The Moons Play Birmingham

The Moons + Special Guests

Hare & Hounds, Birmingham

Wednesday 15th June 2011 from 8:00pm, until Midnight

Dont miss this great band!

Malvern three counties showgound

This bank holiday Monday we are at the massive
Malvern three counties showgound Flea market.
A great day out if you are into your vintage gear.
Doors open at 7.30am.
See you there.

The Vintage Fair

Just over a week to go before our friends from up North

come to visit us, and Its always big fun.

Don't forget Saturday 4th June The Vintage Fair
@The Custard Factory.

Gibb Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B9 4AA

Records

We are looking to buy more records for our new record section

in urban Village.

So if you have any old records you want to turn into cash, drop us an email.

We will buy 10 to 1000 plus,

so get up the loft and get them old records down.

Nice Bus!

We will be using this great bus on some vintage events

coming up this summer.

Keep logging in to find out more!

Big Sunglasses work and urban village has a great collection of 1970s vintage style now in stock.

For boys & girls.

How Cheap are we!

I went for a walk around Birmingham today to check out other shops and to compare prices, I decided to look at one item that is my biggest ladies seller, cut up Levi's jean shorts. I found four shops selling them, I could not believe the price! They started from £17.99 and the dearest was £32.99!

It made me feel good as Urban Village sells all its Levi's jean shorts for only £8.00...!

See you soon girls

Riley For Sale

This superb Riley is for sale.
For more information drop me a line.

Facebook groups are changing...

Hi UV Group,

The powers that be at Facebook have decided that old format groups will be archived so we will lose all you as members which is bad news!

For this reason we have now set up a fan page that we'd like to ask you to join so when the big switch over comes we can keep you updated on all that is new at Urban Village and also within the world of vintage.

So please join here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Urban-Village-Vintage/212062925484122?sk=app_160628063962200 on Facebook or www.urban-village.co.uk on our web site.

We love having all of you on Facebook friends with our shop and it means alot to us to try and keep you all.

Please spread the word!

All @UV.x

We will buy you bike

Do you have an old bike sitting in your shed?

Why not turn it into cash?

Send us a email and we may buy it of you.

Any models before 1982 considered.

The Cannes Film Festival

As it's the cannes film festival this week I thought that I would blog
a great photo of Anne Baxter from the 1953 cannes film festival.
She looks amazing!

Record Fair

If you are into you records you do not want to miss out on the record fair at the

NIA Birmingham 21st May 2011.

You are guaranteed the very best in vintage records.

Urban Village will be so come and say hello.

For more information check out:

http://www.vip-24.com/

Summer Sunglasses

We have got a massive range of superb Male & Female
vintage style sunglasses now in stock.

Goodwood Revival

The Goodwood Revival really is a magical step back in time, a unique chance to revel in the glamour and allure of motor racing in the romantic time capsule of the golden era of motor racing at one of the world’s most authentic circuits.

The Revival is the world’s most popular historic motor race meeting and the only event of its kind to be staged entirely in the nostalgic time capsule of the 1940s, 50s and 60s that relives the glory days of Goodwood Motor Circuit. It is the biggest and best historic motor racing party of the year.

The Revival offers visitors the opportunity to leave the ‘modern world’ behind and join motor sport luminaries including Sir Stirling Moss, Richard Attwood, John Surtees and Derek Bell in an unabashed celebration of flat-out wheel-to-wheel racing around a classic racetrack, untouched by the modern world.

16th -18th September 2011.

Check out: http:

//www.goodwood.co.uk/revival/what-is-revival/what-is-revival.aspx

Record Department

Our new record department will be up and running by

Wedensday 11th May 2011.

We will be selling: Mod, Punk, Ska, Folk, Rock, Reggae...

Plus you can always check out the coolest vintage
clothing in the Midlands.

Harrington Jackets

Check out this great rail of Harrington jackets and summer short sleeved button down shirts for the lads.

Now in store.

Plus loads of summer vintage clothing for the girls.

Heat Wave

A Fun Saturday ahead!

You may of heard that we are heading for a heat wave!

We have rails of superb summer vintage clothing in store now.

The best price vintage clothing and all A-Graded.

If You have never been the Goodwood Festival of speed it's a must!

The Festival of Speed is the largest motoring garden party in the world – a unique summer weekend that brings together an impossibly heady mix of cars, stars and motor sport ‘royalty’ to create the largest car culture event in the world. Held in the immaculate grounds of Goodwood House, this annual hill-climb event is a true celebration of motor sport and all things automotive.

Goodwood Festival of Speed dates: 1, 2, 3 July 2011

For tickets go to: www.goodwood.com

Vintage Levi's cut off denim shorts.

Here at urban Village we always try and sell all our vintage clothing for the very best price,

So for the girls we are selling Vintage Levi's cut off denim shorts for only £8.00 each.

A must have summer piece of vintage clothing.

New Listings Every Sunday.

Hi Guy,

We Will Be Putting New Listings on Ebay Every Sunday between the hours of 5pm and 7pm, starting the 8th May 2011.

A great mix of Male & Female vintage clothing, records and collectables.

Check us out every Sunday evening to be first in.

Cheers, All @UV.

What is Mod?

Mod (from modernist) is a subculture that originated in London, England in the late 1950s and peaked in the early-to-mid 1960s.

Significant elements of the mod subculture include: fashion (often tailor-made suits and shits); Music, including African American soul, Jamaican ska, and British beat music and R&B; and Italian scooter. The original mod scene was also associated with drug-fuelled all-night dancing at clubs. From the mid-to-late 1960s onwards, the papers often used the term mod in a wider sense to describe anything that was believed to be popular, fashionable or modern.

There was a mod revival in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and early 1980s.The Mod movement has never gone away and will always be around, plus over the years the Mod Movement has gathered a massive following in countries worldwide.

Mary Quant

Mary Quant

She was (born 11 February 1934) is a and British fashion icon, who was instrumental in the 1960s Mod fashion movement.She was one of the designers who took credit for inventing the miniskirt. Born in London, to Welsh parents, Quant brought fun and fantasy to fashion in the 1960s. As creator of the mini skirt and hot pants, she showed a generation how to dress to please themselves. Her instant success made traditionally cautious designers change their attitudes and make their designs appeal to the newly important youth market.

Check out: www.maryquant.co.uk

The Raleigh Chopper

We buy and sell Raleigh Choppers, so if you have one for sale get in touch.

A Bit of history on the The Raleigh Chopper

The Chopper was patented in 1967 by Raleigh for the American youth market. The Chopper was introduced at American trade shows in January 1969 & first shipments to North American dealers in June 1969. It is introduced in the UK in 1970. The bike featured a 3-speed, 5-speed, and single-speed Sturmey Archer gear hub, selected using a frame-mounted console gear lever — one of its "cool" features. Other features that appealed to the youth market were the unusual frame, long padded highback seat, sprung seat at the back, high-rise (ape hanger) handlebars, 'bobbed' mudguards (fenders) and differently sized front (16") and rear (20") wheels. The rear hoop above the seat resembled a motorcycle 'sissy bar'. Even the kickstand was designed to give the stationary bicycle a lean reminiscent of a parked motorcycle.^[9] Tyres were wider than usual for the time, with a chunky tread on the rear wheel, featuring a red line around the sidewall. The price was from approximately £32 for a standard Chopper to £55 for the deluxe.

The Oldest Original Pair Of Levi's

In the spring of 1998 four buddies from North San Diego county were exploring an abondoned silver mine in the Mojave desert. They were hundreds of feet below the ground and ironically they struck GOLD! What they later learned they had found in a deep offshoot tunnel was the oldest original pair of Levi's blue jeans from the very first production run of the "501" line that exist on the earth today!

They sold for $60000 USD on Ebay.

Pop Clothing Now in Stock

We are now selling Pop clothing for men & women

at our Urban Village store.

Retro clothing with a vintage feel.

A must if you like that 60s/70s look.

Vintage Dungarees

Vintage dungarees are hard to find in good condition,

but we have just found a nice job lot of them,

and they will be in the shop by Saturday.

I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet

I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet was a boutique which achieved fame in 1960s Swinging London by promoting antique military uniforms as fashion items.

I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet was opened by Ian Fisk and John Paul at 293 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, London, in 1966. Among customers of that store were Jimi Hendrix, who purchased a braided military coat featured in memorable photographs, as well as Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, The Beatles and The Who.

Peter Blake, the artist who designed The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover, said that he and Paul McCartney got the idea for the sleeve while they were walking together past the shop.

In 1966 a song entitled "I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet" was recorded by Peter Fenton and The New Vaudeville Band.

In the summer of 1967 Fisk and Paul dissolved their partnership. Fisk took sole ownership of the premises, which became the Injun Dog head-shop (subtitled Once I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet).

Paul and new partner Ian Richardson, managing director David Morgan and manager Robert Orbach opened a new branch of Kitchener's in Foubert's Place, selling militaria and Swinging London novelty items.

In 1968 Paul added two more Kitchener's outlets, in Carnaby Street and Wardour Street, and soon expanded to sites in Piccadilly Circus and the Kings Road (where the shop was named I Was Lord Kitchener's Thing).

The Kitchener's outlet in Carnaby Street closed it doors in 1977, but is still remembered as an important Swinging Sixties boutique. The store is currently the Hideout clothing shop.

Tweed Wear

We will be selling the finest vintage tweed wear for both

Men & Women

all year round at our urban village store in Birmingham.

Male Vintage

Unlike other vintage shops Urban Village are proud to say that all our vintage clothing in our shop is a 50/50 spilt between Male & Female clothing.

All A-Graded and in superb condition.

We also have a full change over of clothing with all the seasons so you dont miss a trick!

Nice

New Urban Village Layout

Even though the Urban Village store has only been open a short while we are always trying to improve the shop, both from a visual appearance and also from a shopping experience. We have recently added a Sinclair C5, 1961 jukebox, 1960 one arm bandit and a 1967 pinball machine that you can play! We are having a new shop fit, adding more rails, new counter and a new record and artwork section. This work will all be complete with in the next two weeks. Put this all together with the finest A-Grade vintage clothing, records and artwork and your in for a good time.

See you soon.

All @UV.