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post #10951 of 12564
3/2/13 at 6:04am
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Originally Posted by corker23 View Post


Obviously, I just can't invisage a day when i would be able to spend six hundred knicker on a pair of shoes.

Me neither but its good to have a holy grail to dream about .

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post #10952 of 12564
3/2/13 at 7:59am

THE best ever Skinhead picture ?  every kid in this looks top draw

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post #10953 of 12564
3/2/13 at 9:15am

Love the talk about jobs and wages.Gives a perspective to us young ones  when quoting prices of clothes.If your making 19 pound a week and a pair of shoes was 8.Thats a big chunk.And the memories of the Parents  adds alot.This story is about humans tryin to make it thru.To me it's not just about the clothes and music.The few skinhead books around don't have personal stories about the people Around  the skins.The stories here are from individuals,not a nameless faceless Mob,which has been the perception of outsiders until now.I'm wondering M.O.M. if the book might include some recent pics of the "originals"today.Lasttye's pic of  him and his rude boy pal is one I have in mind.

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post #10954 of 12564
3/2/13 at 10:23am
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Originally Posted by Bob the Badger View Post


That's exactly how I remember the shop. Always a bit shabby. With shoes he sometimes only had one or two pairs in a particular style and you had to be quick. I reckon he must have sold samples or end of line. He was always cheap and the shoes were all over the shop with no real order.

What I can remember was-Piles of boxes everywhere on the Floor, of Shoes.He would disappear up a Ladder into another pile.It was a nightmare.Three years ago,I was in Lanarka,Cyprus and the Shoe Shop was exactly the same.Mind you,I came away with some nice all Leather,Basket Weave,Tasseled Slip-ons(more Mod than Skinhead).Cheap as well!!!
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post #10955 of 12564
3/2/13 at 12:14pm
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Originally Posted by buttons View Post

I was in the Alden shop on Maddison Avenue (NYC) and they were 600 dollars (almost 2 years ago). They were on sale in a shop in Wall Street for 550 but they were shut. Still not cheap but a big drop from 600 quid.

Didn't get the long wings (they were lovely but not that much better than me late 60s shell Florsheims) but treated mesell to a pair of beef-roll pennies instead. Comfiest loafers I've ever had.



I paid $749 for my bluchers at aldens last year. All half price at Austins just round the corner. Went in thinking 2 for the price of 1, touch! Only had Claude hopper sizes or dwarf sizes though! Should have known better!!!

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post #10956 of 12564
3/2/13 at 5:11pm
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Originally Posted by natrodgers79 View Post

I paid $749 for my bluchers at aldens last year. All half price at Austins just round the corner. Went in thinking 2 for the price of 1, touch! Only had Claude hopper sizes or dwarf sizes though! Should have known better!!!
Lucky, lucky, lucky smug bassa!!!!

There again, you obviously worked hard to get there - brilliant!!

Jealous - me... not many! nod[1].gif
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post #10957 of 12564
3/3/13 at 12:47am
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Originally Posted by Ed Vaughan View Post

A mere £5-18s-2d for me - eeeeehh, down t'pit, living on hot gravel and cold gruel - we ended up having to eat dad's bunions when he was laid off - tell kids that today.... (Apologies for quoting (badly) a Monty Python skit.) smile.gif

I'm trying to get a handle on comparing some prices then and now. A while ago someone was talking about getting a pair of shoes for $600 US. That's about £400 at current rates. My pension is about £1100 per month, which is about £270 per week...
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post #10958 of 12564
3/3/13 at 12:49am
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Originally Posted by flyfronted View Post

The whole point of working class dressing up is to look beyond your means . Teenage boys spending £8 for a pair of shoes in 1969 would have sent most people shouting 'the worlds gone mad ' .

I can still remember my mum holding her head in her hands when I paid a fiver for a posh tie. Seriously.
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post #10959 of 12564
3/3/13 at 12:51am
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Originally Posted by yankmod View Post

Love the talk about jobs and wages.Gives a perspective to us young ones  when quoting prices of clothes.If your making 19 pound a week and a pair of shoes was 8.Thats a big chunk.And the memories of the Parents  adds alot.This story is about humans tryin to make it thru.To me it's not just about the clothes and music.The few skinhead books around don't have personal stories about the people Around  the skins.The stories here are from individuals,not a nameless faceless Mob,which has been the perception of outsiders until now.I'm wondering M.O.M. if the book might include some recent pics of the "originals"today.Lasttye's pic of  him and his rude boy pal is one I have in mind.

It's a thought - maybe at the end.

You know, I might be mis-remembering my wages. My job was as a labourer for the Parks Department at Bromley Council. It was certainly somewhere between £15 and £20.
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post #10960 of 12564
3/3/13 at 1:08am
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Originally Posted by Man-of-Mystery View Post

I'm trying to get a handle on comparing some prices then and now. A while ago someone was talking about getting a pair of shoes for $600 US. That's about £400 at current rates. My pension is about £1100 per month, which is about £270 per week...

Back to the old days M-o-M smile.gif Seeing what you wanted,and then saving up for it.Oh! the joy......
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post #10961 of 12564
3/3/13 at 1:12am
My Wages were around £20 normally(I think)smile.gif.When I did Relief Manager I got the same as the Manager of the Shop would(for a week etc.)
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post #10962 of 12564
3/3/13 at 2:37am
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I can still remember my mum holding her head in her hands when I paid a fiver for a posh tie. Seriously.

i paid £375 for a pair of Yuketen Maine boots at Christmas ..   mrs went fucking mental when she caught me trying to smuggle em in when the parcel man delivered ... felt like i was 15 again LOL . Old habits and old style issues Rule OK.

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post #10963 of 12564
3/3/13 at 2:42am
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Originally Posted by flyfronted View Post

i paid £375 for a pair of Yuketen Maine boots at Christmas ..   mrs went fucking mental when she caught me trying to smuggle em in when the parcel man delivered ... felt like i was 15 again LOL . Old habits and old style issues Rule OK.
I've been heavy hinting to the missus that £600 shoes will last me until I die - then I'd be sent to the crem in them, hoping she'll be bite.

She's limited the price to £200, but has insisted that even at that price, they'll be on ebay and I'll go up in smoke wearing Tesco trainers.

I'm optimistic we can reach a 50/50 agreement somewhere along the line... or I'll have to mug a banker. satisfied.gif

(Wives turning into mothers - surely not?) happy.gif
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post #10964 of 12564
3/3/13 at 2:49am
(Wives turning into mothers - surely not?) happy.gif[/quote]


My Missus watches the Post every day and questions about the Expense of things-something my Mum did all the time!!!!biggrin.gif
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post #10965 of 12564
3/3/13 at 4:01am
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Originally Posted by Man-of-Mystery View Post




I might be mis-remembering my wages. My job was as a labourer for the Parks Department at Bromley Council. It was certainly somewhere between £15 and £20.

I was an apprentice on £4.00 per week there we mates in our gang a couple of years older than me who were labouring on sites and they were on £16 - £18 per week and i wondered why I was bothering with an apprenticeship.  So I would say your memory is still sound

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