Where fiction comes alive in the JIMMY MACK series/saga.
All the novels in the series mention real places.
There are original photos or illustrations from the time.
Others are more recent.
The TOP of Godwin Street in Bradford. Mentioned in Chapter 1.
This side of the road when Mack saw the Mods on Scooters in Chapter 1.
The Continental Coffe Bar aka The Hole in the Wall bottom end of Godwin St.
Kirkgate, Bradford. The co-op mentioned in Chapter 1 is the building at the end of Kirgate. This is the street where the Mods parked their scooters.
Mentioned in Chapter 1 of Jimmy Mack (Some kind of wonderful) where Mack gets his Dansette.
X marks the spot mentioned in Ch.1 Also the same spot where Osborn recieved his beating.
The Co-op department store where His mum buys the Dansette record player.
Dansette record player in the colours mentioned in Chapter 1.
This is the church entrance mentioned in Chapter 2.
Where "the wink" happened.
The street where Tom Catford lived.
Popular dance venue located in what is now Macdonald's.
Edmund Campion school badge as would have been worn by Mack when he 'fictionally' attended.
View of the school built in 1962. Now demolished;
Mack carried Grace's satchel home from here.
Street where the Halloran's live.
The place where Mack and Effy meet for their their first date.
Chapter 9. Mack and Effy's first date at the Hall in Lister Park.
First cinema date between Mack & Effy took place here.
Meeting place for Halifax Mods in the 60s.
Entrance into the Upper George Yard and The Plebeian's Club.
The memorial stone laid to commemorate the club.
The Plebeians Jazz Club, Halifax. ("The Plebs". By kind permission of John Wharton).
The 'logo' used by the PLEBEIANS JAZZ CLUB. This was a real Mod cellar club.
The street where Angie lives and seduces Mack.
Angie's house mentioned in Chapter 23 is located here.
This is Paul Foster (aka 'Mahmoud' aka 'Abdul' mentioned in Chapter 39 and the Acknowledgements. He is one of the real personalities mentioned in the novel). "Paul had become the proud owner one of the latest SX200s. He was exchanging tips with Mack about planning to have the cylinder bored out to 225cc which meant nothing much to her. Effy listened to their conversation but the technical talk went over her head. Surrounded by a bunch of lads who were listening in, she felt out of it."
Now Yates' but once the favoured watering hole of older Sixties Mods.
Main spot where Mods parked their scooters on a night.