Granny takes a trip

Since it first opened its doors on the King’s Road in January 1966 (causing a gang of passing football fans en route to a match to wonder who these “fucking weirdos” were), Granny Takes a Trip became the ultimate fashion hangout of the psychedelic 60s, blending art, music and drugs. The shopfront went through endless reincarnations, from a New Orleans bordello with Art Nouveau script to having the front half of a 1947 Dodge glued to the front. Playing host to Hendrix and The Beatles, it was the start of Swingin’ London on the King’s Road, with similar stores in the capital – like I was Lord Kitchener’s Valet (first on Portobello road, then Carnaby Street) and The Beatles’ own Apple Boutique in Marylebone – also iconic shops of the era.

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