Streaking - the 1974 fashion of running naked from one point to another- has been variously
attributed to "dares"
means of raising money for charity, simple exhibitionism, or the more complex motives
beloved of psychiatrists.
The press loved the streaking phenomenon since it proved an excuse, if any were needed, to
supply pleasantly
titillating copy and to print nude pictures. The "Daily Mirror" (18/3/74) had the
happy distinction of being the
first large-circulation newspaper internationally to show us an active streaker on its front page.
An attractive
blonde streaker called Sally is shown pinned against the wall by a London policeman.