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[Gsvs5]

McDermott,all those Photos are brilliant.I hope the Guy does come on-interesting to get to to know about him.

He even had a patterned Shirt like mine(the Blue One).Bloody Cheek......

Yeah ,you and the rest of the country! This was when things were changing and some of the more questionable shirts were getting worn,late '71-72 if I recall.I had a brown one similar,but am glad to forget about it.
Welcome to the Forum Chris and look forward to hearing more of your memories.That mother load of photos came along as a much needed boost IMO and cover quite a few years.

BTW That Deco house in the back is a rare beauty

 

[Gsvs5]

marked as Manchester '74

 

[Soulcharger]

Welcome to the Forum,Chris.Good to have you here.Interesting story about the Photos..Which part of Surrey were you living ????

Hi, well we lived in Walton, Hersham, Moseley, Shepperton, Addlestone, New Haw, Woking, all in that area.

 

[Soulcharger]

Yeah ,you and the rest of the country! This was when things were changing and some of the more questionable shirts were getting worn,late '71-72 if I recall.I had a brown one similar,but am glad to forget about it. Welcome to the Forum Chris and look forward to hearing more of your memories.That mother load of photos came along as a much needed boost IMO and cover quite a few years.

BTW That Deco house in the back is a rare beauty

The checked shirts came from the Ivy shop, it was 1971, I could drive from December 1970 on wards these taken in September 1971. BTW that art deco hous is still there, it's now a doctors surgery.

 

[Soulcharger]

McDermott,all those Photos are brilliant.I hope the Guy does come on-interesting to get to to know about him. He even had a patterned Shirt like mine(the Blue One).Bloody Cheek......

I have some photos of a couple of girls wearing all the gear must see if I can find them.

 

[Man-of-Mystery]



... Croydon Top Rank, Tottenham Royal, Purley Orchid ...

We might have walked right past each other at the Top Rank or the Orchid, though I didn't get to either more than a couple of times!

...the Ivy shop in Richmond...

Shopped there once of twice - I seem to remember my g/f of the time fancied a walk round Richmond Park.

Welcome Chis.

 

[Man-of-Mystery]



I have some photos of a couple of girls wearing all the gear must see if I can find them.

Yes please!

 

[Ed Vaughan]

Great pics, fellas.

Loved the description of ...'we were going for a fight' - priceless.

What is even more interesting and entertaining of course, was that it happened - up here, too - in the day when no one had mobiles, yet, punch-ups would be organised and a failure to attend would lead to a severe loss of face - if not literally then definitely metaphorically.

Brilliant stuff.

 

[browniecj]



Hi, well we lived in Walton, Hersham, Moseley, Shepperton, Addlestone, New Haw, Woking, all in that area.

I thought I recognised the Area.Some were old adversaries to us-at some point-,in the 60s(I lived in Guildford) and I can remember some of the rows we had.then.....


You mentioned the Alphabet Club(I remembered somebody saying about that Club in Soul Source-Chris L).I read about the visits and agreed with what had been put.By `70 the Jamaican Clubs were becoming less welcoming.I stopped going to them in `69 because of this.I never went to the Que Club in Paddington nor the Four Aces in Dalston because they both had a very bad reputation.


Purley Orchid and The Cats Whiskers,Streatham-plus The Hammersmith Palais.


Interesting to see the Girls wearing the Gear.

 

[Soulcharger]

I thought I recognised the Area.Some were old adversaries to us-at some point-,in the 60s(I lived in Guildford) and I can remember some of the rows we had.then....

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I dated a girl in Guildford and we went to the Guildford Plaza, think it may have been also called The A Train.

 

[browniecj]



I dated a girl in Guildford and we went to the Guildford Plaza, think it may have been also called The A Train.

That's right,the "A"Train Discotheque at the Plaza, on a Sunday Night.

 

[Inks]

Bronco Bullfrog has been posted up in its entirety on youtube again.

 

[roytonboy]

The black and white photos you see with just the 1 girl were taken in the winter of 1969 on a Saturday morning (on our way for a fight!). The camera belonged to the girl in the picture, she took them and they remained in a box in her garage until about 3 weeks ago.



Chris

Welcome Chris,

At this time, would you have described yourselves as 'skinheads'?

 

[Soulcharger]

That's right,the "A"Train Discotheque at the Plaza, on a Sunday Night.

Her name was Jan Kemp, she lived on the Belfields estate, had a mate called Pam. To my eternal shame I still have about 2 or 3 records of her I borrowed but never returned. Love to track her down.

 

[Soulcharger]

Welcome Chris,

At this time, would you have described yourselves as 'skinheads'?

I don't think so, maybe a year 2 earlier.