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1958: Absolute Beginners remains the style bible for anyone interested in Mod culture
Absolute Beginners
What you need to know before your trail
London, 1958—Soho, Notting Hill… a world of smoky jazz clubs, coffee bars and hip hang-outs in the centre of London’s emerging youth culture.
This was the time of the Absolute Beginners—those making their mark at a time of great change in London life if not England as a whole.
This is the story about a teenager’s life in the capital—sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, the era of the first race riots and the lead-up to the swinging sixties.
Travel Guide
Absolute Beginners remains the style bible for anyone interested in Mod culture and paints a vivid picture of a changing society with insight and sensitivity
Notting Hill
North Kensington – Ladbroke Grove and the Kensington Park gardens – the carnival started here and the film Notting hill was filmed around here too.
Soho
A district known for its seedy side is full of good restaurants and pubs and clubs to the south – Chinatown
Soho was also home to many historical figures, including Mozart, Karl Marx and The Sex Pistols.
Perhaps London’s most famous jazz venue, Ronnie Scotts, is still thriving today in Frith Street.
The Sex Pistols lived in Denmark Street
Streetview Maps
B)London - Ronnie Scott's
D) Portobello Road
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Absolute Beginners
Author/Guide: Colin MacInnes Destination: London Departure Time: 1958
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