Fire Island

United States
Paul Costello, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Photograph of the Fire Island lighthouse with a

Fire Island

John Lennon

United Kingdom
Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
John Lennon being interviewed (1974)

John Lennon

The Black House

United Kingdom
Holloway Road, Lower Holloway by David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Holloway Road, Lower Holloway, London, United Kingdom (2008)

The Black House

Marianne Faithfull

United Kingdom
Photographer: A. Vente, CC BY-SA 3.0 NL, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
Marianne Faithfull singing at the Dutch TV programme

Marianne Faithfull

The Cavern Club

United Kingdom
Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
External view of the reopened Cavern Club in 2012

The Cavern Club in its original form was a live music venue situated in the basement of a fruit warehouse in Liverpool

Jerry Garcia

United States
Herb Greene, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Grateful Dead promotional photo with Jerry Garcia on the front (1970)

Jerry Garcia

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Vidal Sassoon

United Kingdom United States
The weaver at German Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Vidal Sassoon (left) at the 2006 Gala Ceremony in Barcelona at the Global Salon Business Awards® with one of the semi-finalists Figaro Claus Niedermaier (right)
Hairstylist, Entrepreneur, Anti-Racism Campaigner & Activist

Vidal Sassoon

Celia Birtwell

United Kingdom
Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
Lamborghini trouser suit made by Celia Birtwell and Ossie Clark in 1969
Fashion designer, textile designer & model

Celia Birtwell

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At the heart of the sixties

Nicky Samuel met many key figures from the Sixties. Her memoirs capture the essence of the decade and a panorama of the sexual revolution and counterculture.

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"Nicky Samuel: My Life and Loves" book cover by Troubador Publishing Ltd. (2023)

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Carnaby Street

United Kingdom
H. Grobe, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fashionable London Street

Carnaby Street

The Haight-Ashbury

United States
Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Haight-Ashbury district intersection in San Francisco, USA
Fashionable San Francisco District

The Haight-Ashbury

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