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Go away for two days and it takes me all night to catch up! Great stuff.
Had a good chat with Roy (and many others) at Southend on Saturday - good crack.
Coatsy from Bristol joined in and your book got mentioned a lot, Chris.
Margate's a good weekend. Not missed one yet. Lots of rare 45s being played downstairs for the serious reggae fans and plenty of old style skinheads chatting and drinking. Hardly a bad way to spend a weekend!
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Roy wrote.

Yes it was a great night Buttons, Brilliant chat...it was great to see Coatsy and Pike from Bristol, we must of spent a couple of hours standing outside in the cold talking shop,
Booted and Suited by Chris is a must read for anyone interested in 60s/70s Teenage social history.

Looking forward to York.

another pic of the same bunch...

The thin sleeveless Cardigan is all but forgotten today.Only the chunky Cardigan is remembered as Skinhead wear.I used to have 4 of them,back then-Navy,Beige,Burgundy and Black.They would look smart with a pair of Strides,as well.

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Round collar sweater with braces on top? Odd look.

That's actually Eastville, the Rovers ground, rather than Ashton Gate. The numbers on the stand roof are the tote clocks used for the dog racing there, hence "Tote End". The dog track is also visible in that photo as well.

Eastville Stadium.

Note the gasometers in the background. Hence The Gas and Gas Heads nicknames.

Site looks more like this these days though...

Spot on Alan yes Pepe? or Brutus, I think Pepe jeans came later... If i remember correctly Brushed denim was all the rage at the time.

Don't think it is braces actually - I think it's the design on the sweater.

Exactly what Bowie alluded to:

"Now Lucy looks sweet cause he dresses like a queen
But he can kick like a mule it's a real mean team."

Me, I got all funked up and boogied on down....

yes mate it does stay with you, i wouldnt think twice of going on a site about the glam rock days, although we had the krac, it wernt like the skin days  i remember when we would go into other skin manors, i was going out with a bird that lived in mile end and they were notorius for causing major ag, i used to go on the underground,  and there would be always 20 skins standing outside mile end tube, sometimes i would get of at whitechapel just in case . i got plenty of screws, but no bov,er what a word BOV,ER BOYS  aint heard that for years. May be cos the birds brother was one of there top boys i got a pass. I WISH ALL YOU SKINS A HAPPY BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY probaly a bit quiter than some LOL

They seem to look like theyre pressing into the shoulders a little, so could be braces.

 

Great Picture None the Less.

 

I LIKED a sleevless cardi,  also i cant remember what we called the v neck sleevless jumper, perhaps there wernt a name, what make were there

Trouble was always around the corner..and you would be taking a chance going into other areas, in saying that if you got invited you would be made welcome, for all the aggro.. skinheads liked to make friends, I was at Highfields Holiday camp Clacton in 70 meet Two Sisters and their Brother .. from Poplar, The older Sister Mary May , She worked in the Bricklayers or Builders Arms ? Stepney, We walked in there one Saturday night, People giving us the once over, Next Mary shouted out alright Roy..and that was it......we drank over The Mile End road for years after that..never saw one fight. great people and smart as fcuk.

thats 100 per cent mate i can remember desmond dekker playing at a club over that manor called the A TRAIN,,  you remember top of the bethnal green rd  a shop called gottleibs did all the clobber i think there may have been another mens clothing store called davis . i can remember up on the wall a giant pair of levis sposed to be the biggest pair in the world  can you remember them shops called TAKE SIX.  the mens cloths shop in the day had fantastic window displays compared to now    GRANDITERS in ilford high rd , loaded with all different styles of shoes from smooths  , brouges  box weave ect

And in East Ham as well A.Used to go there and get a lot of Clothes.There was another small Shop in Upton Park(nearly opposite Tescos.) in Green Street..If you looked about there were ones that were tucked away.That`s what made it interesting.

Never had problems in Mile End-later,during the late 70s,used to run Soul Dos there-the Old Globe etc.,still no problems.Used to have People drive into the East End from outside London,but when I asked some People from West London why they did not come-the excuse was the reputation of the Krays made them think twice about coming to the area.

Yep i remember the chain of shops Take Six they use to do some nice stuff.

Well we West Londoners had no worries about going over to the East End, we would get off at Whitechapel, over the road for a couple in the Hospital Tavern, then onto the Black Bear, The Blind Begger was of no interest to us ,[ no music in there] we would also get in the Old Globe and the New Globe.
We would also venture right out to the Room at the Top.. and the Palais Ilford. another place was the Lion and Keys Stratford.

We went fcuking everywhere.