This is a journey I have never undertaken, although I did once travel from Chelmsford to Birmingham on a scooter.  It was a cream and green Lambretta.  I was on the back and got rather badly sunburned, but that’s another story.

Now there are feverish preparations for the London Launch of A Sense of Occasion.   Bill from St Louis has sent a wondrous collection of 60s singles for the juke box – from the Four Tops, through the Crystals, the Supremes, Tommy Tucker, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, to Howlin’ Wolf and Elmore James.

The directions on how to reach the venue in Lincoln’s Inn Fields have been circulated.  The cumfy chairs have been organised.  The wine has been ordered.  The big question of the day really boils down to one thing – ‘Will there be enough Twiglets?’

But, putting aside such grave concerns and to get in the mood, here is Martha Reeves, with the Vandellas, appearing on Ready Steady Go in 1965.  The weekend really does start here.