Anyone who has looked at each page of this site and the internet knows how difficult it is to get an idea of how things really were in the 1950s, especially as regards ordinary fans. Only rediscovered in 2020 and broadcast on YouTube in 2024, American film producer Lee Gordon’s offering gives us – in […]
Jewish ‘Teds’ bopping (2021 upload)
1965 Cheltenham Rockers
Rumbles between Mods and Rockers in Cheltenham in 1965. This short pre-edited television documentary has a long introduction with a police chief and some old biddies before we get to hear from Rockers first and then Mods. The first one interviewed is a self-styled Rocker with quiff and (real ?) leather-jacket, whilst the second interviewee […]
1969 Walton-on-Thames rockers
Scotch Jim talks for the Rockers (here called Greasers) regarding their enmity with the Skinheads. Xccccc cc ccccc cccc cccc cccc cccc cccc ccccccccc ccccc cccccc cccccc ccc cc cccc c cccc cc cccccccc cccccc ccccccccccccccccccccc ccccccc cccccc ccccccc ccc cccc cc cc cccccccc c cccc’cc cccc ccccc
The early 1960s Rockers in ‘Quadrophenia’ (1979)
The film’s protagonist is Jimmy (Phil Daniels), a young mod, in 1964. Kevin (Ray Winstone), his rocker friend. Cons: – Kevin disappears from the film after the above mentioned chase scene. I think this character could have been used towards the end of the film, so we could further see the extent Jimmy’s actions have had […]
1999 Skegness Rock’n’roll weekender
Clip on local tv news program ‘Calendar’.
