White Boots & Miniskirts - A True Story of Life in the Swinging Sixties

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Jacky Hyams. White Boots & Miniskirts - A True Story of Life in the Swinging Sixties

WHITE BOOTS & MINISKIRTS

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

THE COMPLAINTS MANAGER

A SECRET TRIP ON THE CENTRAL LINE

RANDY SANDY AND THE CHICKENS

THE GO-GO GIRL FROM GUILDFORD

BANDAGE MAN

AN UNRAVELLING

THE ’60S ARE OVER

BOLO DI CREMA

MR VERY, VERY DANGEROUS

THE CLOSED SHOP

THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

MANY RIVERS TO CROSS

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A TRUE STORY OF LIFE IN THE SWINGING SIXTIES FROM THE AUTHOR OF BESTSELLING BOMBSITES & LOLLIPOPS

JACKY HYAMS

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The one thing the 20-something ’60s office girls have as their defence is their spending power on the latest fashionable gear. Traditional West End department stores like Swan and Edgar, Dickins & Jones and the new, fashionable chains like Neatawear go all out to tempt the young working spender with the very latest styles and fashions at prices aimed craftily at weekly pay packets. Temp secretaries, in particular, earn big sums working for an employment agency, moving around from office to office, if they’re prepared to put up with the hassle of switching around to strange faces and bosses every few weeks. Many dislike this idea, even with the lure of more money.

I earn around £12 a week. I manage to supplement that for the year or so when I work at the electronics company by handing out good leads that have come direct to me, the sales manager’s secretary, to a few select salesmen, getting £30 per sale in return. So I have plenty of cash to splash out on clothes, makeup and shoes. In fact, I blow the lot on clothes nearly every Friday when I receive my £9 (after deductions) pay packet, in exchange for my favourite styles: five guinea crepe dresses by Radley with wide trumpet sleeves or slinky, short, body-skimming shift dresses to go with tight, elasticated, white high boots from Dolcis, (£3 9 shillings and 11 pence) or killer pointy stilettos also costing a few pounds. What more does a girl need to get out there and attract?

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