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Thanks for the link chickNcoop. That is pretty much how I remember those times. I followed The Jam from the very early "Red Cow" days too, was at Southend for the bank holiday and at the Paddocks for the Secret Affair gig. That weekend was insane, so much rucking going on. We targeted the NF Skins and they got a right pasting, the Old Bill were happy to stand by and watch. I remember seeing Hoxton Tom around and very smart he was too. The 4-Skins and the Cockney Rejects were a great night out and it was always good to see off any Boneheads that were around. Tom is right when he says that the Boneheads didn't know the difference between Skinheads and Mods, the lines were very blurry to say the least. I had mates that dressed identical to me but they'd be Mod and I'd be Skinhead...and sometimes vice versa!
This is a common misconception, which started to occur in the early 80s when Oi! skinheads and skinhead-punks wore boots with everything.like how Hoxton Tom mentioned that they preferred brogues and loafers over boots. Which is interesting since boots are such a classic of "skinhead" dress.
Would anybody be willing to do short interview about the skinhead subculture for me?
This is a common misconception, which started to occur in the early 80s when Oi! skinheads and skinhead-punks wore boots with everything.
In the start and throughout the 70s, a skinhead NEVER wore boots with his evening wear i.e. tonic suit or jumper and slacks, with a Crombie on top, it was always oxblood Weejun loafers or oxblood Royal brogues from Loake. That however was the south, I know in Scotland that boots wear generally worn with everything even at the start.
The north of England however, I can't speak for, except that Darlington in Co. Durham in 1980 was a timewarp, in that it was still populated by hippies/hard rockers/proggers as the primary youth sub-culture. It was a bit of a shock that first summer weekend of 1980 when I into Darlington from the Regiment Depot at RAF Catterick and saw all these longhaired, be-flaired youths. It was as if punk and new wave had never happened. I remember a group of us just standing in the street staring as a group of flaired long hairs walked past.
Presumption? No, it's called hyperbole, you know exaggerating for effect. I feel like I have to tell people this a million times a day.A very presumptuous statement to make “skinheads never wore...”
I can't speak for anyone in the north of England but I never saw a Skinhead wearing Weejuns in south London or later on in Essex, or anywhere else for that matter. Footwear of choice for everyone I knew other than DM's were Faith Royals.
Hi, it depends what the questions are. It also depends of course on what type of current or ex-skinhead you are interested in speaking to:
1. Original from 68-70
2. A youngster who got into it in the early-mid 70s
3. Those who got into it with the 2nd Wave of Ska, and Two Tone & the mod revivial in the late 70s
4. Oi! skinheads and skinhead-punks from the 80s
5. American ska-punk skinheads of the 90s
Then you have all the political divisions:
1. British Red skins (socialists - mid 70s)
2. NF and BNP skins (UK Boneheads - mid 70s)
3. American SHARP skins (80s)
Bikers and HC fans with bald heads, combat trousers and leather jackets are not skinheads.
Hi, it depends what the questions are. It also depends of course on what type of current or ex-skinhead you are interested in speaking to:
1. Original from 68-70
2. A youngster who got into it in the early-mid 70s
3. Those who got into it with the 2nd Wave of Ska, and Two Tone & the mod revivial in the late 70s
4. Oi! skinheads and skinhead-punks from the 80s
5. American ska-punk skinheads of the 90s
Then you have all the political divisions:
1. British Red skins (socialists - mid 70s)
2. NF and BNP skins (UK Boneheads - mid 70s)
3. American SHARP skins (80s)
Bikers and HC fans with bald heads, combat trousers and leather jackets are not skinheads.
Faith Loafers early 70's yes, Weejuns no. I remember Weejuns being worn by some Mods in '79/'80, myself included although I preferred Dexters from Lloyd Johnson's shop in the King's Road. It was so strict what was acceptable to wear and if I or any of my mates in south London had worn Weejuns in the late '60's early '70's we'd have been laughed at....whether they looked cool or not. This has been gone over a few times on here and as you say, it depends on your frame of reference as regards time and place.Well, like I said it depends on your frame of reference as regards time & place. In the early & mid 70s in west,north,south and east London, skinheads, rudeboys,suedeheads were all wearing loafers and brogues with their suits. That you have never seen it might have to do with your time period rather than geography.