'Kings Road' poster display, London, 1967
During October 2019 I purchased from eBay for UK£5 a 35 mm colour slide showing an old man in military clothing standing on a footpath in London sometime during the 1960s, and possibly from June 1967. Behind him was a large board displaying approximately eight psychedelic and counterculture posters. What? The old man was dressed in a pre-1914 scarlet tunic, worn by the military and Welsh Guards prior to the onset of World War I. This type of clothing was very popular at the time with young people, and sold at shops such as I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet and Granny Takes a Trip . The rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix was one of those who purchased such garb, including an elaborately adorned Hussar jacket with gold braid. Jimi Hendrix outside his London apartment, circa early 1967. He is wearing an antique Hussar's jacket dating from the 1850s which he purchased from I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet on Portobello Road. It was possible that the elderl...