Watch Love in at Handyside Arcade online - BFI Player

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    "From the collection of: Logo for Yorkshire Film Archive A much loved centre for all things hippy and alternative in Tyneside in its heyday, showing that the counter culture movement wasn’t confined to London and Haight-Ashbury. Mingling among the fashion shops, with posters of Dylan and Twiggy, the “with it” “hang out”, listening to local band The Gas Board, with Mike Figgis. The legendary owner of the Kard Bar, Brian Sandells, explains the no drugs policy, while another interviewee clearly inspired Steve Coogan. Tyne Tees Television gave us this wonderful portrait of the Handyside Arcade which became famous for being all things alternative, punk as well as hippy, right up until its, much contested, closure in 1987. Just before this event, in March, a bit further along Percy Street at the Club A Go Go, the Jimi Hendrix Experience was supporting Alex Harvey....."
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    British Film Institute - National Archive
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    Link: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-love-in-at-handyside-arcade-1967-online
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Richy
    Last modified: 6 years, 6 months ago
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