Guest manusf3a Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 (edited) At the recent Bletsoe reunion there was a printed booklet given out produced by one of our soul sourcers ,on the second from back page there are a number of illustrations of styles of the time on one of them is a lad wearing what I know as a pair of rupert check pants, I havent got a scanner but anyone who has and has one of these booklets I reckon it would be good to upload those pictures on to this thread.Theres also a picture of shoes one of which is the basketweaves that were about sueade head days and after. Ps. just remembered so will add this,as well as ruperts around Corby and nearby towns there was another form of big checked trews, they were darkish green and we knew them as Gordon Highlanders.Some one mentioned Jaytex ,also around about the same time another bright multicolour sta press parallel type of pants were made if I recall right ,produced by Jaytex,the same people who made the shirts.the pattern was much smaller and tighter than the ruperts pattern. moving on ,recently I wore a cashmere hooded coat in the style of a duffle to an all nighter where a couple of people christened it a "Paddington ", as it resembled one he wears in colour and style,light brown almost camel.Perhaps the ruperts trews and the paddinton coat would have made a highly stylish combo, topped off with an oversize sooty magic wand in the form of a walking stick,all worn with an unshaven ,"grizzly",look. Edited July 16, 2014 by manusf3a Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
TOAD Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 At the recent Bletsoe reunion there was a printed booklet given out produced by one of our soul sourcers ,on the second from back page there are a number of illustrations of styles of the time on one of them is a lad wearing what I know as a pair of rupert check pants, I havent got a scanner but anyone who has and has one of these booklets I reckon it would be good to upload those pictures on to this thread.Theres also a picture of shoes one of which is the basketweaves that were about sueade head days and after.they came from a book originally but i can not remember the title Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
El Corol Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 they came from a book originally but i can not remember the title I haven't seen the Bletsoe booklet but it sounds like the illustrations from Skinhead by Nick Knight, which is mostly pics of late 70 early 80s skins/boneheads but within it is a narrative and illustrations of the evolution of skin style from around 68/69 through to about 73ish, I think, by an original skincalled Jim Ferguson? The book originally came out in the 80s, I've got a copy somewhere so if nobody beats me to it or there isn't a link to it I'll try scanning it in tomorrow if I get some time. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Lenny Harkins Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Great Thread Men,, the best era and youth cult by far Glasgow early 80s Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Lenny Harkins Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 (edited) skinhead 2.jpgGreat Thread Men,, the best era and youth cult by far Glasgow early 80s Edited July 18, 2014 by Lenny Harkins Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Lenny Harkins Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 skinhead 2.jpgGreat Thread Men,, the best era and youth cult by far Glasgow early 80s More Glasgow early 8ts....loved it Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest son of stan Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Fascinating how this look cropped up around the world: https://www.ivy-style.com/the-miyuki-zoku-japans-first-ivy-rebels.html Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chris L Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 (edited) Taken in 1969, I was only 17 with my whole life in front of me. These photos had been stored in a garage for over 40 years and only came to light 3 weeks ago. We were well on our way to soul music by then. Edited July 20, 2014 by Chris L 1 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest manusf3a Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 (edited) Fascinating how this look cropped up around the world: https://www.ivy-style.com/the-miyuki-zoku-japans-first-ivy-rebels.html Theres some photos I am sure Ive seen on here of some black youth from compton late sixties wearing what was to in my opinion a smoothie seaude head look.button down shirts,loafers,lace up leather shoes,straight leg sta press type trews wore slightly short,v neck sweaters etc.I guess that look among lads was almost universal,why shouldnt it be it was smart as owt(for my weight and body shape of the time for me that was) Edited July 20, 2014 by manusf3a Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest son of stan Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 manusf3a, on 20 Jul 2014 - 6:02 PM, said: Theres some photos I am sure Ive seen on here of some black youth from compton late sixties wearing what was to in my opinion a smoothie seaude head look.button down shirts,loafers,lace up leather shoes,straight leg sta press type trews wore slightly short,v neck sweaters etc.I guess that look among lads was almost universal,why shouldnt it be it was smart as owt(for my weight and body shape of the time for me that was) I think the pic you mention is already on this thread. Got it somewhere but unable to post it... It all derives from the so-called Ivy Look, the way upscale white Americans dressed at Ivy League universities. There's an intriguing piece in a book I have ('The Look' by Paul Gorman) by Kevin Rowland (with photographic evidence) where he talks about the emergence of this style in 60s London, via shops like Squire and the Ivy Shop. Apparently, the very first 'skinheads' were known as 'peanuts'. The idea was to be subversive by dressing like conservative Americans....But it all got lost and watered down when the tabloids got involved. From what I have read the haircut was known as an 'astronaut' cut There's also another book called 'The Fashion of Football' with a fascinating chapter based on an interview with Rowland... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chris L Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) I think the pic you mention is already on this thread. Got it somewhere but unable to post it... It all derives from the so-called Ivy Look, the way upscale white Americans dressed at Ivy League universities. There's an intriguing piece in a book I have ('The Look' by Paul Gorman) by Kevin Rowland (with photographic evidence) where he talks about the emergence of this style in 60s London, via shops like Squire and the Ivy Shop. Apparently, the very first 'skinheads' were known as 'peanuts'. The idea was to be subversive by dressing like conservative Americans....But it all got lost and watered down when the tabloids got involved. From what I have read the haircut was known as an 'astronaut' cut There's also another book called 'The Fashion of Football' with a fascinating chapter based on an interview with Rowland... Used to buy all my clothes at the Ivy shop in Richmond. From my 16th onwards, ie 1968 up until about 1971. Edited July 21, 2014 by Chris L 1 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
TOAD Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I think the pic you mention is already on this thread. Got it somewhere but unable to post it... It all derives from the so-called Ivy Look, the way upscale white Americans dressed at Ivy League universities. There's an intriguing piece in a book I have ('The Look' by Paul Gorman) by Kevin Rowland (with photographic evidence) where he talks about the emergence of this style in 60s London, via shops like Squire and the Ivy Shop. Apparently, the very first 'skinheads' were known as 'peanuts'. The idea was to be subversive by dressing like conservative Americans....But it all got lost and watered down when the tabloids got involved. From what I have read the haircut was known as an 'astronaut' cut There's also another book called 'The Fashion of Football' with a fascinating chapter based on an interview with Rowland... the buzz cut Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
El Corol Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Used to buy all my clothes at the Ivy shop in Richmond. From my 16th onwards, ie 1968 up until about 1971. InsidetheIvyshopRichmond.jpg And John Simons is still going: https://www.johnsimons.co.uk/ He moved to Chiltern St from Covent garden a couple of years back now. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Taken in 1969, I was only 17 with my whole life in front of me. These photos had been stored in a garage for over 40 years and only came to light 3 weeks ago. We were well on our way to soul music by then. 1969 Sue-page-005.jpg1969oneA.JPG 1969twoA.JPG1969threeB.JPG Absolutely fantastic photos Chris Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chris L Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Absolutely fantastic photos Chris Recognise me ? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chris L Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 And John Simons is still going: https://www.johnsimons.co.uk/ He moved to Chiltern St from Covent garden a couple of years back now. Yes I did know that, I think he's gone from there now though. There was another shop in Richmond we'd buy from called Quincy's. I suspect that's long gone. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chris L Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) Absolutely fantastic photos Chris BTW nice little story to this. All the photos except one were taken by that girl, her name was Sue. I hadn't seen for about 3 years and in 1974 I met her at the Cromwell club in London, she was living with Ian Britton the Chelsea footballer, he and Ian Hutchinson were chucking pints down their throats. Edited July 21, 2014 by Chris L Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
TOAD Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Brilliant photos Chris Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Recognise me ? Yeah, you're the ugly c*nt 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Worth bearing in mind that A Clockwork Orange was never banned by any official body in the UK. Director Stanley Kubrick himself withdrew the film after the initial spate of copycat violence, but the film had been on release for over a year before he did this. I shared a drink or three with Kubrick a few weeks before he died and he said he wished he hadn't made the film Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sunnysoul Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 (edited) Original "brolly boys" ? 'Brolly Boys', Montrose, Scotland, early 1970s Edited August 7, 2018 by sunnysoul Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 (edited) As has been said earlier in this thread (a good while ago), many of the original mod / soul boys from the mid 60's never really got the skinhead / suedehead scene. Guess we'd grown up a bit, were much more into steady relationships with lasses & less prone to adopt the more wild clothing choices of some skins. We didn't object to the ska / reggae music they liked as that had always been played in mod clubs back in the day. But they seemed to take over soul nights (@ places like the Attic in Donny) and change them for the worse (from our point of view). I also never got the way that many skins / suedes were quite racist yet were happy to spend their nights dancing to 100% black music ... WEIRD. Never objected to selling some of my old reggae / ska 45's to any of them though (back then). Edited August 8, 2018 by Roburt Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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