browniecj
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'Class of 69'?
Some of us - me for one.
I guess so, one or two. That is, before the total rush of everyone's kid brother.
What about `67 and `68?
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'Class of 69'?
What about `67 and `68?
Grand-dad boots. Old geezers back then could sometimes be seen wearing fairly tall lace-up boots with suits, hence the name - a throwback to working class dress in the first half of the 20c. Some guys in the late 60s went to classy bootmakers and got boots made up to order.
What about `67 and `68?
The fashion just evolved, It was all around you, You would just go out and buy the kit without thinking. We did not wake up one morning and say i am gonna be a Skinhead, Like the 79/80s Skinheads did. It was just the fashion of the day.
Regarding the Aggro it was not much different to the Mods & Rockers fighting, But with us.. it was taken a bit further on a more massive scale.
Many areas were policed by teenage gangs and the Archway was no different. The Archway ‘Mob’ was a loose group of perhaps 80 young tearaways. We guarded the borders of our ‘manor’ tenaciously. We were surrounded by bigger gangs such as the Highbury mob, the Mars and the Somers Town gang who were all sworn enemies. Skirmishes were frequent and occasionally full scale incursions would take place. Weapons of choice were hammers, knives and razors. To be caught on another ‘manor’ meant a beating at very least.
From Twisted Wheel:
It's remarkably quick how something takes off. In the part of Scotland where I now live* the term "Ned" has always been considered a contraction of "Ne'er-do-well", and the "non-educated-delinquents" thing tagged on later - after all, we would say "uneducated" not "non-educated".
Hey MoM, what part of Scotland are you living? I may have visited your town when I was there!
I'm in Perth.
Classic style. Brideshead mentioned that the thirties style was a strong influence and I think it was Lasttye who reminded people of the fact that many items worn by early Skins had actually been around for a long time and parents at the time thought they were 'looking like little old men'....
Keep the pictures coming. It's great to see the style evolve. I'm surprised colour photography wasn't more popular though.
It was too expensive to get developed! Cameras only came out for holidays in our house, even then the film was usually b&w which was dear enough. I think the Spirit of '68 (ha!) folks will back me up on this, that's why there's not many photos about from this period.