Proof of just how far out hippies could be in 1960s and '70s Britain...
1. John Lennon-style hippie glasses were ubiquitous in swinging London. Even on the dance floor. In the dark.
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2. The dance steps matched the attitude: casual and colorful.
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3. But then again, maybe it’s less about crazy hand gestures and more about lava-lamp lighting?
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4. Here’s what broadcast journalism, circa 1973, looked like.
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5. 1973 was also the year The Wicker Man came out. Which might explain the surge in maypoles and freaky animal costumes.
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6. A ritualistic dance around the maypole at night.
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7. In 1970s Notting Hill, guitar-wielding hippies could still turn heads.
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8. ‘FEELINGS SHOULD BE FELT, AND NOT HARD’
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9. A rooftop recording session for this master of the sitar.
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10. The lead singer of Quintessence – a band that fused jazz, psych and progressive rock – bangs his drum in Notting Hill.
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11. Meanwhile, out on the street, hippies strut.
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12. How to stand out on the Portobello Road in the 1970s.
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13. Step inside the office.
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14. Mr Tambourine Man, jamming by the apple box.
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15. And here he is in meaner mood, shisha pipe ready.
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16. Is this a 1969 dance festival or a 1969 cult lead by a charismatic hippie? Or both?
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17. Yes, that is what you think it is.
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18. Spliffs, joints + pot = ???
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19. Sharing the love.
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20. Croydon, 1971: political protests redefined.
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21. Barsham Faire, 1974.
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22. Knebworth, 1976, year of the drought.
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23. Festival vox pops.
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24. Nothing unusual about pushing a van. Nothing unusual about wearing… oh wait…
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25. A 1967 flower power interviewee.
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26. The first Pyramid stage at Glastonbury, in 1972.
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27. If you’re not on the bill, no problem. A piano, a field and an audience will do fine.
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28. Love – and something else – is in the air.
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29. A not-so-rare sighting of a half-naked festival-goer.
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30. A hippie commune living off the land on the otherwise uninhabited island of Dorinish, off County Mayo, in 1972.
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31. They swap their guitars for shovels…
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32. And wheelbarrows…
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33. But, after the setting of the sun, and a day of communal graft, music again fills the air.
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