THEY say if you remember the 1960s, you were probably never there.

So it is lucky that hundreds of Mods, skinheads, and Northern Soul fans will be revving and raving in Oxford to remind us all this weekend.

‘Scooterists’ from all over the country will descend on the county to mark the third annual Oxford Roadrunners Scooter Club Going-Loco Charity Weekender.

The club, made up of classic Lambretta and Vespa scooter owners, will host the weekend in aid of Sobell House hospice in honour of late scooter owner and original Mod John Jones.

Mr Jones, of Abingdon, died aged 56 from cancer.

Granddaughter Kerry Thomason, 21, said: “He loved the whole lifestyle, but especially riding and restoring classic scooters.

“He used to get me to help him clean his scooter and I would go on the back every weekend.

“When I got my own scooter we had plans to go to the rallies together and do as many weekenders as possible.

“But shortly after that he got ill. That’s why we decided to do something for charity.”

Last year’s event raised more than £1,700 for Sobell House, at the Churchill Hospital, in Oxford.

This year’s rally takes place tomorrow at the Railway Inn, Culham, where the club meets every Wednesday night.

Live music, including Drayton band The Dead Jerichos, and Oxford’s The Anydays will feature at the pub throughout Saturday, alongside DJs spinning soul, ska and reggae classics.

Then on Sunday the scooters will leave for the Red Lion, in Wolvercote, for a barbecue and a charity raffle.

Meanwhile, a dancer who is to feature in a new film about Mod culture has also appealed for music lovers to dust off their parkas, roll out their scooters, and groove out to Mod classics at the Regal nightclub in Cowley Road tomorrow night.

Emma Noble will be one of hundreds of dancers to star in Northern Soul, which documents the rise of the soul and Mod culture in Britain. It will be released next year.

Ms Noble, organising the event with brother Simon, said: “We are seeing a bit of a Mod revival with lots of young people starting to wear Mod fashion.”