This is bit of a strange one, maybe.
I'm in the early stages of researching something about the film 'Quadrophenia' and the use it makes of Brighton as a location. But my question for you is more to do with actual 1960s Mod culture. Putting it crudely, was 60s Mod a Southern-only phenomenon ?
I'm sure there must have been pill-popping, scooter-riding, bluebeat-listening kids in Birmingham & Manchester & all points north, but the received wisdom centres Mod culture very much on London and of course on those invaded, rioted-in seaside towns like Margate, Clacton, Hastings and Brighton.
Received wisdom is often wrong, however. So, anybody know anything I should look at, read or otherwise check out ? Did no Mods sweep scooter-led into Blackpool or Bridlington ?
(Offshoot thought, was Northern Soul a belated Mod variant ? I think in some ways it was. but that's another project.)
(Likewise, Two-Tone was Midlands-centred, and clearly has Mod connections, but again, a side issue for this query.)
So, 1960s Mod: south of Watford or what ?? All thoughts warmly welcomed, and if I am overlooking anything really obvious (a distinct possibility) I know you won't hesitate to tell me.