I'm 52, grandmother of 9, poet, wannabe writer, breed Nubian goats, and am going to start making so...
I'm 52, grandmother of 9, poet, wannabe writer, breed Nubian goats, and am going to start making soaps and fudge from my goat milk eventually. I'd like to become semi self -sufficient; I have planted numerous fruit trees and keep chickens for eggs.
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That Carnaby Street has a place in history as the fashion spot of the Swinging Sixties is a fact. Here, the Mods got their clothes, Mary Quant became famous, and anyone who was anyone back then shopped here. Back then, Che Guevara smouldered from posters, tee-shirts and flags, a revolutionary who was a hero to many and yet most knew very little about why.
Situated off Regent Street in London's West End, this little street had a big reputation back then. Easily reached from Oxford Circus tube station, it is accessible for people in wheelchairs as well as the able-bodied. Unfortunately, despite various attempts over the years to rejuvenate the area, it is now looking decidely tacky and a lot of the shops are full of the same tee-shirts and tourist-y stuff as each other. There are a couple of nice little shops down there, one has all kinds of pamper-yourself goodies, plus there is an extravagant shoe shop. That made me laugh - I used to wear platform shoes like that ... hard to imagine now.
As a trip down memory lane, this fails badly because it neither has the magic nor atmosphere of yesteryear, and for those of us old enough to remember it in its heyday, it makes you feel like a favourite dog that you are going to have to have put down. The magic is gone. Tacky has replaced the glitz and glamour.
If all you want to do though is say that you went there, well, it's worth a look, I suppose. Tourists will no doubt buy the "treasures"on offer and be satisfied that it came from Carnaby Street. It's true what they say though ...you can never go back!
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Advantages: Shops for everything, trendy to the extreme and generally fab! Dig that swinging vibe etc... Disadvantages: A few tacky souvenir stores, and some of the shops are expensive (you gotta pay to look good, baby)
ClangerWrangler 11.08.2001 (13.08.2001)
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