Posts by bunty

More photos.. Butlins Filey July 1968 1969 Waltham Cross August 1969 Margate July 1969 (After mum washing Levis a million times to get that 'look', finally gave up and lightly bleached...

Quote: Originally Posted by browniecj . You saved up if you could not afford the Clothes straight away. Have heard that there was quite a bit of jacket and coat lending/swapping going on too ? To impress a...

...and I thought it was some psychedelic 'look'...

Sorry Mom, you should be pleased really!

Quote: Originally Posted by Man-of-Mystery In my opinion, by the time of the late mods and skinheads any direct influence from a decade earlier had gone. What did remain was the determination of guys wearing street...

^ Chaps, you have upped this thread a gear, this is fantastic reading. I've always thought that there was something very 'Teddy Boy' about the look ? (I'm sure one of you can expand this far better than me)

^ Almost an anti-fashion that became fashionable?

Quote: Originally Posted by Clyde Keep the pictures coming. It's great to see the style evolve. I'm surprised colour photography wasn't more popular though. It was too expensive to get developed! Cameras...

It's Potter from Please sir!

I know it's a daft question, but did you originals (we must find a better term) evolve from being mods? By the sound of it you were, but did anyone come in 'cold'? (Because they liked the look/music/ and let's be honest - aggro?)