Ah, the age of innocence! At least then, anyway. Picture the scene on the coach:
Adoring local fans, all over 16. Most of them girls that went to the same school as you, but on the floor above yours. (Especially the impossibly gorgeous Barbara Garret who went on to marry the school hero).
A noisy coach load of clatter and loud Rock and Roll with plenty of Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Gerry Lee Lewis and Eddie Cochran.
On the return: the addition of modest quantities of, er, Vimto.
The curtain? In the interests of decency, decorum and well, frankly, modesty, those curtains shall remain closed.
How's that for a Social atmosphere?
The difference between then and today? No funny whiffs of itching powder, silly ciggies or wraps of anything. We all emerged unharmed but grown up.
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