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Hannah Howe

Friday 8 March 1963

A woman can now know if she is pregnant two hours after taking a new test. This while-you-wait test costs £2 2s at the Family Centre run by the London Foundation for Marriage Education.

After twelve hours, the Duchess of Argyll completed her evidence in the divorce action brought by the Duke. The Duchess is accused of multiple acts of adultery. The hearing continues today.

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Hannah Howe

Carnaby Street (and environs), 1966

📸 Scooters lining Carnaby Street, May 1966

5,6,7 Village Store (John Stephen Organisation) - ladies’ wear
9 John Stephen Customer Built Clothes for Men - bespoke tailors
22 Cranks Salad Table - vegetarian health food restaurant
23 Donis - male clothes
24 Cranks Shop - vegetarian health foods
32 Rene - florist
38 Male West One - (John Stephen Organisation) - male clothes

Scooters in Carnaby Street
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Kagan MacTane (he/him)

It's really annoying that the word "scooter" can mean any of these things. I wish we'd start disambiguating them verbally. I wish I could use different words for each of them when writing, so my readers wouldn't be confused what type of vehicle one of my characters is riding.

Specifically, he's riding type 3, and I really don't want people thinking it's type 1.

A Ducati electric scooter. It's a flat platform slung between two small wheels at the front and back, with a shaft sticking up in front that has a handlebar on it for steering. If not for that handlebar shaft, it'd basically be a motorized skateboard.
A Vespa motor scooter. It's a pretty classic/standard Vespa design, with a seat for the rider (or conceivably two riders) on top of the engine that sits above the rear wheel, and handlebars surmounting a front cowling that rises above the front wheel. The styling is curvy and Mod-ish. This one is light blue.
A fairly large gas-powered scooter. It's essentially a small motorcycle, except that there's a little room for the rider's feet between the seat and front wheel, instead of the rider having to straddle it and put their feet on side pegs near the exhaust pipes. This one is somewhat angular in its styling, and much of its body is brown, with some greyish-silvery parts and black parts for contrast.
#writing#English#scooters
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