Cool 1960s Group

If you like 1960s scooters, fashion & music, check out our Facebook Group:
facebook.com/groups/2301918

1960s Makeup

The sixties was the ultimate time for make up. It was no longer strictly the domain of the adults; many cosmetic companies noted a huge increase in teenage customers.

This was inevitable with magazines like Vogue and Harpers Bazaar teaching step-by-step instructions to young ladies.

The main focus of the look had shifted from the 1950’s siren pout; it was all about the eyes, the bigger and rounder the better. Many people still use this look now.

Featured Brand, Biba

BIBA

Biba started life as a mail order company created by husband and wife duo Barbara Hulanicki and Stephen Fritz-Simon. In 1964 Biba tasted its first success in the form of a gingham dress complete with headscarf which was featured in the Daily Mirror, thanks to the feature, more than 17,000 dresses were sold. Biba opened its first store in 1964 on Abingdon Road, Kensington. A legion of fans and a celebrity following quickly formed thanks to Biba’s individual and fresh approach to fashion and the logo soon became synonymous with the coolest fashionistas.

Featured Brand, 'Trickers'

In 1829 Joseph Tricker, master shoemaker, founded the company
R.E. Tricker Ltd and five generations later his family continue to apply the same traditional crafts and skills in the production of the world
renowned “Tricker’s” shoes.

The manufacturing home of Tricker’s continues to be based in Northampton the heart of English shoemaking country.
The St. Michael’s Road premises accommodates all manufacturing, administration and marketing activities of this famous company. Combining the skills and service ethics of yesteryear with the flair and creativity demanded by twenty-first century commerce.
Using only the best available materials, including calf upper leather and oak bark tanned soles, Tricker’s craftsmen apply their legendary skills to produce both hand-made and bench-made shoes which maintain a standard seldom equalled in the world of Goodyear welted footwear.
Tricker’s of St. James’s, our famous retail establishment in the heart of London’s most prestigious shopping area serves as a focal point for our dedicated customers from all over the world. Offering a wide range of footwear including our famous handmade bespoke service and a comprehensive selection of classic styles for immediate wear.
Here at Urban Village we always try our best to find vintage Trickers.

Vintage Bugatti Car

Vintage Bugatti bought for £60 auctioned for £430k

A Bugatti racing car bought for £60 in 1950 has been sold at auction

for £430,000.

The 1924 type 35 Bugatti was found by Jack Perkins, from Rugby, Warwickshire, at a Nottinghamshire aerodrome and

restored to racing condition.

We Buy

Don't forget we buy all types of vintage items.
Clothing, Records, Artwork, Scooters, Cars,
infact we will consider almost anything...
If you want to sell email us.

Guardian Paper

Urban Village was in the Guardian paper today (2/7/2011).

Ban Nylon Polo Tops

For all you lads out there who are in to there 60s clothing,

we have got some amazing new vintage

1960s Ban nylon polo tops, Levi's trousers, scarfs & skinny ties .

Hard to find items, so do not miss OUT!

All @Urban Village this week.

Sunglasses

In our Urban Village store we always sell a superb range

of Vintage style sunglasses.

We also sell online.

Get some now before the heat wave!

The Sixties Boys

The Sixties Boys

Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

The Sixties Boys takes you on a nostalgic and remarkable trip down memory lane of the 1960s. The foreword has been written by Tony Christie who started his musical career in the sixties and has had many hit records including that classic, 'Is This The Way To Amarillo'. There have been many rave reviews of The Sixties Boys on Television, Radio, National Press and Magazines, so much so that a second print run is being done.

It's a story of a group of young lads who live life to the full in the Swinging Sixties and form a group which takes them on a remarkable journey of an era where there was so much fun and adventure.

Remember Winkle-Pickers, Dansette Record Players, Mini-Skirts, Mods 'an' Rockers, Pirate Radio Stations, Ford Cortina's, and Watneys Red Barrel, its all here and lots more.

This is a must buy for anyone who was there in the Sixties or indeed anyone younger who wished they could've lived the experience of what it was like.

With it's 224 pages, excellent photographs and the authors unique style, you won't be able to suppress the smiles as you enjoy this book.

Mostly Jazz Festival

Its almost here!

Mostly Jazz Festival Office
82 Fazeley Street
Birmingham B5 5RD

Information line : 07512 378 818.

Our information line is manned part time but we do check our emails daily.

info@mostlyjazz.co.uk

Photo Shoot With Francesca Hancox

Urban Village has got a forthcoming photo shoot coming up at the start of July with Francesca Hancox. We are very excited as the last shoot was superb!
Check out Fran's work at:
http://francescahancox.co.uk/personal.html

British Volkswagen Festival

2nd & 3rd July 2011

The weekend starts with visitors intending to camp for the weekend arriving from 2pm on Friday 1st July 2011. Please note that the gates to the showground are closed between midnight and 9am.

Saturday and Sunday are the show days with a large number of activities and events taking place. For the younger visitors to the show there is a free creche, clown shows, balloon modelling and a circus workshop running on both days.

The Mostly Jazz Festival

The Mostly Jazz Festival is coming up soon,

have you got your ticket!

It is going to be a superb event :0)

Log onto the link below for more information:

http://mostlyjazz.co.uk/

1970s & 1980s Vintage Shorts

1970s & 1980s Vintage Shorts now in store.

All sizes and colours.

ONLY £8.00 each, Bargain!

ADIDAS & FRED PERRY.

Secret Affair

Secret Affair tonight,

makes me feel 15 again!

History on the band:

n a period of a little over two years, Secret Affair posted five releases in the UK Singles Chart and released three albums. The debut single "Time For Action" sold over 200,000 copies and reached number 13 in the UK chart, putting the band at the forefront of the mod revival movement. More chart success followed with "Let Your Heart Dance", "My World" and "Sound Of Confusion".

Formed after the demise of the CBS Records signed power pop band New Hearts, singer Ian Page and guitarist Dave Cairns spent the second half of 1978 writing songs that would form the basis of the first two Secret Affair albums. They also drew up plans for a smart-dressing youth movement – the Glory Boys – based around the idea of 1960s gangster chic and influenced by the movie, Performance.

After spending January 1979 demoing songs, Page and Cairns enlisted the services of bassist Dennis Smith from the power pop band Advertising and Young Bucks drummer Seb Shelton. Saxophone player Dave Winthrop would join later in the year.

From its very first gig, opening for The Jam at Reading University in February 1979, the band was adopted by a group of East End Mods, who readily embraced Page’s Glory Boy concept. This group of fans began referring to themselves as Glory Boys, often tattooing the name on their arms or inner lips as a badge of allegiance. Secret Affair had become so closely linked to the emerging mod revival that in March 1979 Cairns wrote what would become the youth movement's main anthem, "Time For Action".

Just a few months later, Secret Affair had signed to Arista Records and formed its own label, I-Spy Records and "Time For Action" was in the chart. It was soon followed into the charts by "Let Your Heart Dance", "My World" and "Sound Of Confusion". The first two albums, Glory Boys (December 1979) and Behind Closed Doors (September 1980), with its more complex orchestrated arrangements, proved successful and in its first year Secret Affair regularly appeared on the BBC Television show Top Of The Pops and was a cover star of many UK music magazines, including New Musical Express, Sounds and Smash Hits. I-Spy Records also released singles by ska legend Laurel Aitken, Eddie Floyd and Squire.

The music videos for several of the band's songs were directed by Steve Barron.

Likened to Jimmy Pursey, Page was asked to appear on UK television programmes and was viewed as an articulate spokesman for his generation, although his opinionated views alienated as many potential fans as they won over.

The mod movement that had swept Secret Affair into the pop charts had all but evaporated by mid 1980, losing out to the rival 2 Tone fashion movement, and after the release of the band's second album, drummer Shelton quit to join the "Come On Eileen" era Dexys Midnight Runners. Secret Affair regrouped, recruiting ex-Advertising drummer Paul Bultitude and embarking on a lengthy tour of the United States, before returning in late 1981 with its final chart hit, "Do You Know".

One more single followed, "Lost In The Night", before the release of Business As Usual, an album that saw the band return to the rock-soul fusion of its earlier work. Although a spirited album, it was a commercial failure and Secret Affair split-up midway through 1982.

Cairns went on to form a band called Flag, with Archie Brown from The Bureau and signed a recording contract in the US He subsequently teamed up with Scottish singer Alan King in Walk on Fire, writing the majority of the band's material and playing keyboards on tours. Signing to MCA in the U.S., the band released the album Blind Faith in 1990 and toured supporting Foreigner, Nils Lofgren and the Dan Reed Network before Cairns joined Gibson Guitars USA as Special Projects Manager. Page released two solo singles before leaving the music industry.

The Mod Scene

If you dig the Mod scene and love looking at cool photo's past and present.

Check out Mod Photographs on the link below.

The group is to celebrate one of Britain's finest Music & Fashion cultures.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_230191858561

Vintage Aprons

We will be selling a fine collection of vintage aprons

at our Urban Village shop.

www.Midlandscooters.com

For all you need to now about scootering in the west Midlands check out:

www.Midlandscooters.com

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!