14. Black ceiling.
Large stylised eyes.
Cubist shapes.
15. Westminster
Coffee Bars
Rock and Roll..
16. Auditions .. what was required?
17. Frances Bacon.
18. Frances Bacon - 2ii's
19. Illicit roulette wheel..
Lightfoot?
As in "Light in his loafers"? 🤔
20. 'Bacon was shy as a child and enjoyed dressing up. This, and his effeminate manner, angered his father. A story emerged in 1992 of his father having had Bacon horsewhipped by their grooms.'
21.
22. Mona Best - Alice
23. The Casbah Club and Menlove Avenue.
There's a name for a road!
Menlove!
Coffee shops attracted young boys.
24. The Casbah Coffee Club
Liverpool
Beatles
Mona Best - son Pete Best - Drummer
33. Peter Grant - Led Zeppelin's manager -
Reminds me of Brian Blessed ..🙄
34. Steaks
What kind of 'steaks' behind the bar of 2ii's? 🤔
35. Wally Whyton.
In 1956, while working in advertising, Whyton formed the Vipers Skiffle Group, which became the resident band at the 2i's Coffee Bar in Soho.
36. Has the entire music industry has been involved in all this?
Is it the same all over? Art, music politics, comedy, theatre, food - all connected? 🤔
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