{"id":39259,"date":"2026-06-24T19:59:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/eventbrite-event\/walking-tour-1966-the-year-of-swinging-london\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T19:59:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:59:51","slug":"walking-tour-1966-the-year-of-swinging-london","status":"publish","type":"eventbrite_events","link":"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/eventbrite-event\/walking-tour-1966-the-year-of-swinging-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Tour – 1966: The Year of Swinging London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Tour featuring the music clubs, fashion shops, galleries and protest sites of Swinging London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was 1966 and London was exploding with new, young, cutting edge movements in music, fashion, film and photography. America\u2019s Time magazine called London \u201cthe Swinging City\u201d! To cap it all there were the joyous events in July on a football field at Wembley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard presents his walk on the 60th anniversary of that Time magazine feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, just how much was London really swinging? Homelessness and poverty were big problems in a still largely bombed out city. The first protests were staged against American action in Vietnam. Disturbing gangster crime was rife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The walk includes the iconic Carnaby Street, one of Soho\u2019s music clubs and rock hang-outs, the house in which Hendrix lived and where violent anti-Vietnam war protests were staged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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