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The Littledean Jail Quadrophenia Collection
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Littledean Jail now houses the largest single touring collection of Quadrophenia memorabilia in the world! In November 2007, Littledean Jail acquired the privately owned Quadrophenia collection from British mod and scooter fanatic, David Wyburn. This remarkable and nostalgic collection was subsequently added to Littledean Jail’s own vast assortment of Quadrophenia memorabilia, thus making it the largest, single collection in the world.
The Quadrophenia Collection at Littledean Jail opened in Easter 2008, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of when the film was originally made in 1978.
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The Quadrophenia Collection at Littledean Jail - a must see for any Mod!
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About the film...Quadrophenia (1978-1979)The greatest British youth film ever made!!
Quadrophenia
was filmed in Britain in 1978 and released in 1979 Quadrophenia is
still to this day highly regarded as being one of the greatest British
films of all times. It still retains its own iconic magnetism and has a
massive cult following worldwide. Quadrophenia, when originally
released was panned by critics for its large amounts of drug-fuelled,
pill-popping, sex, bad language, violence, profanity and drug use
throughout the film, which at the time were fairly uncommon in Film
(unlike today’s Film and TV industry that seemingly appear to revel and
rely upon using as much sex, violence, drug use and bad language).
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Andy Jones, curator of the Quadrophenia Collection at Littldean Jail sits on the Vespa GS-Rally scooter which was ridden by 'Ace Face', who was played by Sting
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About the Quadrophenia Collection at Littledean Jail...
The Quadrophenia Collection boasts two of the most famous bikes on two
wheels in the world, one being the Vespa GS-Rally scooter which
belonged to 'Ace Face' (played by Sting) and was subsequently 'nicked'
by ‘Jimmy’ (Phil Daniels) from outside the Grand Hotel in Brighton.
There is also a 100% replica of Jimmy's Lambretta scooter which had
been rebuilt using spares and extra parts from the scooter used
throughout the film. The original well worn seat, also sat upon by the beautiful ‘Steph’
(played by Leslie Ash), is on display along with other classic
Quadrophenia exhibits including numerous mod parkas and clothing, lots
of signed photos, film stills and original posters, as well as an
awesome life size cast backdrop to name but a few.
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Memorabilia from the film at the Quadrophenia Collection in Littledean Jail
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The Quadrophenia Collection at Littledean Jail...“This is the best collection of Quadrophenia memorabilia I have ever seen!!!”
Franc Roddam… Quadrophenia Film director… (1978-1979) at the Quad Reunion 2007, Earls Court, London, UK “A shrine to mods and rockers alike !!!”
Phil Daniels - aka 'Jimmy' “A shrine to mods and rockers alike !!!”
Phil Daniels - aka 'Jimmy' “My brother was a mod and I was a punk rocker at the time the film Quadrophenia was released in 1979. It was and still is one of my most favourite films of all time, despite preferring the heavy rock music to that of the mod scene.
It is a great privilege to now own and display such a fantastic collection as this one, which I’m sure all mods and rockers will unite in savouring together!”
Andy Jones, Curator of Littledean Jail
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The Quadrophenia Collection is loacted at Littledean Jail in the Royal Forest of Dean and the usual opening times apply as follow. Open from April 1st to OCTOBER 31st
Day visits are only allowed from 10am to 5pm (last entry 3.45pm)
Please kindly note that we are only OPEN from Thursdays to Sundays & Bank Holiday’s
(or at other times solely at The Jailers discretion)
Littledean Jail, Littledean, Forest of Dean, Glos. GL14 3NL
Location Map
Tel: 01594 826659
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