60’s Music

Man looks out from the deck of the Mersey Ferry towards the Three Graces

The Rolling Stones rocked onto the scene, Tom Jones crooned the ladies and the world woke up to Beatlemania… welcome to 60’s Britain!

Liverpool - Music

 

The Cavern Quarter, which surrounds Mathew Street in Liverpool, where The Beatles first played, is a Mecca for all Beatle fans and a visit to the Beatles Story (www.visitbritaindirect.com/en-au/detail.aspx?ProductCode=TP47), a unique visitor attraction about the fab four, is sure to thrill!

‘Ferry Across the Mersey’, which inspired Gerry & The Pacemakers, is a tour that is still popular today with stunning views of Liverpool’s skyline.  Read more...

Street art, Carnaby street

Carnaby Street in London was the epicentre of the swinging 60’s which inspired many songs, today it has undergone a facelift to bring it up the new fashion centre of the 2000’s.

Wales, the home of Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey is home to the oldest record shop in the world – Spillers – that was established in 1894 and still independent today.  Read more...

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