Was You Ever A Skinhead/Punk/Mod/Ted etc. After Leaving CH?
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Was You Ever A Skinhead/Punk/Mod/Ted etc. After Leaving CH?
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.
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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.
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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!).
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!).
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Thee's got'n where thee cassn't back'n, hassn't?
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Perhaps you should have typed 'bug ugly bigger'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!).
I think we would have got the idea, Richard !
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