Gallery of Pictures

We didn't take many pictures in those days, unless one was a camera enthusiast, but here are some of the characters involved. Who appears is really down to luck - its just those whose pictures survived! Thanks are due to the photographers and collectors who hung on to copies - and theirs is the copyright - including: Tony Barnett, Peter Sayers, John & Maggie Maizels, Mike Thompson (aka Crookie and Carmichael), Pete Davis, Tim and Jane Shearer, Pat Tivy, Brand Thumin, Ruth Hilton and myself (Paul Ernest) as well as others who have not been credited!

When these were transferred over to the new site, the first half came over full size, the second half tiny thumbnail size. So the whole lot have been posted again in 9 subpages (original pics). They came out medium sized.  So the first half are better viewed here and the second half in the new version. All are in the same order except for two of Rab that had to be put back in at the bottom of one of the pages. The captions transferred over too - but some are out of sync by one picture. 

Joe Hennesy Welch

Paul Ernest (left) & Jules Holley 1963. Taken in a photo booth, Swiss Cottage station

Gina Strauss, who went out with Andrew Loog Oldham when he managed the Rolling Stones. And Tony B (Sorry Tony - you don't get the same celebrity billing!)

Jeff Price

Jane Whitman

Susan Ernest

John Duchin. Richard Gates, Alan Shoobridge - Summer 1961 in Rome or Paris

Paul Ernest 1961. Tony Barnett recalls taking this picture in his house (well, his parents') in Flask Walk

Robert Tresman (flag), then R to L, Mary Wallis-Jones, ?, Misha Norland, Gabi Weismann just behind him on a 1961 demo

L to R Roger S, Sally, Rab, Peter Sayers c. 1961

Paul Ernest (left) & Jules Holley 1963. Another one of the 4 from a photobooth strip. Stoned and mean looking!

Jeff Price & Jules Holley (standing) c. 1961/2

Perrin, Bernie Osgood, Steve Cousins

Rab, Bernard Rosen, Peter Clegg, George Widener, John Maizels, Sean Sayers, Peter Jeffries on 1961 anti-polaris missle demo

Mike Thompson also known as Crooky & Carmichael. He took many of the pictures uploaded here, including the professionally composed shot of Jeff Price & Jules Holley. This picture looks like a Renaissance portrait of a young courtier!

Sporus. Ooh, he's hard!

Pat and Gay 16yrs old posing as beatniks - didn't we all?

Jonathon Steele

Alan Shoobridge peering over the shoulder of Paul Ernest, 1963 (During our mod phase - centre parting, tab shirts, etc)

Paul Ernest at the Beat Hotel (no. 9 Rue Git-le-Coeur), Paris, Summer 1961. You could climb out the window onto the roof, which Gabi Weismann and I did. See subsequent pictures. William Burroughs was living there at the time. Passed him once at the main entrance.

Sue Whitman in film Hard Days Night film with Beatle John Lennon

Sue Barnett

Sally Wells (now Gilles)

Roger Silverman and Peter Sayers playing chess, with Paul Ernest (middle) watching, around 1961

Sue Whitman, 1960

Timmy Shearer 1964

L to R: Unknown, Mike (Carmichael), Gay Kerr and Trevor Berry

Ned (Richard) Turner, In Alba, South of France, 1961, scaring us!

Paul Ernest in the long grass, 1961

Peter Sayers looking louche

Left to R: Claudine Howe, Richard Gates, Steve Moss, Collette, Paul Ernest, Brenda Simmons, Gabi Weismann, Pete Sayers (cameraman, nipped into shot in time), Phil Howe, Henry Jacobsen, Brandy Thumin. Known as the Romilar Patrol picture, 1965

Marilyn at 22

Olly Woolnough, Jeff, Malcolm, Pete Browning, Pete Burns, Mike Bishop, and others, June 1964 

Slim and Mod Paul

Mike (of Frugal Sound) Geoff and Don

Nick and Jan outside Witches

Timmy Shearer 1964

Paul Ernest Iran 1965, with rear view of Maggie Maizels in spotty dress

Maggie Jones (Maggie Maizels) mid 1960s

Dave Stevens, Louise, Rob Andrews, 1965 in Belsize lane

Dave Stevens, Istanbul 1965. He bought that jacket off me for a fiver (PE). Black with yellow edging. Suits him, especially with the sneakers!

Dave Rosenthal in repose, 1961. It Peter Sayers room at 8 Elsworthy Road

John Duchin, Clare Swingler

Young Clare Swingler

Alisha Sufit, 1965. Very Antonioni

Bob Grant and Don, musical duo who performed at Witches

Ces - lead singer of C-Jam Blues who performed at the Witches

Banks outside Belsize Tavern, across the road from Witches

Clare Swingler

Alisha Sufit (with Camera), 1965

Brian Turner and Ali Cooper

Alfie and Ali

Alan Shoobridge high jumping at William Ellis school games. He coulda been a contender!

Penny and Alan Shoobridge 

Mike Lesser. Very Dickensian! Great photo by Tony Barnett

Elena Caldera made a drawing based on this photo which can be found at  http://internationaltimes.it/mike-lesser-at-the-paris-barricades/

Mic Parsons, c. 1961

Margo Hilton, c. 1961. Tony Barnett talked her into this saucy pose.

Margaret Pearce, 1961

CND March with loads of us including Paul Ernest, Tony Jackson, Peter Jaffe, Steve Goldblatt 

Malcolm outside Belsize Tavern, across the road from Witches

Loui in lacy dress

Lorna, Hampstead 1962

Mick Parsons

Liz, Pete Brown, Chas & Ba with kitten

Jeri Young mid 60s. Even the mirrors are ogling her!

Jenny Johnson and Annie outside Witches

Janie, Pat, Frank, Dubs and Bin

Istanbul 1965 with L to R Henry Jacobsen, Brenda Simmons, Maggie Maizels, Gabi Weismann, John Maizels, Paul Ernest with local guys interspersed outside our Hotel. That was the Summer 7 of us went overland to Afghanistan (Pete, Paul, Tony, Steve, John & Maggie, Sue). This is on the return journey because I got a lift back to England with Henry in that car, a Citroen light 15.

David Wallis-Jones. Always a jazz entusiast!

Vic or is it one of the Jeffreys?

Tony Jackson (front) with unknown woman

Tony Jackson at school. He was always a laugh!

Tony Coggans 1960

Tony Jackson and Alf Levy. Handsome boys!

Sue Ernest

Sue Barnett

Steve Goldblatt (at rear)

Sarah 1963 Hampstead. Another Witches beauty!

Pete Sayers, Tony Barnet, Paul Ernest E on the Romilar Patrol, 1965

Rod, Lena and Sonya, Armenian Paul, Pete Davis, Marilyn, Malcolm,  near to the Witches, c. 1965

Rab

Rab and Peter Sayers

Rab and Ned Turner. Put that gun down, boy!

Richard Gates (front) and friends squeezed into a photo booth. Can that be Dave Young behind him?

Paul Ernest and Peter Sayers in Kabul, Afghanistan, 1966. See the little hand holding up the backdrop! After 7 of us went overland to Afganistan in 1965 Peter and I did it again, alone, the following summer

Paul E, Alba, 1961. No comment!

Invitation to a party made by Peter S featuring Paul E - front

Invitation to a party made by Peter S  - back (who lived in Cromwell Avenue? I have no idea!)

Maggie Jones Maizels, Peter Sayers, and is it a shrunken Henry Jacobsen?

Gay and Dubs, mid 1960s. What a lovely couple!

Steve Moss 1964

Pete Sayers, Joanna Bender, Rab. Looks around 1961

Dave Stevens with William Burroughs - his hero!  I wish I had a picture like this!

Andrew Moss & Peter Sayers, Highgate. Is that a Nostroline inhaler in his hand?

Brenda Simmons, Gabi Weismann, John Maizels in Turkey, 1965, with a very fit looking piper!

Dave Stevens in his car. Always had a bit of the Jean Paul Belmondo about  him!

Dave Young

John Maizels & Peter Sayers. Fish-eyed or pie-eyed!

Gabi Waismann, John Maizels, Henry Jacobsen, with locals, scoring in Gazientep, Turkey, 1964. I went back there to score Easter 1968 

Paul Ernest, Istanbul 1965. Now where's that damn bus?

Peter Sayers. Yippee!

Sue E (coloured by Maggie M). Probably better without!

Mic Parsons, Hotel Ferik, Istanbul, 1964. Handsome lad, but dodgy!

Sue Barnett, Steve Moss, Pete Sayers, Maggie Maizels, John Maizels. Happy days in Istanbul, 1965

Paul Ernest, John Maizels, and our hotelier, Istanbul 1965. I'm not sure that coke agrees with John!

Maggie Maizels

Hampstead Youth CND March around 1961, including Henry J, next to holding Robert T (banner), Rab (college scarfe)

Henry Jacobsen, Brenda Simmons, Pete Sayers, in Portobello Road

John Maizels, in Hotel Ferik, Istanbul 1964

Pete Sayers in the park

Peter Sayers and Steve Moss (L to R). Young, innocent and handsome!

Aidie and Susie Ball 

Biddy, John and Maggies Maizels, at Chelsea School of Art

Dave Rosenthal 1965. Cool NY dude. Wrote the definitive book on Hard Bop.

Masha Kolomeitz and Mally 1966. Looking good!

Mic Parsons and Henry Jacobsen, Hotel Ferik, Istanbul 1965. Is that John's right foot?

Mod Paul. Very Napoleonic!

Mike Lesser

John Duchin, Alan Shoobridge, Richard Gates, Paris 1961. Getting into the rhythm of things!

Paul Ernest, coloured hippy-style by Maggi Gearson

Peter Sayers, enthusiastic as always. With half a Rab 

Peter Rasini

Portrait of Paul E: collage by Peter Sayers. A great mind on a child's body? Or just childish!

Quentin J, from newspaper advert

Dave Stevens, Phil's sister, Phil's mother, Philip Howe, Claudine, Mick Parsons, Steve Howe and unknown girl. After Philip and Claudine Howe's wedding 1965. Steve Howe recently published his memoirs. See the funny review at http://internationaltimes.it/time-and-a-load-of-words/ 

Dave Stevens, from his Turkish ID card, 1965

Henry Jacobsen, Hotel Ferik, Istanbul, 1964. Yeah and bits of 4 other people that could be Maggie Maizels, John Maizels and not bloody Mic Parsons again?

Rab 1961

Dave Stevens

Dave Stevens

Henry's car, Istanbul (with him squatting in front)

Peter Sayers

Henry scoring in Gazientep, Turkey 1964

John M, Peter S, Steve M, London

Dave Stevens

Gay Meakin, Francy Eyles, Clappers, Dave Young, Jeri Young, Jane and Tim Shearer, Hughie Wilmot and Max Styman at Tim and Jane's wedding, 1966 

Paul Demille, Jimmy East, Graham Holman and Tim Shearer at Tim and Jane's wedding, 1966 

Jane Turner later Shearer 1965

Peter McVeigh as thespian

Peter McVeigh 

Gabi W at the Beat hotel, 1961

Paul E with unnamed Swedish artist, hotel neighbour, on the roof of the Beat hotel, 1961

Gabi W at the Beat hotel, 1961

Paul E, 1963. No comment!

Sue Ernest & Judy Granville

Judy Granville & Sue Ernest

Gabi W, Ned Turner, Rab, Paul E, Misha N in Peter Sayers' father's house in Alba, South of France, Summer 1961

Misha N, Gabi W, Ned Turner, in Alba, Summer 1961

Misha N, Peter S, Paul E, Rab in Alba, Summer 1961

Paul E, Rab, Ned T, Gabi W,Misha N, in Alba, Summer 1961

Paul E, Gabi W in Alba, Summer 1961

Brandy Thumim. Thumb in!

Julius Holley c.1961

Paul E, 1963

Bernie Osgood c.1965

Celia Lawes  c.1960

Suniti (Sunita) Nandy, c.1960. Hearthrob for us 15 year olds!

Paul E, c.1964

Julius Holley, c.1964

Paul E, 1963

Dave Young, late 60s London

Paul E, c.1964  (Moving from the Mod to the Face stage - the more elegantly attired Mod!  Note the button down long collar and the Ivy League jacket)

Paul E & Rab, 1961 Alba

Sue Ernest

Sue Ernest

Dorothy Woolf, c. 1960

Rebecca Nassauer

Sculpture of head of Rebecca Nassauer, 1966, by David McFall

Sue Ernest

Patricia (Pat) Tivy, aged 17

Young Sue Ernest

Paul Ernest around 1960

Mike Bishop

Sue Barnett

Alf (Alfred) Levy, aged around 16

Frank

Rab, Peter Sayers, Paul Ernest aged around 16 in Alba, South of France, Summer 1961

Sue Ernest

Jill Lumkin late 60s (Later to be Jill Ernest)

Patrick Lane

Jill Lumkin at work, late 60s (Later to be Jill Ernest)

Peter Sayers 1965

Youthful and handsome Tony Barnett in 1963

Jane Whitman 1960 or 1961. Unfortunately the photo of her face is streaked

Henry Jacobsen in 1961, photographed in Peter Sayers bedroom in Elsworthy Road

Rab and Gabi Weismann, 1961. A little sherry before we go to the Witches, old chap?

Peter Sayers around 1966, showing a keen interest in photography!

Henry Jacobsen 1965

Peter Sayers in 1965

John Maizels and Phil Howe espy a wonderous sight indeed in 1965

Alan Shoobridge and Paul Ernest, in a photobox at Swiss Cottage Station 1963

Alan Shoobridge in 1966