WHAT’S HAPPENING IN 1967?

IN THE NEWS

St Pancras Station, London’s magnificent Victorian Gothic cathedral to the railways, was awarded Grade I listed building status following a campaign spearheaded by Poet

Laureate

John

Betjeman. And just in time too, as it was only 10 days away from suffering the same fate of nearby Euston, and being demolished.

AT THE FLICKS

One of Walt Disney’s most loved animated musicals brought the work of Rudyard Kipling to the big screen in the form of The Jungle Book. It was the very last film to be produced by Walt himself, who sadly passed away before it was released in cinemas. All together now, ‘Look for the bare necessities…’

IN THE CHARTS

June 8, 1967 marked the start of the Summer of Love; on that day, The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band topped the album chart while Procul Harum’s Bach-inspired A Whiter Shader of Pale became the nation’s number one single. Proper groovy, man!