Was You Ever A Skinhead/Punk/Mod/Ted etc. After Leaving CH?

Spoonbill · Post by **Spoonbill** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:16 pm

We was a pretty ordinary bunch of kids, wot with bein' at a charity school an' all. Lots of us was from Sarf London and similar sh*tty places and all in all we was pretty credible geezers - so surely some of us must've evolved into mindless skin'eads, glue-eatin' punks, well-poofty mods and embarrassingly greasy teddyboys. Hands up, then: was you one of the Elite? Was you in a punk band? Did you get into rucks? Was you ever filled in by bootboys? Etc., etc.

Come on, spit it out and don't be shy now.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 1:10 pm

If you are referring to the mid sixties, (Mods & Rockers etc), then I was a member of 'Plod', so they were all 'open-house'

No P.A.C.E. in those good old days !

Bingo the Poop-Eating Dog · Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:41 am

I dimly recall a bloke called Mel Batt (Mid B in the 1970s) who I heard (long after the event) had become a Mod during the Mod Revival of the early 1980s. Apparently the poor fellow got the crap beaten out of him really seriously by skinheads on one occasion - hospitalised with serious facial damage etc. by all accounts. What a terrible price to pay for just wanting to ride a scooter whilst wearing a parka. The world is an evil place.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:44 pm

I was Mel's 'nursemaid' in Barnes A. Don't think I was much use, though.

After a few days, I seem to remember thinking that the big ugly b*gger was quite capable of looking after himself.

Sorry to hear that he was seriously knocked about. Lots of tribes in those days.....

(Apologies for the asterisk, by the way - the swear-checker not only removed the heinously shameful, shocking and child-frightening profanity, but also the word 'ugly'. How thoughtful of it!).

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:57 pm

Richard Ruck wrote:I was Mel's 'nursemaid' in Barnes A. Don't think I was much use, though.

After a few days, I seem to remember thinking that the big ugly b*gger was quite capable of looking after himself.

Sorry to hear that he was seriously knocked about. Lots of tribes in those days.....

(Apologies for the asterisk, by the way - the swear-checker not only removed the heinously shameful, shocking and child-frightening profanity, but also the word 'ugly'. How thoughtful of it!).

Perhaps you should have typed 'bug ugly bigger'

I think we would have got the idea, Richard !

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:03 pm

What, adopt a sort of New Zealand accent?

Well, bigger me! I should have thought of that!