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He moved with his family to Market Harborough in Leicestershire to escape Luftwaffe raids, returning after the war.
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Simons was born in London in May 1939, four months before the outbreak of the second world war. The look … mods in suits and on scooters in 1965. It’s a world of low rents, gentlemen’s agreements and naked optimism – one we are unlikely to see again any time soon. While it focuses on the essence of Simons’ life and career, the film also brilliantly captures the cultural explosion of the mid-1950s, as the vision of drab prewar UK faded and an undercurrent of colour and creativity burst through.
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The documentary – directed by Lee Cogswell and produced by Mark Baxter, the duo behind Peter Blake: Pop Art Life – uses archive footage, evocative imagery and a range of immaculately dressed talking heads, from Paul Weller to Suggs from Madness, DJ Robert Elms to Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners. That’s not meant to sound arrogant, but I have done some unique things. “I’ve been cracking away at this for well over 50 years. “I wasn’t surprised someone wanted to make a film,” Simons says, sipping an espresso in the cafe across from his shop in Chiltern Street, Marylebone, a suitably old-fashioned part of London known for independent boutiques and Victorian architecture.
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‘I have done some unique things’ … John Simons, subject of a new film, near one of his shops on Chiltern Street.