Jenny Margaret and the Swinging London

If I could travel back in time,

it would be to London in the 60 ‘s,

 because it was a great period in British history:

society was changing,

the Beatles were famous and there were new

and exciting fashions.

In the 60’s, London seemed

 to have become the most exciting city

 in the world, with an explosion in art,

 theatre, film, music and fashion,

it was the era of the miniskirt.

During this period, London was known as « swinging London »,

the centre of the town was very popular

 especially Soho and Carnaby Street,

so if I could travel back there,

 I would like to open a shop in Carnaby Street,

 because at this time,

 the shops sold new fashion designs

and they played famous songs, and you could also meet important

 and rich people like, Mary Quant,

the fashion designer who introduced the miniskirt,

 or David Bailey, a famous photographer.

I might even meet the Beatles.

 This was also a time

for new cinema heroes like James Bond.

Swinging London though was only in London;

this new culture was only for upper classes,

when you left London you could see

 that people in the provinces were still living in the 50s

I think that living in London in the sixties

 would probably be more exciting

than today but for disadvantages,

 a lot of people took drugs and men were chauvinistic .

To finish I would say that,

if I could meet someone  from this time,

I would like to meet the photographer David Bailey,

he was a true icon who became famous

 at the age of twenty –two.

I would ask him about all the photos he took of those Sixties celebrities

who are still alive today.

If David Bailey was not available,

 I would like to meet the Beatles.