Nottingham Mods Organise Massive Event on 18th May to Support Cancer Charity

The Nottingham Post reporter, Lynette Pinches, tells us the following: -

NOTTINGHAM'S Mods will be gathering for a day of music, fashion and stylish travel around town to raise funds for Maggie's cancer caring centre in Nottingham.

It's A Mod Thing has been organised by the Britalian Job, which stages nights dedicated to the era at the Britannia Rowing Club, near Trent Bridge, every other month.​

The Mods in the picture are: from left, Alan Jukes, Simon Wainwright, Mark Crew, Catherine Crew, Mark Shaw and Laurence Wainwright at Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club.

The club was an original Mod haunt in the 1960s, when the Rolling Stones, Small Faces and Rod Stewart performed.

The charity event on May 18 will include vintage clothing and record stalls. There will be a scooter cruise around the city centre, live music and a barbecue.

Sixties hairdresser Robert Dunsworth, who used to run a salon in London at the height of Mod fever, will be doing ladies' hairdos, from Twiggy's iconic bob to a mini bouffant.

Lorry driver Simon Wainwright, a second-generation Mod, is one of the organisers, together with Mark Shaw and Mark Crew, the Britalian Job's resident DJs, and their wives Catherine Crew, Shelley Wainright and Tricia Shaw.

Proceeds will go to Maggie's Nottingham, a cancer caring centre in the City Hospital grounds which provides free emotional and practical support to patients and their families.

All three men have had either family members, friends or work colleagues hit by cancer.

Simon, 41, of Arnold, said: "We wanted to do something for a cause that covers all cancers.

"Maggie's helps patients, family and friends regardless of what cancer they have got. If this goes well, it will not be the first all-day-and-night charity fundraiser at the club."

There will be stalls, a raffle and live music from Nottingham three-piece The Do'notes, between 11am and 5pm, but the fun won't end there.

From 8pm-2am, the entertainment continues with a late bar and live DJ sets from all of Nottingham's finest Mod nights, including such well-known names as Chitlin Circuit, Ronnie London and Kitchener Road, plus Sheffield's Grits and Gravy.

Helping to boost funds will be a raffle of prizes including two iconic Mod photos taken in front of the Council House in Old Market Square in 1965, and signed by Alan Fletcher, author of Quadrophenia, the novel behind the hit film based on The Who's concept album starring Phil Daniels and Lesley Ash, and the Mod Crop trilogy.

Slaters menswear store has donated a £100 gift voucher and Nottingham's 28 salon is offering free haircuts for the raffle.

Simon said: "There are probably a couple of hundred Mods in the city – it's one of the biggest Mod scenes in the country."

The Britalian Job started ten years ago and resumed last year due to demand.

"The response we got was overwhelming," said Simon.

Entry is free 11am-5pm. A £5 donation is suggested for admission 8pm-2am.