Hippies, world peace, nuclear disarmament, ban the bomb, drugs, Beatles
Moon Landing
World Cup Win
Rockers - bikers
Mods - scooters, hair gel,
Contraception
Television - allowed multiculturalism, had a higher impact on teenagers over newspaper
NEWSPAPER QUOTES
- BBC (1964) "Mods and Rockers Jailed After Seaside Riots"
- The Guardian (1964) "Fifty-nine teenagers were arrested for throwing stones, for carrying offensive weapons (including a starting pistol, a leather belt with brass buckle, a cricket bat, a golf club, chains and stones), for obstructing the police, for damaging deck chairs, for using threatening behaviour and for using obscene language"
A Hard Day's Night - Beatles Film Notes (1964)
"Let's all try and behave like normal ordinary citizens"
Old man looks grumpy - Medhurst "Awful, not like us"
"Don't take that tone with me young man, I fought the war for your kind" - Medhurst
Trying to chat up the two woman on the train
Pretending to be criminals - Stanley Hall, Youth as rebellion
"Are you a Mod or a Rocker?" "I'm a Mocker"
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