture of him but he looks the kind of man who when he says come in at 10am for training you come in at 9.30am

Was at the excellent Hop In in Brecon..how are you my lovely friend? Come and see me soon. x

Backstage at Lindsay Kemp. 1974.

Patrick Cargill, Larry Parnes, Lindsay, Danny La Rue, Peter Wyngarde.
Photo by Mick Rock

What a great name

Do you frequent it often? I’m not sure about experimental cocktails. I’m currently writing a book about the history of Gerrard Street. A street of clubs if there ever was one. I’m hoping to deliver it in the summer. How are you?

I was interested in the comments and I wrote to the “magazine” to try and get hold of them but to no avail. I think the club goes back decades

That’s great!

I wrote that! Not for that publication tho’. Hmm.

"More Champagne"! - Francis Bacon in the Toucan Club, 1980. Can anyone tell me anything about the club on Gerrard Street?

1972

The Amalgamated Union of Engineering & Foundry Workers take on mini-skirts in 1968. The foundry section alone had approximately 72,000 members.