Dec 3, 2017
Rainbow Valley - Episode 013
1962 – A year of worldwide upheaval, the continuing space race and the death of Hollywood’s biggest sex symbol.
The year would witness one of the most devastating air disasters as an Air France Boeing 707 would crash in Paris, John Glen would become the first American to orbit the...
Oct 27, 2017
As we discovered in series one, the 1960s signified, for many, a decade of revolution, a decade of hope, a decade of immense change worldwide. We must not forget however that it was also a time of conflict, the cold war and racial tension.
Musically, the world moved from the rock and roll era and crooners into...
Sep 2, 2017
The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963, at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.
A robbery that took less than 30 minutes from start to...
Jun 3, 2017
THE MAKING OF SERGEANT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
On June 1st 1967, The Beatles released what was and is still considered by many the greatest album of all time. It was an album of firsts. It featured the first gatefold sleeve, the first time lyrics had ever appeared on a record cover and it was the first...
May 18, 2017
THE MAKING OF BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS
The 1960s heralded in a new era in a variety of ways. Society and political events influenced the cultural and art world throughout the decade. The early sixties would begin to be seen as the start of the permissive age. Lady Chatterley and the pill would nudge open the door to ...