Most of these memories were recounted by Harold Chapman, the photographer who took photos in and around the Beat Hotel during the 1960s. Harold's earlier memories of Michael and the Beat Hotel are here."I ran into a friend of Mike’s in Paris, who told me about a tiny café Mike had bought in a seedy part of London which was very rough, and asked, ( Read more... )

A lady who knew Michael in the early 1960s found out about the tree planted at Woodchester in his memory, and got in touch through Woodchester's Forester. She has given me these memories of their time together, to share.

To Michael Alan Gothard, from Jazz, 1960 - 61I first met our Michael when I was 16, coming up to 17. It was snowing, and we ( Read more... )