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London Rudeboy · Feb 5, 2012

Sipreano said:
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No, they looked basically like this. http://www.shoetail.co.uk/grafters-original-leather-monkey-boot-junior-black-418-p.asp They had a ridged sole and matt leather, it wasn't the smooth highly polished leather that you get on the newly produced ones (like in this photo) they had much cheaper leather than Docs, almost that kind of cardoard leather we had on our issued DMS boots in the forces, and the stitching on them was also pretty poor, originally they were Czech army boots. I could never get a good shine on mine.

London Rudeboy · Feb 5, 2012

Brideshead said:
Found another pic or two of the King's Road in the early 70s.

Here you can see just how oddly (in my eyes) the Drugstore sat against the predominantly Victorian architecture - I suppose that was part of the attraction.

I'm not sure I did visit the Birds Nest.

This photo of Kings Road by Royal Avenue can be no older than 73, probably 74. Because the two arms of Royal Avenue (east and west of those benches) that used to give out on to Kings Road have already been closed off and pedestrianised, and that happened in 73.

Kingstonian · Feb 5, 2012

browniecj said:
Were these the Pubs where they originally had Go Go Girls dancing-behind the "Cage"?

Not in Harrow. Don't know about elsewhere.

browniecj · Feb 5, 2012

browniecj said:
Were these the Pubs where they originally had Go Go Girls dancing-behind the "Cage"?

My Wife danced Go Go in the Birdcage Pub in Columbia Road, Bethnal Green(were these part of the same Chain as the one in Chelsea?).She was 17,so that would have made it 1971.

browniecj · Feb 6, 2012

browniecj said:
My Wife danced Go Go in the Birdcage Pub in Columbia Road, Bethnal Green(were these part of the same Chain as the one in Chelsea?).She was 17,so that would have made it 1971.

In fact it was in Bethnal Green Road.She did a lot of Dancig around that Area.

London Rudeboy · Feb 6, 2012

browniecj said:
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Ha ha ha! At first I thought you were responding to someone else, and that would have been really funny you saying that you'd seen someone else's wife doing lots of dancing round the manor!

Brideshead · Feb 6, 2012

London Rudeboy said:
No, they looked basically like this. http://www.shoetail.co.uk/grafters-original-leather-monkey-boot-junior-black-418-p.asp They had a ridged sole and matt leather, it wasn't the smooth highly polished leather that you get on the newly produced ones (like in this photo) they had much cheaper leather than Docs, almost that kind of cardoard leather we had on our issued DMS boots in the forces, and the stitching on them was also pretty poor, originally they were Czech army boots. I could never get a good shine on mine.

I remember them very well. They were fairly understated I recall, with matt leather as you say and I am not sure if they had same-colour laces. I recall them in brown. I never got round to buying a pair - like many other things.....

Can't find any pics.

Lasttye · Feb 6, 2012

Brideshead said:
I remember them very well. They were fairly understated I recall, with matt leather as you say and I am not sure if they had same-colour laces. I recall them in brown. I never got round to buying a pair - like many other things.....
Can't find any pics.

I remember Ox blood with yellow laces, Like you John i never had a pair, and hardly ever seeing anyone else wearing them.

browniecj · Feb 6, 2012

London Rudeboy said:
Ha ha ha! At first I thought you were responding to someone else, and that would have been really funny you saying that you'd seen someone else's wife doing lots of dancing round the manor!

bunty · Feb 6, 2012

Monkey boots were worn here, pre-skin. I think the fella, extreme right is wearing them, this is '67. (The idea was probably pinched from another mob

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Pequod · Feb 6, 2012

Hi everybody!

I follow this great thread since last year. Recent I found some pics in the web I want to share. I have read all pages of the thread, but I can’t remember to see the pics below.
But next up, a link to an interesting interview with an ex skinhead girl:

http://breakingtherulessouthend.wordpress.com/category/skinheads/

Image sources:

http://adrianjeanes.blogspot.com/p/photo-album_03.html

http://flamingnora.blogspot.com/2011/12/man-for-our-times.html

I am unsure if this pic from the late sixties / early seventies

bunty · Feb 6, 2012

Sorry, not monkey boot related but just found this photo -says '1970'

Lasttye · Feb 6, 2012

bunty said:
Sorry, not monkey boot related but just found this photo -says '1970'

What a couple of Scruffy cnuts ,

browniecj · Feb 6, 2012

Lasttye said:
What a couple of Scruffy cnuts ,

Yep,that is what we became!!

London Rudeboy · Feb 6, 2012

bunty said:
Sorry, not monkey boot related but just found this photo -says '1970'

See? penny loafers, what did I tell ya?

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