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[cerneabbas]

Sirryacus. You are right they were wrestling boots,the king of British skinheads Mick Mcmanus wore them in the ring,Mick died recently aged 93,he was planning a comeback but it didnt work out,we are thinking of a memorial "do" for Mick,would you be interested in attending ?

 

[Gsvs5]



These days i wear Sambas for knocking about on days out with the kids etc, cant say i've ever associated trainers with skinheads

 

No ,this thread is getting way to forward IMO.
and out of context.

 

[yankmod]

I was going to mention the Quadrophenia booklet(from the LP) as well(in reference to Mods wearing sneakers) But I thought I would be shot down.

 

[Sirryacus]

Sirryacus. You are right they were wrestling boots,the king of British skinheads Mick Mcmanus wore them in the ring,Mick died recently aged 93,he was planning a comeback but it didnt work out,we are thinking of a memorial "do" for Mick,would you be interested in attending ?

In fear of veering further off topic I will just say I don't live in England and I probably wouldn't attend anyway if I did because I would feel rather out of place, seems he was quite a small guy for a wrestler It would have been quite the surprise if you messed with him without knowing who he was.

 

[Aces and Eights]

In fear of veering further off topic I will just say I don't live in England and I probably wouldn't attend anyway if I did because I would feel rather out of place, seems he was quite a small guy for a wrestler It would have been quite the surprise if you messed with him without knowing who he was.

In the mid 70s I trained with the wrestler and weightlifter Johnny Yearsley at his gym in Sidcup. I met Mick McManus there on one occasion and was surprised how small he was. He always looked much bigger on TV. He was on a chat show last year and looked remarkable considering he was in his 90s and with the same black hairstyle

 

[BillyWhizz]

Billy Whizz,If they had a name i cant remember it or didnt know it,sorry.If you are interested in fashion,music and football in Bristol in those days there is a book called Bovver by Chris Brown ( he posts here as Pressure_Drop ).When were you in Bristol last ? its changed a lot i n the last 10 years,loads of pubs gone,new shopping centre,the harbour side is ok but for me all the interesting old places are gone.

Hi Cernabbas, I left Bristol in 1973. I have both of Chris's books and related quite a bit to the things he writes about. I went back once in about '80 and it had changed a lot even then. Haven't been back since and have been out of the UK since '83.

 

[Basset]

No ,this thread is getting way to forward IMO.
and out of context.

Tbh, i agree, i've found this thread a superb place for discussion and detail, im no original so most of my posts are off the back of what others throw up, and are memorys of my childhood and seeing what was going on around me.

The early period that has been discussed recently has been great, but i would like to see peoples thoughts recollections of some of the later stuff 71/72 ?,longer hair, patterns, beagles, ruperts etc, but folks just seem to say it was rubbish and it gets passed over.

My first memorys of the whole skinhead style relate to my aunty she's sixty now and went thru the styles, she used to babysit for me and r kid, take us out and generaly spoil us.
Whilst my memorys are a bit vague and probably jumbled up i remember her having a feathercut, loads of forehead showing, this gradually got longer, short gingham dresses, three quarter length jackets, tights with patterns up the side mustard yellow, sky blue etc, shoes with flared heels, basketweave, big brass eyelets etc.
I remember going with her, dad and gramps to purchase her 1st car, Ford Anglia, and getting a lift back home and playing with the chrome quarter light catch.

I thought she was cool, she dressed different to me mum and other aunty, that pic i posted up a few days ago of me with an attempted Rod hairdo is me at her wedding 75 i think.

Apologies if i've rambled on a bit, and no offence but discussing trainers aint for me.

 

[cerneabbas]

I think that the trainer / shorts posts of the last couple of days have been great and i would like to say cheers to buttons for starting it all !

 

[Gsvs5]



The early period that has been discussed recently has been great, but i would like to see peoples thoughts recollections of some of the later stuff 71/72 ?,longer hair, patterns, beagles, ruperts etc, but folks just seem to say it was rubbish and it gets passed over.

In '71 I thought it interesting to see cotton jersey knit,long sleeve penny collar shirts for men with floral print.These were fairly fitted and seemed quite feminine to me initially.yhe prints were usually in just a single colour,red or blue and were small repetative.
This seemed like a big departure from everything we had been wearing for the previous few years and the safety of solid,stripes and checks.i also recall getting a broad seersucker fabric shirt around the same period that I thought was the dogs bollocks.i had never seen a men's shirt in such a fabric before.Cords were taking over more and more,with the denim less prized.Oasis in the Birmingham Bull Ring had some very unique stalls at this time and it started to seem like you could begin to wear whatever you liked without having the piss taken.your mates might give a sideways glance,but were hesitant to be too critical as they might be buying the same next week.i think it was '72 that a velvet or maybe cord bomber replaced the Harrington?Very quickly followed by the Budgie.stack heel shoes(that looked like plywood ) Raised you up an inch and opened the way to platforms.this is the very end of the suede era and there was no going back now.

 

[Basset]

In '71 I thought it interesting to see cotton jersey knit,long sleeve penny collar shirts for men with floral print.These were fairly fitted and seemed quite feminine to me initially.yhe prints were usually in just a single colour,red or blue and were small repetative.
This seemed like a big departure from everything we had been wearing for the previous few years and the safety of solid,stripes and checks.i also recall getting a broad seersucker fabric shirt around the same period that I thought was the dogs bollocks.i had never seen a men's shirt in such a fabric before.Cords were taking over more and more,with the denim less prized.Oasis in the Birmingham Bull Ring had some very unique stalls at this time and it started to seem like you could begin to wear whatever you liked without having the piss taken.your mates might give a sideways glance,but were hesitant to be too critical as they might be buying the same next week.i think it was '72 that a velvet or maybe cord bomber replaced the Harrington?Very quickly followed by the Budgie.stack heel shoes(that looked like plywood ) Raised you up an inch and opened the way to platforms.this is the very end of the suede era and there was no going back now.

Enjoyed reading that, some great detail regarding the speed at which style and the attitude of those wearing it can change.
Can you recall what you called the shoes with the plywood looking soles?

 

[Gsvs5]

Stacks.

It was just the heel part really.just left natural colour.Common enough later on,but very new at the time.

 

[Sirryacus]

In the mid 70s I trained with the wrestler and weightlifter Johnny Yearsley at his gym in Sidcup. I met Mick McManus there on one occasion and was surprised how small he was. He always looked much bigger on TV. He was on a chat show last year and looked remarkable considering he was in his 90s and with the same black hairstyle

someone on another forum claims Yearsley died in 1980 so it wasn't that long after you trained with him if its true, do you know anything about that?

 

[Ivyskin89]

Final Prototype before production. Any thoughts, comments, criticisms are appreciated.

 

[cerneabbas]

Trainers are within the remits of this thread because Mods wore them,stacked heel shoes and associated clothes were after suedehead so are outside the thread maybe there should be another thread for that kind of stuff ?.

 

[yankmod]

I think the shirt looks good.Just curious why your having these shirts made.Is there nothing on the market you could buy that would be comparable? You mentioned a 1965 version.Is that something you can't get today? Just looking for details.

Final Prototype before production. Any thoughts, comments, criticisms are appreciated.