Mod to Suedehead

[Yorky]

Tom Petch and a few of the York SC had travelled down to Brighton for the Quadrophenia filming...Tom's a real nice bloke
I got my brothers Fred Perry & DM hand me downs, when he went down the casual route...bleached denim, highlights, Lacoste polo shirts and a Ford Capri
Never ventured much out of York other than a few visits to Leeds to see bands and there was a club near the station (The Cockpit?) that had a mod kinda of night
I did a gig in the one-in 12 club in Bradford once...they sold whizz behind the bar...!

PS just head news about Norman Hunter...sad news

I used to DJ occasionally at the Cockpit, under the dark arches, the weekly Friday night was called Brighton Beach, the main room was an indie type of room, and occasionally had bands on, the smaller room was the mod/60s room, where I DJ'd. The main DJ was Mark Ellis, who has now moved to London, it attracted a lot of people from far and wide, and it then took the name to Sheffield and Tee side, and Leicester for monthly nights. The Leeds night didn't open until 11 O'clock and closed at 5 in the morning, so we would all meet around 9 in a few of the smaller bars, and started to powder our noses, I usually didn't drink, as I normally drove to Leeds.
Had some brilliant nights their from its opening night around 1993/4 until about 98/99.
Saturday we used to travel around to club nights Birmingham, and all nighters in London etc. It wasn't unusual for me to not sleep from Friday morning to Sunday afternoon, depending on the shift that I was working, sometimes I had to wait until Monday to kip if I was working a Sunday night shift.

 

[Yorky]

Sad news about "bite yer legs" Hunter, He used to strike fear into the players from the opposite side, having said that most of the Leeds team did at that time.
My gran lived opposite Terry Coopers parents in Brotherton and when we visited I used to go over and have a kick around with him if he was visiting.

 

[Midnight2six]

May I ask where your UK flu figure is from? I'm on your side of the debate regarding Covid-19, as it were, but I've seen significantly higher flu death rate estimates.

I got my figure from The Vaccine Knowledge Project by the University of Oxford.

Influenza (flu) is a very common, highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It can be very dangerous, causing serious complications and death, especially for people in risk groups. In rare cases flu can kill people who are otherwise healthy. In the UK it is estimated that an average of 600 people a year die from complications of flu. In some years it is estimated that this can rise to over 10,000 deaths (see for example this UK study from 2013 , which estimated over 13,000 deaths resulting from flu in 2008-09). Flu leads to hundreds of thousands of GP visits and tens of thousands of hospital stays a year.


However most of us realise that Covid 19 is a deadly serious threat and well, as it's been said this isn't the Covid thread.

 

[Midnight2six]

Did any of you ever go to the Skinhead all-nighters at Herne Bay? I used to go all the time, got the train down when I was stationed in Aldershot. Saw some great bands there including The Riffs, Hotknives, Loafers, Judge Dredd.

 

[Cutdown69]

I used to DJ occasionally at the Cockpit, under the dark arches, the weekly Friday night was called Brighton Beach, the main room was an indie type of room, and occasionally had bands on, the smaller room was the mod/60s room, where I DJ'd. The main DJ was Mark Ellis, who has now moved to London, it attracted a lot of people from far and wide, and it then took the name to Sheffield and Tee side, and Leicester for monthly nights. The Leeds night didn't open until 11 O'clock and closed at 5 in the morning, so we would all meet around 9 in a few of the smaller bars, and started to powder our noses, I usually didn't drink, as I normally drove to Leeds.
Had some brilliant nights their from its opening night around 1993/4 until about 98/99.
Saturday we used to travel around to club nights Birmingham, and all nighters in London etc. It wasn't unusual for me to not sleep from Friday morning to Sunday afternoon, depending on the shift that I was working, sometimes I had to wait until Monday to kip if I was working a Sunday night shift.

That's it, Brighton beach! Nice one, I still remember the large venue being rammed
Sounds like you lived the proper mod/northern soulie type lifestyle. As I'm getting older, I've had this urge to start visiting 100 club allnighters more often (I've only been to 3), I just struggle with staying up without a pick me up.
Have you still got your vinyl collection?

 

[Cutdown69]

Did any of you ever go to the Skinhead all-nighters at Herne Bay? I used to go all the time, got the train down when I was stationed in Aldershot. Saw some great bands there including The Riffs, Hor Knives, Loafers, Judge Dredd.

No, but followed the Hotknives around quite a bit, they were kind of 'our' band as they were from our neck of the woods
I've still got some of their vinyl, but tbh it doesn't seem to have aged well...definitely better in a pub

 

[Kingstonian]

Sad news about "bite yer legs" Hunter, He used to strike fear into the players from the opposite side, having said that most of the Leeds team did at that time.
My gran lived opposite Terry Coopers parents in Brotherton and when we visited I used to go over and have a kick around with him if he was visiting.

He represented the Dirty Leeds image. I have cousins from there that support the team. They used to come down to London during school holidays and get billeted with various relatives. There were a lot of them and they were quite competitive. Always slagging London off. We eventually got tired of this and asked ‘What’s so good about Leeds then. What are the attractions?’ There was a pause and they replied ‘ err, well there’s Leeds Town Hall.’ The moaning stopped after that. They always came to us. When we eventually went up there we found they lived in a sh**y area of the city where neighbours go in your back door unannounced - Harehills. They moved out of there into nicer parts and it’s even worse now, although Leeds as a whole has taken a turn for the better.

 

[Thin White Duke]

Sad news about "bite yer legs" Hunter, He used to strike fear into the players from the opposite side, having said that most of the Leeds team did at that time.

Oh Yeah? Ask Sniffer Clark how much fear he struck into R. Pitt at around 3.10 pm on 5th May 1973.

Tough news about Hunter like, supposedly a real gent off the field.

 

[Inkss]

 

[Thin White Duke]

Haha love it!

And I love how as part of his charicature of a clueless knob he has his tie knotted with the back blade longer - an affectation copied by a load of people who aspire to be considered influential sartorial superstars!

 

[donkeyjacket2]

Yorkshire born n bred

**** all to do at moment then get pissed then again wots different, new account cos am a wazzack.

 

[Botolph]

Yorkshire born n bred

**** all to do at moment then get pissed then again wots different, new account cos am a wazzack.

Welcome back, DJ.

 

[Ivyskin89]

Amphibious lammy

 

[donkeyjacket2]

Welcome back, DJ.

cheers boss

 

[donkeyjacket2]

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