Teddy Boys, Mods, Skinheads, Punks, Youth Culture -- Life Is All Memory

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.” Leonardo da Vinci.

[@Q-ey2jk]

I want to go black

[@themanfromvolantis]

@Berliner Stadtschloss That's a very cynical attitude. Do you really believe that? I always imagined that these sounds evolved from what went before, as the sounds changed, split and fragmented, new genres and sub genres were born. I would be disappointed if it was all controlled by fat blokes in suits and cigars.

[@teguhpamungkas1429]

What name this song?

[@gastonserrini738]

When you don't understand something you don't know it's even there.

[@gastonserrini738]

@Michael Quirk trust me you can't notice.

[@rossd6779]

That's my Dad in the main skinhead photo. Taken in Carnaby Street in 1969

[@Sameoldfitup]

Top Man.

[@gonnabeayogi1445]

Coool

[@hundredlux9665]

@B m lol... I'm stealing that term. I usually just call people a 'dick piece', yours is rather funny.

[@bizzjoe]

@@hundredlux9665 .. Gonna steal that one myself.

[@pmf598]

The main skinhead picture looks like Piccadilly Circus ?

[@jaomwtoptd]

We owe so much to the Teddy Boys for breaking the mold. I'm 69 and I remember young men and women used to dress exactly the same way that their parents did. Then Teddy Boys changed that, with their own clothes, hair styles and music. After them came mods, rockers, hippies and punks.

[@Bulletguy07]

I'm 71 so can identify with that but it has to be remembered our parents had gone through six years of hell with the war, a country in ruins, and rationing that didn't end until 1954. Their generation was stuck in a timewarp rut. My Dad was a collar and tie man, braces, baggy trousers, and when going out, a trilby. My mother made quite a lot of her clothes and it was not uncommon for girls then to know how to sew and knit. I always remember my Mum telling me how she loved to go dancing as a teenager (Victor Silvester orchestra was all the rage then!), and she used black boot polish to draw a line up the back of her legs as they couldn't get stockings (hence the reason Yanks became popular with the girls as they brought silk stockings with them!). I remember my Dad being a bit annoyed with my mother for letting me have a pair of Cuban heeled boots with chisel toes when I was 14!

[@leahflower9924]

Y'all owe a lot to american culture too lol

[@LEMMY1107]

Google zoot suit!

[@christo792]

@@leahflower9924 Hippies and Punks came from American culture. Not so much Teddy Boys and Mods.

[@ericsilberstein667]

The Teddy Boys revival splintered off from Punk. Everything did. Before that you had Proto-punk, then Punk, Post Punk, New Wave, Ska, Rock-A-Billy, Grunge, Shoegaze, Madchester, Britpop, and everything afterwards to today. It’s all Alternative. Hippies were in the 60s.

[@venustus129]

Punk definitely my era , love the pistols, the clash , the damned, uk subs, buzzcocks, Sham 69 , but also like madness and the specials. Great times great music.

[@claner8670]

the name about the song punk? do you know please?

[@cmmhelmond]

I was only 12 at the time .. but I had a skinhead because I thought it punk ... got told off by a much older proper punk .... later went on to be a number of different identities.... never really found anything that suited me. .... except for ... myself ....

[@miti314]

Love the Toy Dolls to !

[@brendanm6921]

Can't forget about The Ruts!

[@curupirauirapuru3368]

Mine too

[@markbandey5216]

We need another depth charge to blow our youth compliance apart. Still a punk at 57!

[@GreenCocanix]

I'm 15 watching this my uncle was a skinhead and I'm following his path despite my mother hating it

I'm 62 and still living & loving the punk life

[@GreenCocanix]

@ good on you man I'm 16 and a proud skin

[@1889jonny]

I'm still a punk at 50, punk is in your head

[@tomhardie8197]

I'm 16 and my dad was a mod, following his footsteps, got my own vespa n all

[@28grey]

Its all about being a teenager and rebellion through the ages

[@GreenCocanix]

Skins and casuals are still rebelling today

[@moreodat479]

no it isn´t because people are still their cultures

[@leftright6054]

Yeah street culture forever! We're all out here on the street. That's how we fight & survive.

[@suzannemendez3228]

Skinheads are a tricky subject. The first wave (I was there) was in 1969 when there were both black and white youth grooving to Jamaican blue beat and ska imports at The White Hart Southall and The Byron Northolt. It later got hijacked by Bovver Boys who after murdering Blair Peach in Southall fucked the movement up which then became Combat 18 and NF. Forever obliterating the ethos of the early Skinheads which were a serious fashion statement and if my memory serves me well came alive again when punk broke out in 1977. Anyone out there old enough to remember those days? Great times - I was blessed to be born in that era and survived till now - can die happy. Always believedin integration. Kids, don't be divided Peace

[@steeltoecommunist6980]

+Suzanne Mendez words mate

[@tomduff9356]

Suzanne Mendez

[@alstokesveteranfilmmaker913]

The Byron I thought was in Greenford and The White Hart in Northolt, the days of my youth although I think culturally I hovered somewhere between Mod and Hippie, musically Ska but too afraid to become a real Skinhead. They had all the best tunes but a dodgy reputation. One had to be careful about turn-ups on Levi jeans in case of mistaken identity. I recall a pub venue being burnt down in Southall after a skinhead ruck about 1979 but can't remember which 'side' did it. They were lively times. Years later I had a rock band and some of the songs had a ska theme, quite pleasing too in memory of multi-cultural original Skinheads.

[@limeydavey]

Suzanne Mendez if the kids are united , they will never be divided 😉

[@alstokesveteranfilmmaker913]

If? I thought all youth subcultures were united or they wouldn't be a youth subculture. Might be wrong, of course. About 20-years ago as an actor I played skinheads quite often - no idea why, probably because I had no:1 cut and wore a flight jacket. I did a press interview for one picture and got cornered in a pub by a bunch of Skins who were inoffensive and into their music. It was a good and informative conversation. The hilarity of it was I with some straight mates who assumed I was about to get stomped and were trying to get me to leave. My point being, people still think Skins are violent and dangerous even when they're not. Mostly they're not. It's ageing angry old hippies who scare me. The clash of the zimmer frames.

[@AnInsideJob-mynewbook]

Born too late to be a Teddy Boy but was a Rockabilly in East London/Essex, during the late 70s/early 80s Rock 'n' Roll revival. A great time in the UK! Proud to wear my school blazer collar up and of course my leather jacket collar up outside of school. Haha!

[@davidkunze8448]

Lifeiseternal every one had great style

[@davidkunze8448]

Lifeiseternal what happened to greasers

[@delfishunman5175]

Teds and Greasers were possibly the first youth subcultures to exist after the second world war. They were the most conservative out of all other youth cultures, they could hold their own better than any other group, they dressed the smartest, respected their elders, and stood up for their country when the time counted. We could do with a few more Teds and Greasers nowadays, because our country is full of pimply faced millenials who are only worried about where their next skinny latte is coming from

[@H.C.Q.]

"I never realised it. That you's a rockah!"

[@moreodat479]

@@danw1374 what year was that

[@tc5273]

When Britain had a proper youth culture.

[@mamapetillo8675]

Heh. You said “proper”. That’s the last thing they wanted to be. (Except within their phylum)

[@davidmarsden8008]

Yer beatniks were awesome

[@Albiee0]

Yeah. Took it all for granted and was miserable a lot of the time, but looking back, I'm just filled with gratitude to have grown up in such a time. What a great moment and country that we all got. We won the biggest ever lottery on tiny odds.

[@gerhardthen8851]

And Doc Martens that were made in England....not China...what a shame...I bought mine because they were part of that history of sub-culture. No meth...just speed...no super heroes

[@gerhardthen8851]

@Blair Morpeth True.... people are still following something, aren't they? Few people really do their own thing....have their own ideology...few people have the guts to be self reliant...people are social animals , and are scared to stand out, on their own...most people will tag along with some sort of group, however big, or small...we just don't take the time to think about it. Advertising agencies sell, not products , but a lifestyle...they encourage people to conform to groups, because they sell to these groups...the individual is feared by society... because they make their own rules.

[@AnInsideJob-mynewbook]

Teddy Boys...when young people took pride in what they wore and dressed smartly.

[@markrobertson1572]

Lifeiseternal that would be mods

[@Rosstephersharmanschannel]

Lifeiseternal mods skins and teds took pride and punks didn't give a shit

[@christo792]

Lifeiseternal Terrible music, 'though. Honeycooomb. I mean. Elvis! FFS!

[@R3yr3yproductions]

Lifeiseternal They also smoked, that's makes them smart too huh?

[@billsmith6884]

and carried razors.

[@StrayCatBlues1953]

I was a second generation Ted from 1969 onwards. I had my drape suits made to measure at Burtons, when it was a proper mens tailor. Got married in 1974 in one of my drape suits.

[@benji.B-side]

My dad was a Teddy Boy and a rebel character. I was once a Skinhead. Then I got into the 88-93 rave scene. I'm the blood of a Rebel, I became a rebel. Now my life is quite sensible, but I'm still a rebel in heart. Once a rebel, always a rebel!! Never conform to the mundane shit in life, be yourself!!

[@zioniststraightedge]

haha, first defining yourself as a part of a collective and then saying "be yourself!". lol!

[@hjjabaljlaka5695]

lol " die fantastischen vier "

[@electronlibre7356]

@@zioniststraightedge Ha!Ha! like you with your pseudo !!

[@royferguson3909]

and if you ask my Mum , she tell you the same ,.... so there !!

[@jamespetherick804]

Loveup Es cured you i am sure

[@ferdinandog.8814]

Punks are my favourite , about attitude and music

[@H.C.Q.]

Ferdinando G. Used to be a Toy Dolls fan. Great band. Saw them perform a show once in Cali.

[@keithnorth8284]

Still rockin at 79 yrs old.

[@shaunbat5097]

Never stop!

[@dannymcmince]

Good on ya Keith..respect from Ireland!

[@anneshields2010]

Wow well done sir

[@christo792]

Rocking or creaking?

[@stevelofts8135]

Good onya mate, I'm 71 & still rockin' big time...

[@mannyman8312]

The 80s were great different music cultures,to identify with,now everything is almost the same sterile crap. Loved the 80s .

[@derekporter7658]

Oh so true!! There's the square route of zed all nowadays sadly.

[@beffi69]

absolutely true! it was great! beating and drinking, good times!

[@theresearmstrong357]

I loved the 80's

[@oxouk]

I remember the Mod rally’s in the early 80’s. Hundreds of Vespas going down the motorway. All the Punks and Teddy boys in downtown Ipswich. This video brought back vivid memories.

[@vickywilliams8320]

I remember mods and rockers and still laugh at vespas, and there are still old teds about.

[@goodo5691]

werent you 20 yrs too late...mods were 60's.....punk 80's...only gays rode vespas in the 80's:):)

[@bizyizziaz4831]

@@goodo5691 since when was punk 80´s

[@michaelvrbatka4441]

It´s a shame that all these sub-cultures and their different styles & outfits got lost. We had a lot of these in Vienna / Austria in the late 70´s, the 80´s. The Mods and Modettes, New Romantics later Goth´s, Punks, Skinheads, Skin-Byrds, Rockabilly´s, Teddy´s, Rockers, . . . Today you see everywhere the same people. Everywhere it's just a copy of a copy of a copy - without personality, without style.

[@steve-fb1pz]

Kids today have no go in them no foresight or style.

[@michaelvrbatka4441]

@@steve-fb1pz Well written, well written....

[@steve-fb1pz]

@@michaelvrbatka4441 it’s true wish they had something, I can look back poor buggers now can’t even look forward.

[@michaelvrbatka4441]

@@steve-fb1pz These are just different times. While we had a great youth, today's young people just hunting useless trends. That's why I don't want to envy anyone these days. Especially the fear these days that the battery is full...if you know what I mean. . .

[@steve-fb1pz]

@@michaelvrbatka4441 know exactly 👍

[@rick_fortune]

I was in my teens in the 80's pretty much. I was basically a New Romantic, heavily into bands like Ultravox and Visage and the like. But I still got on pretty well with the Goths cause I knew who Siouxsie and the Banshees were and so on, the Rockers cause I knew who The Stray Cats were. The Punks cause I knew who The Pistols were, you get the idea. I liked some of the music from just about every subculture so I had friends in pretty much all the subcultures.

[@michaelgorman1517]

The 80s wasn’t a youth cult this was the end of youth culture boy George ffs

[@princessunicorn669]

Stray Cats are a Rockabilly Band… Rockers with their AC DC and REO Speedwagon and Ozzy Ozbourne are a completely different music and fashion style Duh…

[@snapfinger1]

There hasn’t been before or since a more glamorous, tumultuous year than 1969.

[@christophecherel1440]

Oi!Oi! Skinheads don't die, they just get older! a way of life! OI! from Luxembourg!

[@1ManNamedDan]

Yeah hooligany and mixin it up is fine but as the Dead Kennedy's so rightly sang; "Nazi Punks Fuck Off!"

[@andreelindevall1203]

@@1ManNamedDan i havent seen a nazi skinhead in 10-15 years to be honest

[@1ManNamedDan]

@@andreelindevall1203 Yeah about right. I have three titanium plates my my face from back in '99 after a dance I had going with a two of those slack jawed inbred pussies turned into all of them. I'd do it again if i could hurt a few more.

[@goobobble1]

My dad origional 1960s union man.the statement of racial unity.till it got highjacked by cointel.then he went punk.its in my genes.he used to turn up at school with his pink mohawk after growing out his skinhead.hes 75 and still into the music.i was into the 80s scene.skin then punk.still punk at heart.im in middle ages and still doing my own thing.loving the new ska sounds of the 2000s.my prized possession a prezzy from my dad.a 5 cd with all those great tunes.keep on skankin my friend.Oi from the uk

[@andreelindevall1203]

@@1ManNamedDan Okey

[@markunwin2109]

Whatever your music , whatever your generation, peace be with you...

[@stevenayton4182]

And now there is nothing! We have the Simon cowell generation that say yes to everything and everything is offensive

[@jamesgreen4080]

steven ayton very true, there's no originality anymore.

[@ianrobson9601]

British youth sub cultures are finished , so glad I was part of the last ever generation to experience and be part of it. Blame the internet mate , everything is now global and the entire planet is now instantly full of generic clones of beards, skinny fit clothing and twatoos (and that's just the woman)

[@mr.xsrechtehand5365]

I'm a Skinhead!

[@truejd51]

@@ianrobson9601 everything is subjective, and I believe regardless what era were in, there will always be cookie cutters and fakes, posers, etc. And blame the gov for the internet, but at the same time, thanks to the internet, we can have KZbin and I cant live in awsome days like you said yourself, but at least I can jam out to awsome old school music on youtube. So it's good we have the internet, and if people like beards and skinny guys, don't judge. We're all on a floating rock just trying to enjoy life, I mean all this in a very nice way, good day, and keep rockin!

[@starlord2112]

It's probably worth mentioning that the Skinheads were split into two very different groups: the right wing nutters and those who embraced reggae, ska and the blue beat music scene.

[@amandawhiteley6737]

We were either loved or hated whichever tribe you were in, we suffered in a way for our art! Me n partner were the revival rock n rollers of 50s music n the rockabilly eras in 70s 80s! Great styles of clothes as well, Rolled up jeans, baseball jackets pencil skirts stilettos etc flared skirts petticoats I could go on! ❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

[@80snewwavemusic-synthpostp80]

1976-85 Best years for me. A had a lot of friends from a diffrent subcultures (punks, goths, new-romantics, new-wave, Depeche Mode fans). All the people were very interesting and very very kind. Im so happy that I leaved at that time. I miss so fu... hard this people, this life, this young rebel world...

[@royferguson3909]

your so woke , bless . don't forget to now wash your hands , cos you been texting " on the toilet ....again .

[@malcolmscally1533]

us rockers are still here too :)

[@devogrant2817]

Caribbean parentage born in England ,I had a nan that looked after me in the early sixties who lived in Bermondsey se1 , they lived on the Southwark park rd ,her son Richard who had a girl friend called Christine,he was a rocker ,may he rest in peace ,also my nan and her husband !!

[@sirehan1002]

Why?

[@devogrant2817]

@@sirehan1002 Because those were fond memories ,and they looked after me well ,inspite of the cultural difference's !!

[@sirehan1002]

@@devogrant2817 for real?

[@devogrant2817]

@@sirehan1002 As real as it get's

[@Sameoldfitup]

“I don't know what's worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you've always wanted to be, and feel alone.”

[@alanratboyrichards]

wow thats me at 8.10 with the peroxide hair ,thats 1982 and i was 17 ,went on to follow all sorts of music since but always a punk at heart

[@robertstump6012]

Now they stare into their phones under the control of big brother

[@Maaaattologyyyy]

The phonies

[@albthrasher6567]

Ok Boomer

[@diegos.loayza3706]

@@albthrasher6567 shut up nigga

[@MrRobertFarr]

Sure do Robert Stump. Only a few rare females my age, can use the internet. It's mainly men? My experience of young teenagers is that they need to be avoided. Even your own family!

[@trogdortheburninator3621]

Big Brother is watching....hooray for 1984! It's a book, people.

[@jeanetteomidvar7420]

Born in the sixties we had the best times growing up. Hippie ,mod, rocker, glam rock ,skinhead, punk, disco, ska ,reggae, soulie ( I'm sure I have missed some ). Big shoes , flat shoes, big hair, flat hair, long skirt short skirt. My poor parents never knew what was was coming down the stairs next.so happy to have lived it.

[@gretchenbarr1578]

I love the rock a billy vibe. God bless Texas and The Reverend Horton heat !!

[@scopex2749]

I was a Teddy boy in the big Rock n' Roll revival in the 80's. Burtons tailors even used to MAKE drape suits from scratch so I had 2 made! You could go in and chose the cloth took about a week. PLus the 'brothel creeper' cblue suede shoes!! Stragely I went from there to a rocker riding with a big crew of bikers!

[@synthpop1505]

I used to be a New Romantic now i'm a Old Romantic ..

[@jamespetherick804]

the worst

[@eddieobrien1411]

I did a long trip around America in mid 80’s,and stayed on University campus (cheap accommodation) I went to the bookshops to see what Americans were reading and in every single town the shelves were full of books about English street culture. They clearly found it fascinating,and I was constantly asked about it everywhere I went. Made me proud to be half English

[@layditms2]

'' Made me proud to be half English '' lol

[@tonyharwood]

We want to be different, that's why we are all the same.

[@unclealbert7689]

I remember all these, I am 70 years old and lived through the lot and been part of most except the punk era, probably felt too old for that, but have some great memories and even better stories for the grand kids,

[@moreodat479]

some of the original punks are in their 70´s now

[@johndean4765]

Remember the menacing teddy boy gangs on street corners in the fifties tough times

[@fredrikforsberg8819]

Sweden have a huge Rockabilly culture even to this day.

[@MrRobertFarr]

What's Rockabilly? 😉

[@countrybumpkin339]

I was a teenager in the 60s. Sometimes a mod, sometimes a rocker. It depended on what my boyfriend was at the time.

[@StevenFordrockabillycat]

The 1970s was a great era for Teds, Mods, Skinheads and Punk rockers.Knew a bunch of local skinheads. looked mean but great bunch of lads.Didnt matter to them i was a Ted.

[@Firusdhf]

The mods died in the late 60s

[@stevenford727]

@@Firusdhf Not true their was a Mod revival in the late 70s to the mid 80s.

[@mrmattymootv]

My grandma told me she was a teddy girl, she walked down Sunset Avenue (California) in the things they used to wear and a little boy said 'Mommy why is she wearing pants' and his mom said 'Shhh! She's a teddy girl!'

[@AquaticNeonn]

Matty gayy your American

[@theselector4733]

olivia unlikely as the teddy boy fashion / subculture was created in England in the late 50's & didn't really become international. Besides, I don't think there was such a thing as a Teddy Girl within that subculture.

[@theselector4733]

Old Age Teddyboy OK. But she said "her grandma" in sunset ave California. There might be Teds all over the world now but i don't think there were Teds in California in the 40's or 50's. As u rightly mentioned it was strictly an English phenomenon back then.

[@theselector4733]

You're preaching to the converted mate. I know all this. But unfortunately you're leading up the garden path......as this thread of comments is regarding the original post by Olivia....scroll up to the top and you'll see what I mean.

[@aaronshaw5897]

Teds didn't get to America until the mid 70's 80's so she could not have been a teddy girl.

[@BrianAchterberg928]

The Clash THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS!!! ✊❤️❤️✊

[@johnnyssik]

My all time favorite band!

[@BrianAchterberg928]

@@johnnyssik Mine too!!! ✊❤️❤️✊

[@jahiol2579]

Middle Class boys trying to be working class

[@davidmata4786]

Know your rights.. I still jam to the Clash whenever the mood hits me.. It hits me often. :)~

[@andyricher8664]

The first Clash album set the standard few could match

[@blade123able]

70's and early 80's punk & skinhead era, best fucking days ever...

[@Gabber_Terror]

Gabber was better in the 90's . My mother was a skinhead girl 70's and 80's i was a gabber in the 90's. It is fun to follow my parents Youth Culture they were against my youth culture , gabber.

[@leedsboy64]

When the kids are United we will never be divided

[@benlunin8045]

The skinhead culture was born from such a beautiful place. Shame what it became.

[@eddieoi9444]

I’m still a skin at 61, live for reggae ska and rocksteady, what exactly is it you think I’ve become?

[@CIMAmotor]

Anyone remember when we were 'soul boys' in the early eighties (just after mod and before casual)? We used to wear canvas deck shoes, toothpaste stripe jeans and our belts folded and hanging down.

[@adrianpolley9419]

Must have missed that one , but I was in my 30's by then !

[@paulcarruthers2431]

We used to go down town and beat that lot on a saturday night after the pub . We couldn't stand that lot

[@andybigbs9466]

And white ice cream jackets or naval ones with a badge

[@katmc7803]

Love this music so good just get up and dance away .Thank you.

[@zwastiunburzy3688]

There was nothing funnier than when my friend and I were on our Kawasaki Z1A900s, watching as a couple of Mods on their overly mirrored scooter thingys attempt to navigate a roundabout at the same time, got their mirrors tangled together, and ended up sprawling on to the road. 😂

[@robdixson196]

The universal timeless rules are slouch, lean on things, kick your foot up on something.

[@Albiee0]

Lovely slide show....thank you for doing this and sharing ❤

[@soula48]

Mods liked soul/RnB/Ska and the odd punch up. I think there was a split in the late 60s, where 'skinheads' concentrated on ska /violence; whereas soulies / northern soulies concentrated on music and amphetamines. Both sub-cultures carrying over some mod staples, Ben Shermans, Levis, Fred Perrys etc. That's how I remember it anyhoo.

[@kevinmacrae2374]

really well made ,no supid fucin robot voices ,music of the era was great,coudnt stop watching ,well done

[@BlueShadow777]

Missed out “Rockers”...! Although evolved from the Ted (ie. post Teddy-Boy), they’re a very distinct socio-cultural group and therefore deserving of a mention in their own right.

[@moreodat479]

i think there were also different types

[@blankredge01]

...I mean, that was the whole of Quadrophenia, innit? =p Mods vs. Rockers.

[@Busybee65]

The good old days of subculture, in 79 at my school, we had Mods, Skinheads, Rockers (headbangers), Psychobilly`s, Teds, Punks, Herbert`s (Harrington jacket punks, into Oi bands), Rockabilly`s, Rude Boys, & Soul Boys, and very early goths (into the band Bauhaus ) Great times.

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

In Salisbury, South Australia, the skinheads wearing Harringtons and white sneakers (known as plastics) used to get bashed by the "real" skinheads in white singlets and docs, as young Rockers we didn't fuck with those guys, but if we found plastic skins on the wrong side of the Little Para River it was on!

[@seyerus]

Just have to say to all these folk saying the scene has disappeared, it’s alive and kicking (in the UK at least). Just go to any scooter rally and you’ll see the whole gamut from Soulie to Skin, to Punk and Mod.

[@royferguson3909]

my ride is G.S. and the scene is as diverse as the scooters. Dig the old breed, and the new Mr. twist n go

[@ekspatriat]

Limp wristen version though without the power behind it

[@paolobenmore3504]

True but it's not the same as it was and there really is no new blood going in. I had some of the best times in the late eighties and throughout the nineties (up until early 2000's) on the scooter rallies.

[@seyerus]

@@paolobenmore3504 Definitely no new blood. I’ve been pushing hard for this through the BSRA and Scootering and Scooter Nova but no one seems to care. There’s one particular guy in my club that says kids shouldn’t be allowed at rallies! I tell him that the scene will die then but he doesn’t care, most folk don’t.

[@PsyVen]

Old late-Seventies punk/skin checking in here. Great collection of pics -- funny how with the exception of the Teds, all of these British subcultures spread around the world, and still have youth copying their looks and attitudes from Berlin, to Los Angeles, to Manila.

[@drewwhy5541]

My pal has a home made tattoo of a scooter done in the 70's, It's so bad it looks like a 8 legged insect running up his arm 😂😂😂. Fantastic video. ❤️

[@davidthatcher7824]

An excellent compilation - thanks for posting. Brought back memories.

[@colinsteam]

In 1971, as a kid I was cycling up Belmont Hill, Lewisham, London noticed a large gang of yobbos, probably skinheads making a lot of noise which all went quiet as I approached. Being streetwise and black I knew what was coming so stuck two fingers up at them and swung the bike around to head back down the hill pedalling like crazy with a maddened howling mob chasing me. All good fun, still laugh about it now.

[@bennevis3090]

What a find, Ralph Lowes newly restored MOD scooter at 4:51 XXH 554, Wembley 9's now in Scotland.

[@Maaaattologyyyy]

Looked like they were having fun, when you were allowed to have fun

[@Bob-Horse]

Remember seeing my older brother, now 67, go through some of these phases. He came home wearing a parka coat with pointed tail and tales of scraps with rockers, but then morphed into skinhead trend, Dr Martens, Ben Sherman shirts, shorn haircut and Harrington jacket. I really wanted a pair of Dr Martens at the time but at a younger age, was told no.

[@tearitloosetearitloose4670]

The parka was called a "fishtail"

[@mikedavies3361]

To say there’s no youth culture anymore just shows your age. It’s not all Simon Cowell etc. Older people stop listening to new music and think the mainstream is all there is. In the 80s you didn’t hear Crass Chaos UK Discharge etc on the radio but the Punk movement was there just not in the mainstream. Maybe it’s not as identifiable through clothing but the youth will always reject whatever the previous generation followed.

[@cba4389]

The youths accept what the corporations tell them. Safe spaces is what they want.

[@mikegoldstone6832]

Well put...

[@douglasstewart3889]

@@cba4389 you haven’t a clue you daft old fool. Not a clue.

[@cba4389]

@@douglasstewart3889 You've had a year to come up with a reply and that's the best you could do? All hope is lost.

[@tgpok4r]

i boy i remember light blue drape jacket with black velvet collar, my beatle crusher shoes, well brycreamed ducks arse haircut, and of course my trusty Triumph 650cc bike, weekends away at Skegness , absolutely brilliant time,

[@cliffbird5016]

i had a light blue drape with yellow velvet collar, cuffs and pocket flaps with matching trousers. got it tailor made for gigs. had a light blue drape with leopard skin collar for every day use. Not very good for riding bikes though so traded in for leather jacket leather trousers and white silk scarf and winkle picker boots when i got a BSA. Still wear the leathers but now use a mobilty scooter lol.

[@johnrunion7258]

@@cliffbird5016 Same here in '58 ,but leather jacket all the way to high school.Love the culture of those times.

[@Q-ey2jk]

Oh yes I remember driving might Lambretta dance to Southend-on-Sea great days

[@paulcarruthers2431]

So which bit fell off before you got to southend . Mine it was usually the exhaust had a big hammer that always solved the problem . Used to go down from Dartford with the NW Kent Zodiacs SC

[@colcot50]

I remember as a kid living on a seaside resort watching the battles between these groups, also remember literally hundreds of mods riding their bikes into town on a bank holiday weekend.

[@daveglynn748]

Ian James Edwards Erm ... Scooters mate. Not bikes.

[@ReidGarwin]

Anarchism exists in even the sharpest of people

[@Mark-ms5pn]

Vespas at Morecambe station.

[@gerhardthen8851]

Quadrophenia....the history of the battle between Mods and Rockers....good film

[@christinekelly5916]

My mid sixties brother in law has got himself a scooter and is living the mod dream.He LOVES all that stuff!! 😂😂

[@deevan1415]

1:11 Those sideburns are the heroes we need and deserve.

[@pragnur5924]

True mate, true

[@royferguson3909]

mutton chops

[@РафаэлаХендрикс]

Oh yes

[@bluegas999]

I saw myself in one of the punk photos. Great days great music.

[@johnnyb8825]

@Julian McSweeney I wouldn't say it ended by the end of 1977. It just split into different factions. The more political punks got into bands like Crass, Conflict and Flux Of Pink Indians, while the more "yobbish" elements were into the Oi/Skunk bands. Most movements split into branches.

[@johnnyb8825]

@Julian McSweeney You seem to be saying that only the first wave of punk was punk. That's a rather narrow definition. By the way, I'm not necessarily talking about the "postcard punks".

[@johnnyb8825]

@Julian McSweeney Yes I know about those people, and that is who I meant by "postcard punks" (also known as posers as you say). But there were punks after 1977 who weren't postcard punks/posers. I'm talking about the people who took anarchism seriously as a political movement (and not just another word for chaos or mayhem). Bands like Crass, Conflict, the Dead Kennedys and others, and their fans and supporters. For them punk wasn't really about dress or which clubs and pubs you hung out at (or at least in theory it wasn't). It was about a mindset and attitude, a set of values even.

[@robertcaffrey6097]

Youth culture was great, it was easy to identify and connect with similar minded people passing as strangers on a busy street just by the clothes or even more simply a badge, many long lasting friendships were struck up this way. The kids now days all dress identical and have no individualism, very sad really. BTW Duchamps Urinal now that was indeed very very Punk Rock.

[@gerhardthen8851]

Duchamp was a founding member of the Surrealist movement...that urinal was a "piss-take" ( pardon the pun ).... A bit early for Punk movement, but , yes, similar attitude towards established conventions. I guess you would expect that from someone who did a painting called " The man who mistook his wife for a hat".....maybe he wore Doc Martens, aswell......haha

[@robertcaffrey6097]

@@gerhardthen8851 great reply and I absolutley love your " taking the piss " pun ....... priceless.

[@stevenparker9192]

United kingdom the best country in the world best fashion best music we start it other people follow it 😎

[@ftmsafc5537]

Steven Parker Spot on bonnie lad,STATION SKINS SUNDERLAND 1980s

[@ftmsafc5537]

Hillview skinheads fearsome looking bunch who kept our streets and old folk safe in Sunderland 1980s

[@ftmsafc5537]

Hillview skinheads fearsome looking bunch who kept our streets and old folk safe in Sunderland 1980s

[@genelewis328]

sorry buddy...... the states set the standard for music. you Brit's simply embellish our best ideas.

[@stonemastic]

Gene Lewis .......Really? You can't be serious. I was dragged up to hate the Poms but for fashion and music. They set the standard. Most septic music is MOTR or commercialised pap at best. Know your station.

[@thef8ofman984]

Ah.. For the Good Old Days! When Punk was dangerous!!!

[@marclayne9261]

born in 1955....Grew up with these tunes...

[@Grifiki]

"The Years I still like to call The Harold Wilson Years. Even this was a couple of years earlier, it was still the firs True Labor Government we had! We loved our Harold then, and we still love the many changes that came about because of him!"

[@daveglynn748]

Griffith Harland FUCK LABOUR! Them bastards sold us out to the commie Russians which is all true and readily available to check now. And that Corbin wanker is blatantly even worse. No self respecting skin of any age or era would trust them total Tosspots! FUCK LABOUR!

[@martinkulkarni3569]

@@daveglynn748 What a fucking prick! Happy with the cruel monsters we have in government now? Food banks? Fascism? Brexit? Deserve all you get you twat.

[@kevinmoffatt]

True socialists who worked hard for working men, not the champagne charlie self servers who only care about foreigners that we've got now.

[@punkheadHB]

Mod track @ 02:40 hrs very Small Faces, f*cking love it !!

[@davidmacgregor5193]

I was a Beatnik in the mid-1960's, I listened to Beat Rock bands and I had an antimaterialistic lifestyle, no jewelery, not even a watch to tell the time. In 1967, I got into the Psychedelic scene, My shirts were Paisley paterned with a matching tie and hankerchief in my breast pocket, I wore cravats and listened to Pink Floyd, Tomorrow, The Idle Race, 13th Floor Elevators, Strawberry Alarm Clock, etc.

[@stevelofts8135]

Great music from those bands!

[@Havanacuba1985]

I’ve got the original sheet music for incense & peppermints by strawberry alarm clock ,cool to see you mention them

[@glennsmith879]

Still got my doc martens from 1979 best boots ever had and comfortable to wear

[@Pulsonar]

... Made in Britain, exciting and simple times, when boys and girls made statements to remember, could fight their corner, and hold their own. Incomparable to todays pimply muffins, pretentious social media darlings and geeky micro-economists in skinny jeans propping up their skinny backsides with a skinny latte after a night out on designer beer.

[@austincoughlan6526]

Pulsonar mate have you ever met a chav

[@koont666]

@Biker Boiy yeah cos Ted's where working class

[@jclm4188]

skinny puppy

[@silkymilky4909]

Austin Coughlan he definitely ain’t😂

[@gerhardthen8851]

Everything for money these days.... nothing to fight for...no cause....corporatised fashion image...all invented by big fashion labels, and social media.....

[@aubitron]

Wow at 0:34 that's Pete Murray left of the lamp post and Freddie Mills (World lightweight boxing champ) Yep that's the Teddy Boy era. For me, I was a Mod a Vespa GS 160 copper plated! I worked at John Bolding at the time in London..., Grosvenor, Davies St., just off Oxford st. and got my 'bubbles and mudguard copper plated in their factor at, I think Islington area. There would have been a lot of 'Scooter' sketches on their brown paper wrapped documents in their archives because as a 16 year old in their accounts dept. I had to wrap and archive the stuff...Memories.

[@nimtabile9198]

Great slideshow. Chronologically speaking though, the music playing for the skinhead segment was more indicative of skins from later era after punk and 2tone. Better fitted tracks would've been Jamaican ska, rocksteady or "early" reggae. Cheers!

[@shb8124]

Ah it was the late 70s and 80s I grew up in, remember it all well and I miss all that, kids had their own styles and subcultures to identify with when they had little or nothing else and real bands, actual proper bands lol.

[@Sameoldfitup]

"We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell." Oscar Wilde.

[@andynixon2820]

I had one uncle who was a teddy boy another who was a skinhead my mum was a mod and I was an 80s scooter boy . It's strange to see how people outside the UK interpret this styles as for us it was just what we did . One thing they don't get was just how rough life actually was - in modern times you can adopt an ancient British fashion as a style choice but then it involved a lot of violence and tribalism. It was very real and very exciting.

[@MrJohnyysmith]

Interesting - wondering if I would see myself among the mods. I have motorbikes now

[@nv1493]

Those were pre-snowflake days. When the world didn't get its feelings hurt over everything.

[@finnhartgers5614]

@ecky1965 in the back of the day you could slap someone one the back of the head and nobody would care. Now a days I cant even wear my jacket with skinhead on it outside and people find it offensive

[@finnhartgers5614]

@ecky1965 yeaa mate ahaha

[@charleswhitley8999]

Man, I love the frickin' UK...and all it's So called Sub Cultures....Back in the '80's me and my Buds drank with some Fly Boys from the Royal Air Force..In a strip Club..In Fort Walton Beach Florida...Slingin' singles for the Table Top dancers, and boozin' it up...Toastin' to The UK and USofA!!! They love them some USA and the feelin' is mutual here! God Bless all!

[@gregfowler957]

I was a mod in the early 80s but loved loads of other music aswell early rock and roll punk used to mix with everyone good times 😊

[@Passant78]

Does anyone know the track at 2:40? Sound good the instrumental...

[@couldntcareless1826]

We need to see this back on our streets. Maintain control and order.

[@paolobenmore3504]

Maintain your order. Conform and obey lad.

[@MONTY-YTNOM]

I Was a London Ted in the mid/late 70s , my girlfriend at the time was a punk :) The 70s teds where nothing like the 50s version.

[@Teem_Loots]

Anyone know the song playing during the Mod section?

[@ronaldlima1799]

Small Faces

[@johndoyle1810]

Great days,i was a scooter skin in 1983,love those days

[@royferguson3909]

respect, hope your still a scooter boy,

[@johndoyle1810]

@@royferguson3909 unfortunately I’m in wheelchair these days ms i have but hey it’s not over yet i still have my dreams and docs and skinhead of course,,,cheers man

[@simonz28]

i was very much a skinhead , back in the day , ahhh fond memories

[@proudpict2057]

My dad was a teddy boy, photos with his mates had them looking like cool cats!! They even had ex ww2 motorcycles modified to try and look American. Dad said he only paid a 5iver for his bike.

[@glennoc8585]

Have to say though the tribalism is sad in what were predominantly English youth divided by really class and wealth.

[@5imp1]

Which band did the Skinhead bit? Which band did the Saints go marching in instrumental on the punk part?

[@rowdyyates4273]

The 50s and 60s were without doubt the best time in the history of England---x

[@WarrenCromartie2]

Depends when you were born.

[@macdaddy11]

It is nice showing different cultures forgot bikes and mini coopers and ford escort cars

[@Mod-rw9cw]

My Dad was a ted who was cool as ice.I was a mod but not as cool as my Dad ,I had a1963 red lambretta 125 still miss it after all these years.kids today have no identity not like we had.

[@Mod-rw9cw]

@KZbin IS NOW GARBAGE Yes I feel thee same way when I hear one, I always turn and look to see what it is and if they are looking after their scooter.

[@FredVR736]

I’m a mod and about to turn 14

[@One-EyedMisfit]

My dad was a “ducktail” in the 60’s and 70’s. Slicked back hair, skintight jeans timing chain in the back pocket

[@One-EyedMisfit]

@Pete Testube correct, fuckface. He was South African.

[@chrispiatt2235]

They live on - at this point it's underground hip hop that is the keeper of the flame. This is from a skin/punk from the 80s.

[@arityatiyui7161]

lol what underground. rehashing shit and on phones and the internet is not undergrouns.

[@russmayes5375]

As a mod revivalist the fashion and music is timeless

[@donke7171]

It’s funny how when people try to be so different, they act all the same

[@steveedwards1524]

Not much original in this world it's all been done before

[@arityatiyui7161]

still more interesting than many ha ha

[@arityatiyui7161]

omg mark dice fans