In the spring and summer of 1964, a series of socially shocking events took place on the beaches and streets of Britain, the likes of which had never been seen before. These events would come to fuel a scene that in various guises would endure across the following six decades and beyond, entrenching its influence the world over.
When these events occurred back in 1964, the newspapers of the day wasted no time in capitalising on them and revelling in the moral panic they created, sensationally reporting them to an unsuspecting audience. This public awakening first hit the newsstands after the Easter Bank Holiday weekend of 1964; the cause, a cultural coastal conflict
