Natalie Ward recommended WiganWorld to me.

The people of Wigan are building an online portrait of their city, it's a great source of everyday photography shared by a warm, generous community. They are adding new photo's daily, I love this group picture of C&A staff, taken around 1971.

1971 Film Crew

I am researching 1971 for my current job and came across this fantastic on-set still from Get Carter.
Look at the crew! The camera department and the make-up or hair designer, all parkas and Belstaff, look pretty much the same today.
I particularly like the Continuity lady, or the Script Supervisor as she would be known these days. I immediately IMDB'd her: Doreen Dearnaley - Continuity. She has a string of credits from 1949 through to 1973 including Carry On Camping, Up the Junction and Quatermass and the Pit.
I hope she wore her red hat on all of them.

Little 'Red Indian' costume, charity shop, Dalston.
It looks early seventies to me, cute label.

A quick google found nothing.

Charlie Brown T.Shirts & Charity Shop Bargains

 £1 each.
The Charlie Browns are 100% cotton and came straight home in a separate bag for The Little Fella and his friend.
The highly flammable items were among bagfuls of similar garments which I bought for the studio, we are running out of space but I imagine they will be justifyingly useful at some stage.

Pepita is Dead

Pepita is Dead in Madrid is a vintage shop and rental house stocking mostly 1960's and 1970's dead stock. It's packed with unworn clothing, they have loads of kids stuff which is always hard to find and everywhere I looked original labels were dangling off garments, the graphics themselves making me want to buy things.
It's like going back in time and into a clothes shop, circa 1976, to shop for costumes.

1970's Skirt and Label

We've been finding some really good dead stock items, all with the tickets still attached, like this 1970's girls skirt, completely useless for this contemporary script of course but I buy them anyway and one day I'll find a use.

Nice Print 1970's shirt

Not a bad photo considering it was taken in dim light with my iphone, the colours were warmer.

Tiny Snorkel Parkas and Other Vintage Childrenswear

This weekend we took a trip down to Brighton to visit friends, they took us to loads of good shops where I could easily have filled the car with second hand clobber. One place we stopped at, Dinky Vintage, has a great collection of children's clothes for sale and to rent with excellent condition stock from the 30's through to the 70's. The clothes are all reasonably priced, particularly considering how hard it is to find such good condition and sometimes unworn, period kids clothes.

Apparently there's a website on the way, I'll link to it as soon as it's up.

Ohio Knitting Mills

A slight diversion from all things Japanese to mention Ohio Knitting Mills' Pop-Up Shop.
I've been a fan for a while now, recommended to me by print designer and good friend, Kathryn Dale.
So much of their original stock has gone but there are a few choice items left and are on sale here.

Soul Girls

My Holy Grail of footwear, age ten.
These have never been worn, a bargain at £12.
Four sizes too small for me, unfortunately.
I still love the way they look and I know exactly the outfit they'd be worn with but if in doubt, check out any mid 1970's issue of Jackie comic for inspiration.

Some Spectacles from my Collection

Children's NHS specs circa 1980

 Christian Dior sunglasses. late seventies / early eighties

Men's blue frames 1980's

Kids NHS frames 1970's/1980's
Ladies, multi shades of blue. 1980's