From the book Super Seagulls by John Vinicombe, I knew I had seen the photo in one of my books.
[Humour] Tight jeans and bovver boots
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From the book Super Seagulls by John Vinicombe, I knew I had seen the photo in one of my books.
Comrade Sam
Comrade Sam
Cheers. I have that and will show it to my daughter in the morning!
I had a pair of Dr Martens boots as school shoes when I was 14, I got them from the open market in Brighton.
Pretty pink fairy
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Return of the Rev
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Found some steel toecap boots by the North stand police box one night, just my size thank you very much
Comrade Sam
Comrade Sam
There's a great scene in This is England, where the boys mum takes him to buy some DMs and the shop assistant fobs him off with some eastern European tut, claiming there all the rage in London. My mum tried to do the same to me when I was a mini skinhead at the age of 12. I declined and was a Mod within a few months.
I have a pair of Dr MArtins for rallying on the scooter, rarely wear them for anything else . . . . kickers and desert boots are about as waterproof!!!
I have a few pairs of Frank Wright lofas and a pair of solatios though.
Levis are normal size.
TBH I'm far more concerned with the cut of my shirt.
I have a few pairs of Frank Wright lofas and a pair of solatios though.
Levis are normal size.
TBH I'm far more concerned with the cut of my shirt.
faoileán
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schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
thats a reflection of what it costs for a skilled person to make a proper pair of shoes in the UK.
the cheap ones are cheap for a reason. same with most things really. SO many people have been hoodwinked into cheap is good whilst the quality of everything declines, all its doing is masking the great divide between rich and poor. Many more are getting poorer further up the ladder whilst the tiny majority shit on us all form a great height.
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Mr Bridger
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Teen years were fantastic then when you look back.
Moving from Brighton to Birmingham 74ish I got swept up in the Brum punk scene 3 years later, but it wasn't until a couple of years after that when Two- Tone came along I got my first pair of Doc Martens and the hair soon got whipped off with a number 1 and a Crombie seemed the preferred clobber rather than a pair of bondage trousers.
1980 I moved to Northants and by the time I got there it was awash with £50 lambrettas,parkers and desert boots, nobody had a skinhead and the surrounding villages were Greaser territory, so you were either a mod or greaser.
The lads I hung about with were all mods so gradually changed my style, got various scooters and smartened up the gear, which has probably stayed with me to this day. Still have a Lambretta LI 150 in the garage.
When I look back now I think how I got swept up in different scenes and think was I just a sheep following others, but realise my circumstances at the time led me to be part of something that I didn't have at home.
I'm also grateful for the eclectic music taste I have now from going through all phases during that period, fantastic time to be a teenager!
PFJ
Not the JPF ..splitters !
Anybody who went to see Cock Sparrer at The Concorde on Saturday will know there are still a lot of high boots and braces about. Mostly the old crowd, but there were a few younger ones in there.
I agree! To be fair if you pay the price they are now and they last 30 years like mine did then it's properbly still a fair price. I think I may have paid something like £40 for mine and they are £189 if you pay for the "Made in England" ones now. The bonus of still having my old ones is that I don't have to break them in to wear them
I agree! To be fair if you pay the price they are now and they last 30 years like mine did then it's properbly still a fair price. I think I may have paid something like £40 for mine and they are £189 if you pay for the "Made in England" ones now. The bonus of still having my old ones is that I don't have to break them in to wear them
must be an age thing, I splashed similar money on Sanders Chukka boots, they lasted 5 years of very regular wear and dog walking before getting a bit shabby, I bought another pair.
I think the late 70's early 80's was a great time for Yoof, I was a bit younger and jumped in around 80/81 when I heard madness. by the time I was a teenager It was all over (84) When I got my first scooter in '87 it couldn't have been less fashionable but the scootering crowd seemed to encapsulate all of those styles in one bonkers gang. Still doing it all now.