I have been searching for old photos of the Derry and Toms Rainbow Room from before the 1970’s and I cannot find anything. I was expecting to turn up a few from the 30’s or 40’s but no luck. It seems to have been in action for various banquets and occasions but there are no […]
Here is a sketch of David Johansen lead singer of the infamous New York Dolls as I remember him that night. It was quite a performance to say the least, and one I have never forgotten. I used to buy The New Musical Express and sometimes Melody maker to read on the tube on my […]
The Biba newspaper was designed by Steve Thomas in the late summer of 1973. Big Biba’s opening day was to be September the 10th so we had to work at breakneck speed to get the paper as well as a lot of other projects completed. The paper had sixteen pages with text written by David […]
Uriah was also known as George Spence which I did not know until Rubyfoot mentioned it a few logs back. He joined us all at Big Biba when we moved from Westbourne Park , and cleaned the offices at Derry and Toms as well as our space on the roof garden. The legend was that […]
I was still in a trance sitting in the Biba offices reception admiring the surroundings, when Steve Thomas greeted me. A tall handsome amiable man with a fifties vibe he led me through a kind of workshop on the ground floor. This was the merchandising department and glancing around I saw many people busy with […]
Kasia Charko 