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Mod to Suedehead
Knowing Phil as I do and him being a real Bovver Boy I think his belt was a weapon of choice. Probably tucked the jumper in for ease of access if you know where I'm coming from.- Pressure_Drop
- Post #20,044
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
First time publication of a photo of a friend of mine (Phil Peacock) on the left at Bristol Bus Station in 1968. In case young uns are wondering about the monkey, back in those days no-one took a camera out with them unless it was a special event so any photos we're seeing on this site are a...- Pressure_Drop
- Post #20,035
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
You don't think it's a 1960s version of a 'high viz' jacket do you? Perhaps he was a council worker :D- Pressure_Drop
- Post #18,976
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
Hi all, don't think these photos have been posted previously so apologies if they already have. They are of the previously mentioned 'Never on Sunday' gang who frequented a cafe of the same name in Fairfax Street, Bristol back in the mid/late 60s to early 70s. The first pic shows the guy whose...- Pressure_Drop
- Post #18,962
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
Sorry, should have replied to the photo of 'East End' lads of 1970, haven't been on here for a while!- Pressure_Drop
- Post #18,545
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
These are all young Bristol City fans - in fact it features two of their top lads who still attend matches these days. East End refers to the City end where all the boot boys congregated which coincidentally has just been demolished to allow for redevelopment.- Pressure_Drop
- Post #18,544
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
This is quite a game changer, as Cerneabbas says Levi two tone Sta-prest were de rigueur in Bristol, everyone and I mean everyone wore them. Austins was the store for us, they sold shed loads of them, can't believe for one moment they weren't sold in the rest of the country. Were Austins...- Pressure_Drop
- Post #16,346
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
Never, ever remember a Levi Two Tone jacket, and if they did one I wouldn't wear it. What was popular was light brown needle cord jackets, exactly same style as the denim ones, think Levis, Lee Cooper and Wrangler all made them, mine was Lee Cooper, so much more stylish than wearing double...- Pressure_Drop
- Post #16,265
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
The most commonest ones were blue/maroon which gave a very nice purple look, I had the blue/black. I've mentioned another make as well previously which I think was CT, think they only sold them in Rodney Thomas so maybe they were their own brand?- Pressure_Drop
- Post #16,262
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
I think it's on East Street and that's the old Robinson paper bag factory in the background (but I might be wrong). As you said it first appeared in the Western Daily Press in August 1971 at the start of the new football season, ironically seeing as the photo shows City fans fighting the...- Pressure_Drop
- Post #16,261
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
Yep, quite enjoyed it mate - I think the transition to the 1960s and mod background worked surprisingly well. I don't think it was so dark as the original film but you can't really compare the two and let's face it anything with Helen Mirren in has to be good.- Pressure_Drop
- Post #16,238
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
We used to call them 'Bogies' - an expression I must admit I'd totally forgot until I recently read Brighton Rock so it's obviously a nickname that goes back a fair few years. On the same subject, I'm pretty certain that I read somewhere that 'Pigs' was an insult used by black youths in America...- Pressure_Drop
- Post #16,208
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
Bloody hell, you got a good memory! I used to wear a Union Jack button badge in the lapel, in fact it was almost welded to it (this was during my dark 'dalliance with the far right' days). Monkey boots safe and sound and under lock and key under the stairs. :)- Pressure_Drop
- Post #15,952
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
I didn't own one when I was a skinhead/suedehead (couldn't afford one) but I eventually bought one off of an older mate of mine in about 1976, he originally bought it from Petticoat Lane in 1970ish. As described by A&E they tended to be three quarter length, slighter darker and definitely not...- Pressure_Drop
- Post #15,916
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
Nope, he's assured me it was a BD Ben Sherman, but why he had the collar outside of the jumper he has no idea - confirmation of date, 1970, a year after he joined as a boy soldier age 15, so he's 16 in this photo (that's a squaddie hair cut he's got). Photo taken at Deep Cut Barracks in...- Pressure_Drop
- Post #15,646
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
Er... that's partly my point, I did mention that Gareth wasn't a skinhead, so I'm not trying to suggest that some skinheads deliberately chose wider lapels (groan, we'll be getting into the Levi jacket debate again :embar:) just thought it an interesting pic showing some of the 'crossover'...- Pressure_Drop
- Post #15,574
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
I will catch up with Gareth shortly to get an exact date, but I'm pretty certain it's 1969, perhaps 1970 at the latest. To me what is interesting is that I know for a fact he wasn't a skinhead at all, but he was pretty fashionable (well as fashionable as you can be in Devon) but you can see how...- Pressure_Drop
- Post #15,563
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
Just found this photo of my brother-in-law, Gareth, he grew up in Exeter - think this was his last civvy photo before he joined the Army in 1969ish as a boy soldier (he left a few years back - Brigadier or something, not bad for a council house kiddy). I think he's got a touch of the young David...- Pressure_Drop
- Post #15,543
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
Mike - your old man would have worn what we called 'Bumper boots' - navy blue canvas high ankled baseball boots with a white rubber protruding roundel on the outside and a white rubber toecap - think they were about 2/6 from Woolworths or Keith Poples. The start of the Smoothie era saw us ditch...- Pressure_Drop
- Post #13,846
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Mod to Suedehead
MIke, your old man was spot on about the Light/Brown splits - and the added bonus was a good landlord would always put the bitter in first, which was always more than a half a pint (often known as a 'docker's half) and just hand you the bottle of Light/Brown Ale (Courages) - the other variant...- Pressure_Drop
- Post #13,764
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim