A couple more shots courtesy of Gerry of Newcastle fans in away day action – top pic 1970 – bottom 1974
True Original
A great shot that’s been mailed in by Gerry (cheers mate) of him looking pretty nifty back in 1968. I’m always amazed at how often these pictures look like they could have been taken today. The Fred Perry’s interesting – i’ve never seen one with the wide tipping on the collar and sleeves before.
Here’s Gerrys accompanying email:
“That pic of me from 1968 was me as a skinny 14yr old in Scotland with my parents.
I cannot remember what shoes I had one??I thought they may have been loafers but I didnt get my first pair until 1969.maybe brogues??
I took in my first away game at Upton Park Aug 1969 to see West Ham v Newcastle.What a sight….thousands of skinheads in the North Bank,Doc MartinsMonkey Boots, Ben Shermans, Jungle greens, Sta -Prest, cardigans……
Chelsea were the first smart fans I ever saw in 1968. Nearly all of them wearing Dark Blue Burberry macs!!Had the pleasure of meeting Danny Eccles and Co. from Chelsea in 1969 at Newcastle and remember that Man Alive footage being shot.
Can you believe in early 1969 they didnt sell Doc Martins in Newcastle and we had to go to London to get them!!!!!
great days indeed
regards
GERRY
New Faces – A Short Film by Dean Chalkley
Hot on the heels of his recent Northern Soul inspired short Dean Chalkley has just completed a new 20 minute film about a new wave of young mods. Super sharp and dressed to the nines the young stars of ‘New Faces’ are shown cavorting and preening around Chalkleys studio with the beautifully shot footage accompanied by a spoken soundtrack as these young mods discuss what attracted them to the scene, why they love it and what it means to them – there’s not a parka, a target or union jack in sight – it’s fantastic stuff.
See the film at showstudio.com here
More on Dean Chalkley at his website here
Check out…
There is currently an excellent 2 hour 6 mix show courtesy of BBC 6 music with Andy Weatherall interviewing Terry Farley. Farley recounts tales of heading from the suburbs onto the London club scene and reminisces on collecting reggae singles, hearing Northern Soul, shopping at Acme Attractions plus a whole load of other stories.
Weatherall versus Farley on 6Music available here for a limited time.
The standard on Eddie Pillars Modcast has slowly been creeping up and over recent months its been pretty consistent with some great guests like Duffer supremo Eddie Prendergast, top tailor Mark Powell and the very nice Norman Jay.
Check out the Modcast archives here
Top music blog Yr Heart Out has just issued a special guide to previous issues. Download this handy guide to all the issues released so far and work out which ones you missed out on (that’s all of them if you haven’t yet checked it out).
A Whole Scene Going On 1966
Great interview from 1966 with Pete Townshend (plus a studio performance from The Who). Tip off on this from the very excellent, pop culture archivist site Voices Of East Anglia.
Check out the interview on Voices Of East Anglia here or direct on You Tube here.
Mods 1965 – Panorama
In the wake of the 1964 Clacton Mod/Rocker clashes BBC’s Panorama set out to find out what made the two sides tick.
Check out the Mods side of the story here
Holiday
Subbaculture is on holiday for the next 2 weeks – chasing down traces of uk street culture in Malaysia.
Until then…keep the faith !
