Presenting the Hulton Getty Pictures: Skifflers and Skirts

MooPig Presents Picture of the Week
Retrieved by Pat Darnell

While rummaging through a pile of books at a garage sale I happened upon this book. It is as heavy as an advanced psychology text book, but much more valuable...

I also rummage its pages for insights into Urban Mythology. One huge advantage is seeing again landscapes, cityscapes, autos, and settings of yesteryear.

The caption of this PHOTO reads: 1 "... Many social changes occurred through Fifties popular culture. Even the skifflers here look faintly suspicious of the women choosing to jive on the pavement with one another, watched by a crowd of men."

2 "Girls out together in the heyday of the gramophone go into a listening booth to check out a record before buying it [not pictured]"

3 "Other teenagers with inter changeable hats and sandals sip identical milk-shakes in identical poses. [not pictured]"

(Hulton Getty Picture Collection Ltd, 1995. Unique House, 21-31 Woodfield Road, London, W9 2BA, for educating porpoises only, pages 752-3. Teenagers)

You can see the whole thing online HERE... and HERE