1980s Brighton, UK, Scooter Rally, Mod Revival, Youth Subculture

[@twinkle3026]

This is a blast from the past for me! I was 18 back in 1980 and i was a Modette! Happy days! xxxxx

[@2goonersontour]

Same as But now apparently I'm a 60 year old Right Wing Bigot.😅😅😅😅

[@degamispoudegamis]

​@@2goonersontouryou definitely are, sad little creature

[@gdsuperstar5657]

i found a picture of me and my mates at Brighton 81 rally . can remember it like it was yesterday . still got a scooter and see some of the old lads from back then . made friends for life .......

[@paulselkirk2345]

Mods will be around for ever ,from an old mod aged 70 I still wear the clothes and the music original and revival. Long live mods. 🤩😊😎🤗

[@paulselkirk2345]

@kyfaydfsoab I was 12years old in 1964 so I listened to the music from then

[@omnicromltd]

Spotted myself and loads of my friends. Thank you for posting this.

[@staypress]

What year was this Ben?

[@VIP-rp3oq]

​@@staypress im curious as well the year. Poss 83. 85

[@jamescooper3500]

Thanks for uploading, fantastic times

[@kevinbird9194]

I was a 16 year old mod in 1979. It's now 2024 and I am still a mod. And still proud

[@samuelspoons3553]

I love it when people slag off the 79 Mod Revival saying it had died when 5 years later it was still and newer younger members.

[@garywood5882]

Still going now 🙂

[@carljones7380]

Think your find there's a few camps of mod who have differing views on the 79 revival mines punks in parkas, and five years on from the 79 revival the mod scene was starting to split into two scene's.

[@Latbirget]

The girls at secondary school in the 1980s used to walk around with their green "science lab" overall on, nearest we got to the Mod parka.

[@baddarkvader]

NICE TO SEE THIS I was a mod in the 80ts

[@rogercooper1307]

So was I mate then turned casual would never have been a scooter boy .all the smart mods turned casual as I remember or left when the acid house started

[@bridgetmodscooter6213]

I think I remember Lindsay she was great

[@Senna-xi1gr]

Long live the MODS 🇬🇧💪🏼

[@SimonKeyse]

As a Biker still respect you lot cause you're like us ride 2 wheels

[@Durriti66]

Reliably informed that some of the Haywards Heath lot are "Lindsay (girl in red top), Amanda and tall lad in blue flight jacket was Ivan (Godlington)".

[@Dickielarter1466]

We use to knock around with the Haywards Heath Scooter club a little bit after this rally, not seen any of them in years,remember Ivor had a 50 special, looked like a pea on a drum,big lad for 16,there was John, Lisa (brother and sister) Denise,Jason, couple of others, can't remember names,we was Southern Inspiration Scooter Club at the time

[@mousecat9398]

I remember a Brighton rally where we camped below those cliffs…..load of casuals started rolling rocks from the top at night…I was about 17 and a scooter boy on my Vespa from Billericay.

[@richyp1461]

1984 ?

[@mrt49t67]

Fackin BRILLIANT

[@snacks1184]

With the marquee on the front, it reminds me of Brighton Phoenix Rally, 1984.

[@johnfarenden1080]

mark johnson ??? HELP

[@richyp1461]

I was there in 84 and problems with the casuals.

[@Dickielarter1466]

Yes was the 84 Phoenix rally,good time's 👌

[@mauricerevelle8451]

"The smell of 2-Stroke and the wind in my parka fish tails Can still feel the sand in my bowling shoes and finger nails Walking the coloured paving stones in Carnaby Street Wearing rectangular shades and the people I would meet Melandi, The Cavern, The Face, sherrys And the whole world felt like it was your enemy" Dedicated to all of you who know what it means, But Can't Explain. ❤

[@ministryofmadness21]

An 11 year old me in this 1 doing some photo bombing while attending the rally

[@matthewmccoll672]

Brilliant great memories i'm in it 2:54:07

[@davidellis5141]

We Are We Are We Are The Mods ! 🇬🇧

[@ZeldaFitz]

This looks like it was filmed around 1983. You can see the Psycho Billy bikers coming on the scene here.

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

Anyone know the exact year this was filmed? I’d guess ‘84.

[@koont666]

Hayward's health near London 😂😂😂

[@BrianOMahonyPhotography]

When life was so more simple...

[@flashingarrows]

I would love to know where these kids are today!

[@matthewmccoll672]

i'm here.

[@ziggy6848]

Original mods would be turning in their graves seeing some of those clothes and haircuts

[@shamsoni]

Couple of lads at school became mods but I stuck wit punk

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

I wonder if the two 15 year old girls from Hayward’s Heath have watched this upload.

[@maggiesamuels2937]

Haywards heath near London? Ermmmm! Noooo! It's in sussex.🤣🤣

[@willunderdown]

2:55 “crap” 😂

[@paulbarrett22]

the lad interviewing tho

[@version736ha2]

Haywards Heath near London????

[@serinadelmar6012]

😂

[@bossman1905]

Hi to Phil Smith

[@MartinFane-ug9zd]

Think you will find this was 1981...not 1980....PS....went to Brighton three times and we were always escorted out of town by the Police...I wonder why?

[@annlonsdale9396]

LAMBRETTA🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@MirrorminD1989]

🇬🇧❤

[@vinnieomahoney6359]

Back then the rockin crowd ruled the sub cultures, regular tear ups with mods, skins, etc,

[@garryleeks4848]

I was probably about 16 , I was a new romantic 🤫🤫🙄🙄😬😬

[@strappaplank6017]

the interviewer with Alzheimer's and a nauseating voice, well done girls

[@tonyhancock3912]

Right load of layabouts

[@philipmorris3684]

1964 to 1972 that was the mod era and I should know I was part of it, anything else is wrong.

[@ullscarf]

Depends on your POV. I've met older mods that say it was all over by '64.

[@alanjax7685]

so any skinhead watching this grow up we hated scooters