HMP Barlinnie Special Unit 1976

[@DocuVisonTV]

When I watch these old documentarys it always strikes me how articulate people used to be. How times have changed. I can only assume the school system was alot better back in the day

[@markstarmer3677]

It was

[@seltaeb9691]

People didn't walk about head down burrowing into their phones. We chatted or read books, paper etc.

[@bobbysutherland4700]

They didn’t take the fannying about that kids get upto these days that’s for sure

[@colinmacgregor3397]

Might have been a better school system, but most of these guys didn’t stay in it very long

[@LadyCleo1]

It was

[@edwardanderson2717]

Absolutely and amazing work helping people in recovery, I was just making a light hearted comment on my earlier comment, lots of love and respect for how jimmy turned his life around to help others and to set a good example 🙏

[@realmccoy69]

The place was rife with drugs

[@AlanaRenton]

Still the same

[@Emmalittlepengelly1690]

I initially prejudged Larry Winters when I first started watching, his appearance made me think he was a bit crazy. When started speaking, I started to realise he was very articulate. I read the comments and saw he had written poetry and there was a film about him. Shows that we need to think about the causes to crime more, Larry was a ticking bomb. Fascinating documentary.

[@yesenochwasRIGHT]

Strange Boyle mentioned he wanted a deterrent for his son and youths. His son became a victim to crime. Sad indeed.

[@gachrudgaelach]

JB's book ( A sense of freedom ) was one of the first books I ever read as a young man 30 years ago. I hadn't seen an interview with him until about a year ago, I'm still amazed at how well spoken he is. In the book he spoke a lot about that prison. One would wonder how a seemingly intelligent man went so far down the wrong road?

[@colinmacgregor3397]

He definitely self educated in prison, his early years were troubled and violent, with little to no education

[@kevinmulligan9055]

Exactly same for me. I found it in my school library 1983-4 and sat and read it from cover to cover in English class in forfar academy. I was fascinated by it. I then read many books after and still read to this day. Quite a few later became movies such as "the making of the atom bomb" which is the basis for the film oppenhiemer. I read that must be 30 years ago. Or the right stuff that chartered the race to space. I've read many of prison books such as brehdan behans borstal boy, midnight express, marching powder, and great fascination biographies about Howard Hughes, Andrew carnage and dozens of others. I've read a thousand sci-fi books and books on everything from Bill Gates creating Microsoft to the rock bios on pink Floyd. But for me it all started reading jimmy boyles book a sense of freedom.

[@pifflepockle]

I grew up with a view of this from the living room window. Thankfully didn’t pay a visit at her majesty’s pleasure 😂

[@jupiter-8405]

Even violent and disruptive prisoners are well spoken here. These days prisons are full of errrrr, 'different people'.

[@alfsmith4936]

innit

[@zivkovicable]

Per capita violent crime has fallen across the UK since 1976. So what if people are "different".

[@sunlion0]

Well spoken psychopaths, just what we always wanted

[@maggiefisker994]

@@zivkovicablehhmmm

[@longshotkdb]

@@zivkovicable He means he'd rather be stabbed by a polite white man than even look at foreigners. Just too cowardly to straight say it.

[@cosmicdebris42]

Never knew Bon Scott did porridge at Barlinnie.

[@Meddled]

Half these guys were in the Sensational Alex Harvey Band.

[@DonnellOkafor-r2d]

He was from Scotland

[@cosmicdebris42]

@@DonnellOkafor-r2d Ha Ha Me Too. I knew Bon Moved from Scotland to OZ as a Child but i don't think he managed to do time in Barlinnie before he left.

[@TheRowlandstone73]

Larry actually reminded more of Angus! 🤘😛

[@tobleramone]

I hate the fetish for commenting how things were better in the past but in that vein I can't imagine a prisoner today describing their feelings about the length of their sentence with "It's deflated me somewhat".

[@Daniel-deMerrivale]

Totally agree with you. Those today who keep saying “better in the past” were obviously not living then. Life did start to improve somewhat sometime in the 80’s, but the 50,60,70’s could be very hard and many people today would not like the way it was then at all.

[@legitorecords5701]

Its got more comfortable for most but considering how may suicides, anti-depressants and anxiety cases there are now, the evidence would suggest life is worse now.@@Daniel-deMerrivale

[@MancstaSam]

I was born in 78 and I'd definitely say the 80s and 90s were better times to live in than today despite all the mod cons and technology we have today

[@tobleramone]

Life was better when you were a kid and had fewer, if any, responsibilities.@@MancstaSam

[@jota55581]

​@@Daniel-deMerrivaleprison now days is a piece of cake ..i know .

[@karenblack4702]

Good greif , treatin people like people works ! Have we all not made mistakes ? Some people come from such hard childhoods , there is ptsd , multiple issues ! Y cannot we nit still look holistically at individuals ? ! These are smart guys x

[@CRAIG5835]

I thought it was Jimmy Boyle, being a Kiwi there wasn't any info regarding JB so my first introduction to Jimmy was seeing the movie about him. Hearing him talk in this vid made me think 'This guy is quite eloquently spoken I wonder if it is JB but it dawned on me that this guys name in the credits was Jimmy and 90% chance it is he, JB. He really lived up to the potential he exhibited during his 'Porridge' years and good on him for that, best to you Jimmy should you fluke upon this comment, Ya did Good Kid.

[@chrishennessy294]

Yes he is a success story and has done a lot. I wasn’t sure if it was him as I haven’t seen the end of this documentary obs the end credits but some folks from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 have confirmed it’s jimmy Boyle. Great author 👍🏻

[@CRAIG5835]

Indeed Chris.@@chrishennessy294

[@Victor-z7t6q]

Defo Jimmy Boyle

[@rocky3268]

Aye its Jimmy 💯✌🏻​@user-nr9pl4ir4o

[@zamiadams4343]

Boyle was a bully, I'm from Glasgow and from a much diffrent generation but I worked beside a guy who knew Boyle and his brothers and said they were out and out bullies. "A Sense of Freedom" gave him his fame but he was a bad bastard.

[@MarkBates566]

Boyle was a money lender who prayed on the weak of Glasgow. He turned his life around after jail . He is now a wine-connoiseur and writer, living part-time in France. He also makes large contributions to the British Labour Party.

[@oryctolaguscuniculus]

"Carbisdale - where mountains grew, and flowers. the air was sensual with a miracle of feminine odours. pregnant shrubs watched and each pollinated hymen was matter's transformation to life, then i realised my body a temple undefiled and i was ten years old already. tingle toward puberty and fulfilment, the outpour of my heart to the naked forest; swift foot hushed fallen leaves and twigs; unafraid and unclad child, air-kissed skin laughing, brushed fern fronds' tingle" "Carbisdale", from "The Silent Scream" by Larry Winters. It's extraordinary to think that a man who gouged a prison officer's eye out with a chib was capable of writing of such sensitivity.

[@Dogdayafternoon4325]

It is crazy but apparently his psychiatrist said he had an IQ of 164 which is extremely rare

[@Weegus]

Mr Jimmy Boyle still going strong through his art.

[@jerryoshea3116]

Yes,it's great how he turned his life around,.He acquired a whole new Philosophy to life!

[@kenirving5240]

Jimmy Boyle! Presuming that Larry is Larry Winters and Ben is Ben Conroy? Sorry to not put a face to the name with regards to Ben. Thanks for posting this historically significant documentary.

[@tdukts]

🥬cabbage🤣 Excellent 70s Patter

[@bobosborne1573]

Jimmy Boyle what a legend

[@jep1912]

How the English language has been ruined. These guys can talk properly.

[@peternagy-im4be]

English?

[@georgerichardson7728]

@@peternagy-im4be yes, that's what they're talking, with a Glasgow or Scottish twist to it, or do you think that's Gaelic?

[@andysmith8890]

Jimmy Boyle is an inspirational Tale and illuminating about how we judge and label people

[@edwardanderson2717]

Little did people know that jimmy boyle would turn his life around 💯and become a amazing author and help people but also his name jimmy boyle became slang for foil to smoke the naughty!! Funny old world 🌎 😂

[@jamessones4044]

Chuck me that Jimmy,I’m sick as f. 😂😂😂😂

[@edwardanderson2717]

@@jamessones4044 Ha Ha !!! Any jimmy on the firm !!😂😂

[@Skelp-x1h]

Better known for his sculptures

[@barryhamilton7845]

In the jail, he's probably more known for foil than he is for sculptures. Ask anyone to name a sculpture he's done,or even a type of sculpture? But ask someone to name a make of foil and they'll probably be able to tell you,or even where you can get foul wether it be from Amber leaf packets,small butter portions,all the places people know if you've done a bit of Porridge.

[@edwardanderson2717]

In 92 in scrubs inmates would use Kit Kats , this was slip out days and you could have £50 private cash once a week so you could buy Kit Kats and you could buy £2 phone cards and inmates would use them for to buy gear in there it was 5 x£2 phone cards for a bag of gear then the dealers would sell the phone cards for cash and send it out in letters to there people to buy more gear and this went on until they stopped selling Kit Kats , the screws turned a blind eye to it because the remand wing had a lot of tension as people didn’t know what sentences they were going to get and the gear kept everyone chilled and stoned and they preferred that then inmates going through withdrawal and becoming violent!!! ,

[@daveenglish2]

J.C. Smith - Ian Breckenridge - Rab Wallace - Jimmy Boyle - Larry Winters.

[@soulbrother61]

I'll google these guys

[@daveenglish2]

@soulbrothers62 - Good luck, let us know how you get on. I couldn't get any info on the first three except Breckenridge was sentenced in 1968, Edinburgh High Court for killing his girlfriend in West Kilbride, Ayrshire. Apparently the BBC did a documentary on him "Birdman" sometime ago. Winter's older brother & what happened to him might be worth following up, as he sounds worse than Lawrence.

[@niallkennedy23]

you are sent to prison as a punishment. Restriction of liberty is the punishment. This should be the sum of it. To brutalise people alongside restricting their liberty will achieve a net negative result. This is demonstrable throughout the British prison estate. Scandinavian prisons have recidivism rates 50% lower than the U.K.

[@AlisonWarburton-qy8pl]

Great documentary

[@Jammo1978]

Anyone get onto Jimmy Boyle's slip up😂😂😂"who's gonny open hem up who's gonny keep hem in ferr knife" 😂😂😂

[@user-os1kb1gg8l]

Thanks for uploading this.

[@jjohnmcawlay]

rest in peace larry winters

[@DeepBlue1872]

The man loves his budgies! 😂

[@pisswizard]

He’s clearly autistic. Suppose they didn’t have a diagnosis for that back then.

[@toppertruthio]

When a murderer asks in prison if he can have have access to scrap metal to make sculptures.the answer should be .....NO😮

[@greigallan5845]

The Special Unit was definitely beneficial for Jimmy Boyle. The experiment should have been extended to all prisons in the UK. Not just 5 or 6 prisoners in each unit but something like 30. Treat people with dignity and encouragement for a change and it's amazing what they can be capable of.

[@davem6749]

The dude in the yellow shirt was played by Ford Kiernan 🤣

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

The Bar L in 1976... tough place... very tough

[@lightofgoku]

Ma dad was in bar l about this time, Andy heron from Paisley

[@cathycooper5606]

Jimmy Boyle comes across really well in this Watching this has made me wonder about the prisons and reform , not for everyone though

[@johnkelly9160]

I remember Jimmy Boyle well from the early sixties and he was evil and bad, just evil and bad. He has conned the public in the modern era. But not me.

[@iainlindsay5687]

Jimmy Boyle Priceless

[@The_Engineer93]

I was in here a couple years ago,screws are Willy watchers.

[@weescottishguy8950]

Still got those peep-holes looking in the lavvies? 🙈

[@Dwaine-ir2kt]

I wonder how they are doing now are they all still with or have some passed on and how many got parole

[@thee49-d3m]

We must never hope in anything. Hope is a terrible thing, invented by the parties to keep a members happy

[@impv1se]

so they handled the killers with kid gloves is what im getting from the first 10 min of this

[@wboyle9721]

These guys were battered assaulted before the unit came into use it was probally brutal

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

The BSU.. Barlinnie Special Unit ran for 21 years until it was closed after losing the confidence of the Prison Service leadership and the public.

[@richwall6304]

Although I agree with the forward thinking policies, it seems a little unfair that the most violent and disruptive prisoners get the cushiest life by far!! 😳

[@Mark-fx1zj]

That’s jimmy Boyle out of . A sense of freedom brilliant film

[@nollem41]

I knew Ian he was friend along with Larry and Jimmy.

[@cobydonald7888]

The youth of today would attempt to mock their accent as "glasgow uni" not knowing how hard these men actually were

[@Davidnumber23]

should do an up to date follow up

[@sparkeydmh]

They all killed each other in the special unit the day after the filming

[@Davidnumber23]

@@sparkeydmh nah only one killed himself the folowing year.

[@blade0954]

larry winters at 3.48,he had a very high iq,there is a film about him, made long ago,the unit was closed in 1994

[@cosmicdebris42]

It looks like an interview with a thin lizzy Guitarist. Larry seems like a Charactor.

[@ezza-and-friends]

What happened to ian he seemed abit of a nutter

[@Highlands73]

A wiz waiting for Boyle making an appearance.

[@danrobinson572]

I was only 3 years old.

[@jonmccolly]

When Larry speaks about assaulting guards at inverness in 1972 he got 15 years for it ((IN THE FILM SENSE OF FREEDOM 'THEYVE TAKEN HIS EYE OUT SIR'!)) Yes it was coz they hit Larry so he did what was right They knew not to push larry about so one lost their eye because of such....IN 1977 his life was taken from him.....

[@bushratbeachbum]

He died of an overdose of barbs

[@rob1279]

The fella Jimmy, is it the notorious Jimmy Boyle? I read a book about him years ago. In moorlands in 93, then among my recommended videos was one about moorlands in 93. I don't remember much from back then, especially the amount of bars everywhere.

[@millamusic]

yes Jimmy Boyle. theres a film about his life " a sense of freedom " on youtube

[@stuartj1234]

I saw a good film about Jimmy Boyles life and read his book.....really iinteresting story.

[@Marmalade93]

I’ll see you Jimmy

[@scottcampbell9479]

Is that begbie from trainspotting at 29.22?

[@Skelp-x1h]

Johnny boy Steel flew the doos out the special unit

[@soulbrother61]

The bird that never flew

[@bushratbeachbum]

What????

[@johnnymacolly]

R.I.P Larry Winters ?????? his death...

[@peternagy-im4be]

Aye he's deid son

[@FrancisMcgachy-uh6lw]

Lar ry winters died of an overdose there's a film about him too from 70s

[@tonywhilding]

What's all them spikes on the yard lol

[@TomLeach-dd8cl]

Is this the same unit jimmy boyle was in?

[@soggybadrongle]

2:36 5:37 13:22 jimmy boyle

[@georgerichardson7728]

didn't watch it at all then? LOL

[@jimangelno1]

Great guys. Tell that to the victims and their families. Great guys until you say no. Then the dummy is out the pram

[@Lardster142]

I wonder what happened to these men. It is a very interesting documentary

[@weestephfromscotalnd1645]

I wonder how many prisoners my neighbor will have intimidated by his height.

[@jamesmcdonagh2331]

This is a typlical method that was used in australia , to civilize the imates there , when Australia was a prison , brought to civil standards as persons and to realize correct ways. was the way forward to there freedom . But this is also a dangerous method , which must be ended when civil level has been achieved ..Currently UK have no 'rightly' trust to release Convicts ...they could live 'good' in Australia rather that UK . Even Northern Ireland Nowadays.

[@Mountainman2468]

They employed all sorts in the special unit except dentists. 🤮

[@joshuatree7712]

Jimmy Boyle

[@buy.to.let.britain]

to all the people in the comments who have served time here. - stay out of trouble lad.

[@thomasreed49]

Most of us when people make us look silly we just shrug it off. Other people are unable to accept this violence starts. Please talk with you turn the other cheek.

[@buy.to.let.britain]

you lags are costing us taxpayers a fortune with your childish attitude to life.@@thomasreed49

[@johnmcfarlane748]

larry winters

[@robertwoods-dc4wo]

Where's our Jimmy Jimmy boyle

[@insiden138]

at 12:52 i thought i was watching an episode of match of the day

[@WatchingYoutubeVideos-er8po]

1:30 "My personal opinion is that the CIA done it!".

[@vanillagorrilla]

Calling the prisoners on the special unit “special” isn’t going to help

[@Readybear77]

"The CIA done it"my guess is they were talking about the assassination of JFK

[@stuartboylan3279]

Isn't it funny how these tough guys cry like babies when someone tells them to behave they didn't care when they did that to normal people on the street when they bullied everyone 😥😥

[@michaelkeenan2212]

Scrap metal guy is al.y mc c oist father😅😅😅 Jimmy boyle

[@Scree1972]

Bring back either Corporal Punishment i.e. The Birch and other corporal punishments The Strap and the Shoe for Young Offenders, and also bring back Capital Punishment for Adult Prisoners too.

[@woowah32]

No point in moving backwards. Trouble is, things have swung too far the other way now..

[@jameslarkin8494]

Is that Ben Conroy?

[@alfieunit2237]

Yes.. the guy in the glasses was Ben Conroy.

[@kenirving5240]

The guy with the glasses is called Rab, it shows his name at the start.

[@colinmacgregor3397]

Ben Conroy was in when it opened but didn’t stay long. He was gone by 1976

[@jameslarkin8494]

Correct. I should have knew that,unfortunately i never checked the time and date@@colinmacgregor3397

[@johncarlisle6865]

is this unit still up and running?

[@JamesMcintosh-m3h]

ENDED YRS AGO PAL

[@MrMeadfoot]

Well gone, too cushy, every fucker wanted in. That's why they have 'open' prisons now.

[@SuperGrimupnorth]

Irish natives.. just irish natives/british natives 💯

[@swm6154]

? No Irish people in this!

[@doobydootoo]

What are you on about

[@Yourparentsmustbeproud]

Where did you find this? This is absolutely great and beyond rare. Never seen Larry Winters being interviewed any where before.

[@Yourparentsmustbeproud]

Jimmy still has a bit about him here. You can tell he’s not to be crossed. Larry too

[@addictedtoangling]

Jimmy boyle was a bully wullie bennet got sent to the unit and made boyles life a misery he shouted all night taunting him etc and boyle ran to the screws and complained got benett removed from the unit FACT boyle was a wee bullying prick

[@OkOk-lp5sv]

@@addictedtoangling😂

[@seanb3204]

some of those hairstyles were worthy of a life sentence

[@paulmcdonough1093]

your still in prison then i guess ha ha

[@seanb3204]

no I'm jealous as I'm going bald@@paulmcdonough1093

[@BazGent-t2r]

😅

[@gtavmj-1852]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@seanb3204]

they sure do. I bet there's film of someone's 21st party from back then and we'll think it's a retirement party@GeorgeThomson-ri3wd

[@Loulou-vs4xg]

Since I’ve found this ytube channel isa hooked the wife is watching Netflix and I’m back in the 70s80s it’s a bit depressing but something in me likes watching makes me glad i was a kid back then and not a adult….. great channel

[@Wulfyr]

I know what you mean. It can be easy to be nostalgic about the 70s when viewing the decade through the eyes of a young child. I was three when this was aired. I'm half Scottish on my Mum's side and a member of her family had a high ranking job at Barlinnie in the pre-war years. The 70s always look grimmer on film than I remember them. It was all Dr Who, space-hoppers and "For Mash get Smash" in my rose-tinted memories...

[@DonnellOkafor-r2d]

Netflix is leftist trash

[@Loulou-vs4xg]

⁠​⁠@@WulfyrI was born 74 I remember the summers being longer and warmer and winters raining every day my wife’s dad is Scottish fun fact 😂😃👍♥️

[@dannypaterson888]

All of these old prison docs show inmates with a far higher eloquence and average IQ than current jailbirds and low income classes . The difference is so stark i have wonder if there's something perhaps in the modern diet that is reducing average IQ in the population.

[@argopunk]

Years of dumbing down the western world's public education systems. The focus gradually shifted from reading, writing and arithmetic to gender, sexuality, race and Leftist politics.

[@legendaryjonblue]

I noticed the same thing in the old Strangeways documentary's. Modern prisoners are far less articulate and some seem barely educated. What happened in the 80s and 90s?

[@barryhamilton7845]

Times change,generations change,and the fact social media and the world wide web has been about for about 30 year now has totally changed the world.Back then,you had books a but if education and some television if you were lucky to see it,so people back then had a different mi d set,and cons stuck together mist of the time.When televisions came into prison in the late 90s it changed the prison system,people didn't stick together as much because they didn't want to miss Coronation street,so would rather sit in their cell and watch it instead of backing bother cons up over corruption,brutality etc etc.Plus the late 80s going into the 90s saw the influx of numerous different drugs being avaliable especially ually class As like Heroin where it bit only killed people but took the heart of of certain people who would once fight the system or at least protest against the system,so Heroin was an escape where people got themselves habits and escaped the monotony of everyday prison life. These wherebsome of the reasons why prisons changed,and the fact time and places evolve. Now most of the modern cons want to be the next Pablo Escobar,and your worst enemy in prison is the guy wearing the same colour of jumper orbt-shirt as you,its not necessarily the screws.

[@captainflint89]

Heroin happened

[@Deadbmw]

I suspect it has less to do with food than with the diet of idiocy the population are fed through schools , the television and social media.

[@bengaliinplatforms1268]

The old suicide pact prank, she’ll be mortified with that

[@BenJohnstone-bd8lw]

What was his name he was fucked up!

[@frankmurphyburr3598]

My dad spent 30 days in Barlinnie in 1968, I was there doing three months in 1978 (met these guys), I eventually played a gig or two there in early 90s.

[@aalexjohna]

You evil murderer.

[@s4squatch1]

Most of these guys wouldn't look out of place on an episode of Top Of The Pops from 1976.

[@brendandunleavy1399]

🤣It's like the sensational Alex Harvey band were all locked up at the same time.

[@rodkirkbride2230]

​@@brendandunleavy1399😅

[@boabie1463]

Heroin and coke wasn’t so prevalent back then 😅

[@Daniel-deMerrivale]

Yes! The bloke at 11:45 is, I’m sure, related to Leo Sayer😊

[@gordonbentley5170]

1970s haircuts in 1976. Wow utterly amazing. Who would have believed that?

[@kennysherlock6534]

I find it really fascinating how well these men speak . I'm from Glasgow myself .... and if you done similar interviews now in the same prison ..... I think you'd be hard pressed to find any prisoner as articulate as some of these men .

[@andrewbravery5114]

Just here to listen to the word "murder" I miss Taggart!

[@joannamillan8882]

Love Taggart!

[@ianwhitehead691]

"There's been a Murder" 😂🤣

[@Citrusblue1]

Taggart is on Drama late on a Sunday night.

[@philipboffey8630]

You mean moordoor

[@johnbate117]

A murrrrder😂

[@davidstewart4825]

remarkable documentary...Jimmy boyle a very hard man turned his life around..became an accomplished sculptor...wrote a book too...

[@JockGit64]

I grew up in the shadow of Barlinnie, my Dad being a prison officer there. As a kid I would often see Jimmy Boyle, in the RS McColl newsagents, in the morning buying his papers. Great documentary, I remember my Dad explaining to me what the Unit was all about. Great Documentary.

[@Rutherglen1969]

My dad was Ronnie Mora. He helped to co found the SU in around 1972. He died a year before this was filmed

[@Rutherglen1969]

@@jameslarkin8494 eh ?

[@weejoe-c4n]

@@Rutherglen1969 Ronnie Morran-ive heard the name friend.Sorry to see he passed away

[@Rutherglen1969]

@@weejoe-c4n Thanks. My dad died in 1975

[@jamiecoulson1016]

Your dad was an animal ​@@Rutherglen1969

[@Rutherglen1969]

My dad was a co.founder of the SU, in around 1972. Many of these guys in this film would've known him. He died a year before this was filmed. I believe the SU was closed around the late 80's.

[@lymarie1974]

Sorry for your. loss. ❤

[@alfieunit2237]

Larry Winters died of an overdose in there, drugs brought in to him by I think that JC guy who cooks the meals. There's a film about Larry's life called Silent Scream. Very violent but very highly intelligent man by all accounts.

[@Weegus]

barbiturates if I remember right so it said in the sense of freedom.

[@kevross8636]

How many years did Larry serve ?

[@colinmacgregor3397]

@@kevross8636about 13 years, till his death

[@kenneththompson8933]

Larry Winters was a prolific poet. He had a assessed IQ as Mensa entry level of genius level. His poetry is amazing

[@BenJohnstone-bd8lw]

Who were the other prisoners in there and how long was it open.?

[@markrichards1953]

I was just released from 1974 & they gave me the same clothes to wear that I went in with,must say I couldn’t find anybody else goin about with 8 inch silver platforms,a top hat covered in mirrors & a moth eaten Slade T-shirt!

[@kevincritchley1123]

😂

[@garybarr2023]

You could've got someone to hand you in newer clothes right...

[@markrichards1953]

@@garybarr2023 where’s the fun in that? I’m still a Slade fan.

[@pauljones8218]

@@markrichards1953 back in the day i was a slade fan trex bowie and many other bands the 70s was great time for music i remember when don powell had his car crash i was like oh no is that the end of slade but luckly don was ok after a while mama we are all crazy now

[@BlytheWorld1972]

You will be in nappy's now though eh big man

[@gazsm1]

It's amazing that all these guys are well-spoken and articulate, a sign of a decent education. Take their equivalents today, and I doubt any modern 'lifer' could express themselves anywhere near as well.

[@BadgerLaser]

just thinking that these chaps are alot more eloquent than your contemporary thug - maybe the real maniacs weren't eligible for special unit ...

[@jordo9367]

A couple a quid and hes coming back wae 10 slice 10 rolls , 2 tins a baked beans , 16 links feeding a full hall for £2 🥵😂 bring them days back eh

[@BLUETOOTH48]

Shakey Steven's glad he never found out what was behind the green door

[@maccamcfcflc]

The Bay City Rollers have let them self go.

[@clairexxx7473]

This made me laugh way too hard!😂😂

[@carolyngrant2584]

Very funny you wouldn't have said that to Jimmy Boyke in his prime

[@JimB-d3b]

As someone who has spent years within the confines of the SPS,these projects fail as the Government does not want people to go out and not come back. Too many people depend on recidivism to keep them in a job.

[@DonnellOkafor-r2d]

The Scottish accent is my favorite. Im from New Orleans Louisiana

[@cglees]

These guys are all so interesting to listen to

[@roddymcniven8734]

Would you still say that if they’d killed one of yours? Nah, thought not.

[@StuD65]

Ask their victims if they think the same,..you're a fricking twat..