Author: Jayne Thomas

1980s Mod rallies cassette tape 2 - Scarborough CCI Mod Rally 1987
1980s Mod Subculture

1980s Mod Rallies Cassette Tape 2 – 60s Soul, 60s R&B, Northern Soul, Tamla Motown & Mod Music

- by Jayne Thomas

1980s Mod Rallies Cassette Tape 2 – Part 2   After six months exactly, since I published my first article of tape 1 of my 1980s Mod Rally cassette tapes, I have decided to revisit another of those tapes. The tapes I fondly term my “lost tapes” because I had forgotten I still owned them, until I stumbled upon them …

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Inside RPM Records, Rotherham
Music

Guest Interview – Tony Beesley Talks About Collecting Records Part 2

- by Jayne Thomas

  Goin’ to a Happening Got the Mojo Talkin’ – Tony Beesley with Jayne Thomas On Records – Part 2                       Kenny’s Records (Sheffield) & RPM (Formerly Backtrack Records, Rotherham)           Jayne: “Tony, please continue with your records and record shop stories where we left off in …

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Phoenix Mod Rallies in the 80s
1980s Mod Subculture

Mod Websites, Blogs, Articles & Pages – Some Useful Links & Reading

- by Jayne Thomas

Mod Websites And Further Reading Below are a handful of some chosen links and further reading to Mod websites, blogs and pages. In addition, if you simply enjoy nostalgia and looking back, some of these sites and articles, do just that. These relate to the Mod subculture of the 1960s, 1980s onwards, through to the current day. 1960s Mods Jack …

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Music played at the CCI Mod Rallies
1980s Mod Subculture

1980s Mod Rally Cassettes – Tape 1 – 60s Soul, Northern Soul, 60s R&B & Mod Music

- by Jayne Thomas

This post is one which I was eager to include within the memories and nostalgia section of this site. Partly because it is one which that I knew I would enjoy writing. However in addition, one which I wanted to share with like minded individuals and friends who have requested that I post the track listings from my 1980s Mod …

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Goin' To A Happening - Tommy Neal
Books & Literature

Guest Interview – Tony Beesley

- by Jayne Thomas

Goin’ to a Happening                 Got the Mojo Talkin’ Tony Beesley with Jayne Thomas on records   Jayne: Tony, how about a brief introduction about yourself? Tony: I am a complete music obsessive, record addict and a writer/designer. I enjoy music, books and flexing my creative muscles via my writing, book design and associated work. The passion and commitment for these …

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British Kitchen Sink Films
Social Realism & Kitchen Sink Drama

British New Wave Cinema – Useful Reading

- by Jayne Thomas

Further Reading for British New Wave Cinema Below are a  brief collection of links to articles regarding further reading for “British New Wave Cinema” . This is regardless of whether you are a novice or an avid collector and viewer of these and “Kitchen Sink Realism” films. Kitchen Sink Realism Films Based on Influential Novels & Plays An article I …

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Social Realism & Kitchen Sink Drama

Kitchen Sink Realism Books of the 1950s & 1960s – British Social Realism Authors

- by Jayne Thomas

Whilst still at school, I discovered a genre of literature that would become a lifelong passion. My first encounter came in May 1982, when Stan Barstow’s A Kind of Loving was broadcast on television. I was thirteen at the time, and the story of Vic Brown stayed with me. I went on to read Barstow’s Vic Brown trilogy and began collecting …

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