Timeline:1960s

1960Edit

Date	Event
Apr 26	Roger Andrew Taylor born in Castle Bromwich, West Midlands to Hughie and Jean Taylor
May 30	Stephen Duffy born
Jun 20	Nigel John Taylor born at Sorento Maternity Hospital in Birmingham to Jack and Eugenie (Jean) Taylor

Date	Event
Feb 16	Andrew Taylor born at Tynemouth Jubilee Infirmary in North Shields (near Newcastle), to Ronnie and Blanche Taylor; he was raised in the fishing village of Cullercoats. (Sandra is his stepmother.)

Date	Event
Jun 8	Nicholas James Bates born in or around Moseley, near Birmingham, to Roger and Sylvia Bates

Date	Event
May 3	Sterling Campbell born in New York City
?	Warren gets a drum kit
?	Six-year-old Simon is kicked out of Middlesex Cub Scouts for retaliating against an older boy by smacking him in the face with a pair of shoes
?	Simon begins acting classes
?	Simon makes first record with Pinner Parish Church choir ("Ave Verum" and "O For the Wings of a Dove")
?	Simon is the boy in the "not-so-white" shirt in a TV commercial for Persil laundry detergent; he is also in several other commercials

Date	Event
?	Simon stars in The King and I with the Harrow Light Opera Company (see Collectibles for programme).
?	Simon stars in Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Man For All Seasons.

Date	Event
?	Andy gets his first guitar, "but it was plastic at the time..."
?	Andy's neighbor David Black (later to replace Mick Ronson when the Spiders from Mars spun off from David Bowie) begins teaching him how to play
?	Warren gets his first guitar
?	A vicar takes Simon on a boat outing to the Norfolk Broads, and Simon's passion for sailing is born