As Alan Price moans ‘I’ll Put a Spell on You’ and Tommy Tucker puts on his ‘Hi-Heel Sneakers’, the Vespas pull up at the Orpheus coffee bar. Marie meets Bill, Deirdre yearns for Mick, and Sandra and Linda leave for a wild walking holiday on the Isle of Wight.

This is Chelmsford in the Sixties – boom town, home of Marconi, the Milk Bar, and Mods and Rockers.

Elizabeth Woodcraft’s interlinked stories describe life growing up on a council estate in Essex.

‘A lovely lovely read.’ Tommy Steele

‘Wry tales of teenage love, loss and Lambrettas that bring a lump to the throat.’ Val Wilmer