Walking Tour - 1966: The Year of Swinging London

It was 1966 and London was exploding with new, young, cutting edge movements in music, fashion, film and photography. America’s Time magazine called London “the swinging city”! to cap it all there were the joyous events in July on a football field at Wembley.

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.

The walk includes the iconic Carnaby Street, one of Soho’s music clubs and rock hang-outs, the house in which Hendrix lived and where violent anti-Vietnam war protests were staged.