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kensington  flea market  rainbow t shirts and tank tops,  leather bombers with the big collar, my pal wore a very tasty leather safari 3/4 length in ox blood red can see him now, i remember buying a silver velvet bomber up kensington but didnt have the bottle to wear it i swopped it the same saturday i brought it  when the rubettes brought out sugar baby love i got the white cap and never wore that either. But i didnt mind wearing me trilby in fact i loved my trilby, i can remember them boots up kensington with stars on em

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Originally Posted by Lasttye 

Just had a thought does anyone remember 72/73 ? where the wearing of Jean Shirts worn outside with Jeans with all sorts of embroidery on them, I also remember my first Levi jacket I sewed a American Badge Flag on the upper Arm...showing the V for Victory sign, The Vietnam War was sill on,

were they pepe jeans and brutus did em with patterns and box weave on the back pockets

petulia oil      that was mate                 brut was better lol  

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Originally Posted by Pressure_Drop 


Ha! Ha! No sorry mate - I'm from the West, as in West of England, Bristol (although my grandad was from the East End of London). Those photos are of young Bristol City fans and their 'end' at Ashton Gate was known as the East End, so yep they were East End Boot Boys but not in the Laaaaandahn sense, sorry for the confusion. I'm a Bristol Rovers fans and our end was the 'Tote End':

i know some good people from bristol  thought you was a coccccccckney my son   lol

i fancy getting a 3/4 length leather coat, in black 60s cut .heard theres a good man in covent garden makes whatever style you want for fair money , i can remember 1964 i was nine i used to see the mods wearing them coats always liked em . i used to live near rivetts the moterbike shop, down leytonstone high road and can remember seeing all the rockers, with their leather jackets full of studs and all the badges and mad leather belts, even then i wanted to be a mod but was to young, used to watch ready steady go, and totp loved all the gear they wore , l can see where the skins took some of the mod clothes  on board,  tonic, fred perrys , ben sherman ect who remembers sunday night at 7 pm on the radio the top 20  

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Originally Posted by Pressure_Drop 


Could've been!
My dad's dad, lived on the Commercial Road and at the end of the 19th century left London and walked all the way to Bristol to find a job. His first job was as a human scarecrow in the many orchards and small holdings that used to exist in East Bristol, these human scarecrows were known as 'Shu-alla Shu-alla boys'.

thats a proper bit of history he must have had enough of london went of to seek his fortune  what a walk  i sometimes go down to tortworh court for a weekend or bath, 

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Originally Posted by Lasttye 


Yep leather bomber jackets, Rubettes white caps awful, my platforms shoes was Green with a Yellow eagle shape on the front, I think the heels was made of wood, cost a fortune at the time, do you remember that horrible oil that we wore the smell would be all over Kensington market, and the smell of Afghan coats, my future Wife bought one, Fcuk she looked so cool with tight jeans on she had one lovely arse,

remember afghan coats smelt like sick liked a bomber in leather, levi jacket,  and the levi shirt