In 1964, the BBC’s Cliff Michelmore, on the Tonight program, told a young man named Davie that: “A lot of people can’t tell the difference between a man and a woman, can they, if you’ve got your hair that long.” Davie, the founder of the Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men, responded, “Well, that’s ridiculous.”
Oh! You pretty thing! RIP David Jones aka David Bowie. Seen here in his first known TV appearance back in 1964
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— BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) January 11, 2016