The Nottingham
Post reporter, Lynette Pinches, tells us the following: -
NOTTINGHAM'S
Mods will be gathering for a day of music, fashion and stylish travel around
town to raise funds for Maggie's cancer caring centre in Nottingham.
It's A
Mod Thing has been organised by the Britalian Job, which stages nights
dedicated to the era at the Britannia Rowing Club, near Trent Bridge, every
other month.
The Mods
in the picture are: from left, Alan Jukes, Simon Wainwright, Mark Crew, Catherine
Crew, Mark Shaw and Laurence Wainwright at Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club.
The club
was an original Mod haunt in the 1960s, when the Rolling Stones, Small Faces
and Rod Stewart performed.
The
charity event on May 18 will include vintage clothing and record stalls. There
will be a scooter cruise around the city centre, live music and a barbecue.
Sixties
hairdresser Robert Dunsworth, who used to run a salon in London at the height
of Mod fever, will be doing ladies' hairdos, from Twiggy's iconic bob to a mini
bouffant.
Lorry
driver Simon Wainwright, a second-generation Mod, is one of the organisers,
together with Mark Shaw and Mark Crew, the Britalian Job's resident DJs, and
their wives Catherine Crew, Shelley Wainright and Tricia Shaw.
Proceeds
will go to Maggie's Nottingham, a cancer caring centre in the City Hospital
grounds which provides free emotional and practical support to patients and
their families.
All
three men have had either family members, friends or work colleagues hit by
cancer.
Simon,
41, of Arnold, said: "We wanted to do something for a cause that covers
all cancers.
"Maggie's
helps patients, family and friends regardless of what cancer they have got. If
this goes well, it will not be the first all-day-and-night charity fundraiser
at the club."
There
will be stalls, a raffle and live music from Nottingham three-piece The
Do'notes, between 11am and 5pm, but the fun won't end there.
From
8pm-2am, the entertainment continues with a late bar and live DJ sets from all
of Nottingham's finest Mod nights, including such well-known names as Chitlin
Circuit, Ronnie London and Kitchener Road, plus Sheffield's Grits and Gravy.
Helping
to boost funds will be a raffle of prizes including two iconic Mod photos taken
in front of the Council House in Old Market Square in 1965, and signed by Alan
Fletcher, author of Quadrophenia, the novel behind the hit film based on The
Who's concept album starring Phil Daniels and Lesley Ash, and the Mod Crop
trilogy.
Slaters
menswear store has donated a £100 gift voucher and Nottingham's 28 salon is
offering free haircuts for the raffle.
Simon
said: "There are probably a couple of hundred Mods in the city – it's one
of the biggest Mod scenes in the country."
The
Britalian Job started ten years ago and resumed last year due to demand.
"The
response we got was overwhelming," said Simon.
Entry is
free 11am-5pm. A £5 donation is suggested for admission 8pm-2am.
