anyone rember walkin thru the subways etc when there was a concert on at the city hall ? got chased thru there a few times must av bn my long hair an denim jacket

My God yes. And worse for being chased by boneheads was the Bus station. Also dodgy were the peace Gardens on a Friday or Sat night in the Summer, groups of them used to lie in wait for us rockers on our way to the Wapentake or Rebels.

many many times I was ambushed by those slaphead cretins. They never managed to catch me though, I was ligntning fast at sprinting.

All the skins used to hang about on the balcony on flat street,and were known as the "showboat skins".
Anyone remember when a load of "casuals" came in the wop(82 I think) no one had come across this fashion before,but they caused mayhem,with the fighting spilling out of the club and on to
wellington st,they gave as good as they got and things ended up about even.

8) Nah Den Ace.......

Yeah, I remember the skins hanging about on the balcony on Flat Street. One of the top skins was a half-caste kid who went by the name of "Adolf"! I don't know that he had the intelligence to realise the irony of his pseudonym!

Regards,

Spacehopper.

I use to be a skinhead in the 1980's spent most of my time down attercliffe we always got fighting when the fair use to come on the spare ground at darnall.Brightside was another haunt of ours, going back to attercliffe we once went in the fisherman pub just off broughton lane this is going up to darnall we had never been in the pub before there was about 20 of us.We had a right shock when we walked through the door it was full of hells angels there was one bloody big battle outside I had my hand broke by a stupid long haired fella he lashed out at me with a motorbike chain thats all they was good for using weapons but revenge was ours 6 weeks later we all went back up only this time there was more of use than them I can remember one of the hairy fairys getting is hair cut there must have been 8 of the skinheads had pinned him down and somebody used a big pair of hair cutting shears on him he finnished up with hardly any hair on him.We also had a visit from some of the darnall skinheads and they got stuck in I think that 4 of the motorbikes got wrecked.The police turned up but we had legged it down to the broughton inn so even to this day I dont know what had happened to the hairy fairy who had got his hair cut free of charge.We never went back there again.

Originally posted by gibbage
All the skins used to hang about on the balcony on flat street,and were known as the "showboat skins".
Anyone remember when a load of "casuals" came in the wop(82 I think) no one had come across this fashion before,but they caused mayhem,with the fighting spilling out of the club and on to
wellington st,they gave as good as they got and things ended up about even.

I do seem to remember this, hardly surprising as I was up on the door at that time. They came in in drips and drabs and made the fatal mistake of congregating at the far end of the place near the fire escape. When they kicked off and some of their mates were trying to get into the place we locked the doors. They had nowhere to go and so many headed up the fire escape into the hotel, the fight didn't spill out on to the street because as some of them were ejected we again locked the doors to stop a lot of irritated bikers folowing them. Unfortunately some bikers who were just coming down to the wap found themselves being jumped and it was only that they were so close to the entrance that they managed to get in and once in we again locked the doors and watched as they all ran off as the police arrived.
On a side note i had a friend who was a skin-head in the 60's he always used to complain at the namby-pamby skin-heads of the 80's who only seemed to be brave when in a group.

sound like a bunch of f------ idiots to me, but thats me???.:heyhey: :heyhey:

Originally posted by brooksy
sound like a bunch of f------ idiots to me, but thats me???.:heyhey: :heyhey:

How can you be an entire bunch of people brooksy? :huh: :D

K x

i was one of the skins doin the chasing

:hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

used to batter the hippies all over town:D :D

proper pussies

Originally posted by kirky
i was one of the skins doin the chasing

:hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

used to batter the hippies all over town:D :D

proper pussies


Why will no one on the forum surprised by that statement :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Originally posted by kirky
i was one of the skins doin the chasing

:hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

used to batter the hippies all over town:D :D

proper pussies

Kirky, was that you and your mates who chased me from Barker's Pool to Pond Street following a concert by the Incredible String Band at the City Hall in the early 70s?

I've still got the scars. ;)

Originally posted by kirky
i was one of the skins doin the chasing

:hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

used to batter the hippies all over town:D :D

proper pussies

PEACE LOVERS I think the word is for hippies NOT proper pussies as you put it.

And I was one of those long haired people who was NOT a peace lover, so I hope it was you I smashed over the head with an empty Newcastle Brown bottle Xmas 1981 in the Peace Gardens following an unexpected (well not really) ambush.

I was a skinhead from the 1970's to 1985,then decided to grow my hair long now I am a long haired lout who is well over 50 and if I had the chance to be a skinhead again I would say up yours.

MAKE LOVE NOT WAR

Originally posted by mojoworking
Kirky, was that you and your mates who chased me from Barker's Pool to Pond Street following a concert by the Incredible String Band at the City Hall in the early 70s?

I've still got the scars. ;)

not me i never caught anyone:hihi: :hihi:

luckily i grew out of it by the time i was 35:)

The skins I knew around 81 were al decent blokes, never started anything but by God they could finish it. Another memory I have is a record store in Sheffield around 82 when a few skins from Wakefield were in asking for racist bands music. The guy tolerated them for a few minures and then told them his brother was killed by Nazis during WW II and that the hammer he was holding would be splitting heads if they did not "**** off".

I'm not sure if they could fight, but they sure could run!!!!

Did the SKINS have any preferred pubs or clubs in the 80/81/82 period? Was'nt there a bar or club called BARROW-BOYS or something they used to hang out in under a railway bridge somewhere? Didnt they also go down the Leadmill a lot in the early days?

Originally posted by goldenfleece
Did the SKINS have any preferred pubs or clubs in the 80/81/82 period? Was'nt there a bar or club called BARROW-BOYS or something they used to hang out in under a railway bridge somewhere? Didnt they also go down the Leadmill a lot in the early days?

The Marples, downstairs. Not too sure about Barrow Boys (under Commercial street if memory serves). Never saw thm at The Leadmill unless there was a punk gig. Oh and Rebels on thursday nights.

Yeah the skins used to hang around the Barrow Boys and the pub at the bottom of the road where the Cossack is (sorry can't remember pub or road name). Another favourite haunt was the gallery down at the markets. They'd stand there drinking cheap cider and then throw the bottles off, usually at the SWP paper sellers!

I knew quite a few of them as I was a punk at the time. There was Adolf, Skinner, Briggsy, can't remeber any other names right now. I see Briggsy sometimes. He's a personal trainer now and does landscape gardening too. He's actually a really nice bloke who's 'grown up' ok!

Anybody remember the original Skinheads from 1968 to 1971? And the Skinbirds with short hair on top and sides and strangle cut at the back…Levi Jeans…Fred Perry t-shirts….monkey boots….

Originally posted by FetishFairy
Yeah the skins used to hang around the Barrow Boys and the pub at the bottom of the road where the Cossack is (sorry can't remember pub or road name). Another favourite haunt was the gallery down at the markets. They'd stand there drinking cheap cider and then throw the bottles off, usually at the SWP paper sellers!

I knew quite a few of them as I was a punk at the time. There was Adolf, Skinner, Briggsy, can't remeber any other names right now. I see Briggsy sometimes. He's a personal trainer now and does landscape gardening too. He's actually a really nice bloke who's 'grown up' ok!

Some of the Skinheads that used to be on the gallery with the mixed race lad claimed to be members of the NF and sported NF badges. For some bizarre reason this never bothered him. The Socialist Workers Party (they used to be called International Socialists) sold their papers outside the bank at the bottom of Fargate on Saturdays. These lads used to chase the SWP off before going to the Golden Ball pub.

The skinheads of 1968-1971 wore levi stay pressed trousers doc martin boots or doc martin shoes, ben sherman shirts and crombie coats the doc martin boots had got to be red and polished with ox blood polish can you still get ox blood polish oh and braces cant for get the braces.

What a catalogue of violence.
Almost as bad as the wildlife programmes on the tellevision.

hazel:confused:

Originally posted by hazel
What a catalogue of violence.
Almost as bad as the wildlife programmes on the tellevision.

hazel:confused:

Not all the skinheads from that time were violent.

Abercrombie coats, brogue and lofer shoes and "sta" press came in during the blurring of lines at the beginning of the Suedehead period...a time often forgot.

Any ex Suedeheads out there?

Anyone remember the time when the “boot boys” used to spray their “docers” gold or silver depending on which football team you supported? As far as I know this was a Sheffield thing.

Originally posted by stevie1957
Not all the skinheads from that time were violent.


I agree.
It's not fair to class everyone the same.
I once slipped in the snow and was helped gently to my feet by the punkist of punks
hazel.

just as well that we forgot the suedeheads they were worse than the skinheads I use to work in a pub on the outskirts of sheffield and they was always causing trouble at least with the skins you could have a beer with them and a chat but the suedeheads they were a different kettle of fish. I can recall a suedehead getting knocked off his feet by a skinhead who was stood in the pub I worked at the other skinheads just picked him and put him over a wall the answer I got was thats were you normally put ****. some of the skinheads who came into the pub were brilliant guys to get to know I wonder to this day what ever happened to them do they meet up for old time sake and talk of the things they use to do,maybe not I being an old skinhead havent got the time to chat to my fellow skins also I dont dwell on my past times when I was younger too many bad memories.

I'm an ex skinhead who moved away from Sheffield in the mid 80's. Just started to listen to punk and Oi! music again after a long break. I remember frequenting the Barrow Boys and The Marples regularly. The Barrow Boys was a real spit and sawdust pub. Good job really! The Marples was great for gigs upstairs. I remember going to see a few punk bands there usually with The Mau Maus as support. Anyone know if the Mau Maus are still around?

Originally posted by stevie1957
Abercrombie coats, brogue and lofer shoes and "sta" press came in during the blurring of lines at the beginning of the Suedehead period...a time often forgot.

Any ex Suedeheads out there?

Anyone remember the time when the “boot boys” used to spray their “docers” gold or silver depending on which football team you supported? As far as I know this was a Sheffield thing.

Silver for the Owls, Gold for the Blades. Memory failing but must be around 1971-73.

if i remember rightly the barrow boys was down the road past rebels and turn right and it was under the bridge, not that i ever dared venture in, i was a punk :)
I remember always getting chased by adolf and the cronies everytime we used to go to the record shop on the castle market gallery walkway...until i once had a word with my old mate froggy, then it suddenly stopped :)
I also remember going fascist bashing during the ireland march with the rest of the sheffield anarchists and seeing a skinhead get left sprawled out in a pile of record covers in bradleys records on fargate, and getting chased out of fagins pub later on by a group of about 30 NF supporters including i believe a couple of leaders, one tried it on as we left and got a key embedded in his face.

those are my main memories of the skinheads in the city centre, bit vague, but it has been a while :)

Originally posted by drolnhoj
Silver for the Owls, Gold for the Blades. Memory failing but must be around 1971-73.

Correct

Originally posted by Gladys
I'm an ex skinhead who moved away from Sheffield in the mid 80's. Just started to listen to punk and Oi! music again after a long break. I remember frequenting the Barrow Boys and The Marples regularly. The Barrow Boys was a real spit and sawdust pub. Good job really! The Marples was great for gigs upstairs. I remember going to see a few punk bands there usually with The Mau Maus as support. Anyone know if the Mau Maus are still around?

the lead singer of the mau mau's was a good mate of mine around 1984 he decided to pack it up and he came to work on the buildings with me..about two months later they got a contract and toured america,gutted was putting it mildly

:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

aint got a clue what they are doing now

My boyfriend at the time, was good mates with the Mau Mau's, so whenever they played in Sheffield we always went backstage after the gig to have a drink, got a few pics of them on stage as well. Still got one of their vinyl albums which I listen to every now and then - "Running with the pack".

Ahh, Happy days.
We all used to meet in the Woolco's cafe, buy a vinyl single (for 89p) and then walk round haymarket as we dodged the punks/ skinheads spitting off of the top of the gallery.
We'd then go into the Sheaf market, but a yard of fabric from Rubys or Esbergers and go home to make a skirt to go out in that night!!!
Didn't always have time to finish off very well and was lucky if the skirt didn't fall to bits halfway thro the night!
Never lasted a wash....

Originally posted by kirky
the lead singer of the mau mau's was a good mate of mine around 1984 he decided to pack it up and he came to work on the buildings with me..about two months later they got a contract and toured america,gutted was putting it mildly

:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

aint got a clue what they are doing now Sticky (Paul) Barker the drummer from the Mau maus works at Shiregreen, married and respectable and still can't help bloody tapping tables as if he's playing the skins! hehe, sorry Paul. Andrew Levick the guitarist is happy with his partner Christine and has two kids Dee and Jazz. Sticky and Andrew both live in Renishaw. Chris Taylor the lead vocalist lives in Killamarsh and can usually be seen in the Casbah on a friday night with his brother Shaun, haven't seen Bunny for years but hear he's well.

i remember being beaten up in one of the record stores on fargate,
about 6 mods and skins having this scrap in the middle of the shop . They were mental dicks

When the skinheads first startd hanging about about 1970 they used have one leader and aload of little punks around him (or so it seemed). The answer if they tried to cause 'bovver' was to give the leader agood belting and the others just melted away. they could only fight when the odds wre well stacked in their favour.

Originally posted by artisan
When the skinheads first startd hanging about about 1970 they used have one leader and aload of little punks around him (or so it seemed). The answer if they tried to cause 'bovver' was to give the leader agood belting and the others just melted away. they could only fight when the odds wre well stacked in their favour.

they could only fight when the odds wre well stacked in their favour

Spot on, artisan. It's the same with the "little sh*ts" these days too....if it's not 6 to 1 in their favour, they don't want to know.

i remmeber a mate from the wap being asked to skin up by adolf too lol

I was and still am a skinhead in the mid 70's up to present. The catch to this is about the philosophy and the culture that was present at the time.
I believe that the things l learned at the time have eventually shaped me into the person l am now.
I think there has always been a "blind ignorance" about skinheads, especially the link between being a skinhead and being a racist. When l was a teenager l can hardly remember one incident(of which there were many)of a fight starting with anyone over colour. Religion yes, especially during the late 70's and early 80's with the IRA mainland campaign.
However l came out of this ok,l have a great self-reliance, am a good parent, have a good judgement(l'm told) and have a lot of respect for others and am quite well respected.I don't get into trouble either.
I still believe in all the values l learned as a kid,from people who taught me about respecting my friends and learning about history and music and culture.
Don't believe all the hype about skinheads being "thick" racists, we are not.

Back again for more l'm afraid.After studying a few more posts l must have missed something.There were Skinheads and pretenders, the later wearing 30 hole DM's, short jeans and the disgusting green bomber jackets.
My DM's, when l wore them were 16 holes, l wore jeans or Levi Sta-pressed trousers, Harrington jackets, or Cashmere Crombie style coats.I owned a Bowler hat, leather gloves and expensive brogues and Oxford shoes, as well as Ben sherman shirts or Fred Perry tops.
The Barrow Boy's pub was a place for the pretender's unfortunately, our gang was a composition of Mod's, Suede heads and Skins. we used to meet in the old Saddle Inn on West Street and frequent pubs and clubs around the city centre, Abbeydale Road and London Road. We weren't bullies, had morals and a code of conduct. we didn't gang up or go six to one ever, usually it was the odds against us.Our rule was no one runs, no matter what, and as far as l remember that always was the case.
So to finish, may l again say, we are not or were not all morons,bullies or racists and they were good days and a learning curve that has shaped my life.

Reesch
You guys seem alright, but you must have been in a different universe. The skin heads I remember were not like that at all.
But we are all a lot older now so live and live, we have greater enemies on the door step eh?

You're not wrong there, another fact was l used to and still ride a motorcycle.I had mates classed as "Hairies" by the skins, abit of a mixed youth l suppose.Long live rock n roll, l agree live and let live.

Reesh

barrow boys.under bridge on pond street

i was skin heads in 1979-1983 best days of my life...."showboat skins"

go big kev
i was one of your era skinheads.it was quite different back then,was;nt it.
do you remember the ben sherman shirts and doc martins.
oh the inocence of youth"

Skins seemed to start in the late 60's. I was 17 in 1970 when I thought it might be a good idea to have a number three. My dad showed me what bover was as he kicked seven shades out of me for doing it. Bought Dockers,wrangler denims and a checked shirt all set off with a pair of clip on bracers.Took the wisest descision and grew it into suede head. Levi stay-pressed came out later two tone even later than that, and were worn with ben sherman shirts and a nice pair of royals brogues or Batas. The crombie was optional but if worn must be accompanied by red folded hankie umbrella and bluebeat hat. Dead smart.
The bowling alley on Queens road seemed to be a prefered hangout for skins and mods at the end of the 60's.

hi no 1machinest
Was that the bowling alley with the skaking rink and the nightclub upstairs.
forget what it was called,knocked back a couple of barley wines there,no photo id back then.
oh the memories.I work in a backpackers hostel in australia now, and meet so many POMs its great I love it.Even getting my accent back.

ps
I was 14 in 1970.

HI Marina I was 17. in 1970 Silver Blades was tha skating Rink and For a while I was security there, all 9 stone of me. Had a lambretta which I rode there and parked it among the million others. You dont work at Childers do you:) Love Hervey Bay and drive up the beach to Frazer quite often. Can't help but feel sorry for the ones who never got off their arses and made it out here, they don't know what they're missing.

I use to be a skinhead in the 1980's spent most of my time down attercliffe we always got fighting when the fair use to come on the spare ground at darnall.Brightside was another haunt of ours, going back to attercliffe we once went in the fisherman pub just off broughton lane this is going up to darnall we had never been in the pub before there was about 20 of us.We had a right shock when we walked through the door it was full of hells angels there was one bloody big battle outside I had my hand broke by a stupid long haired fella he lashed out at me with a motorbike chain thats all they was good for using weapons but revenge was ours 6 weeks later we all went back up only this time there was more of use than them I can remember one of the hairy fairys getting is hair cut there must have been 8 of the skinheads had pinned him down and somebody used a big pair of hair cutting shears on him he finnished up with hardly any hair on him.We also had a visit from some of the darnall skinheads and they got stuck in I think that 4 of the motorbikes got wrecked.The police turned up but we had legged it down to the broughton inn so even to this day I dont know what had happened to the hairy fairy who had got his hair cut free of charge.We never went back there again.
Thats one of the reasons why Iand many more like me emigrate

Back again for more l'm afraid.After studying a few more posts l must have missed something.There were Skinheads and pretenders, the later wearing 30 hole DM's, short jeans and the disgusting green bomber jackets.
My DM's, when l wore them were 16 holes, l wore jeans or Levi Sta-pressed trousers, Harrington jackets, or Cashmere Crombie style coats.I owned a Bowler hat, leather gloves and expensive brogues and Oxford shoes, as well as Ben sherman shirts or Fred Perry tops.
The Barrow Boy's pub was a place for the pretender's unfortunately, our gang was a composition of Mod's, Suede heads and Skins. we used to meet in the old Saddle Inn on West Street and frequent pubs and clubs around the city centre, Abbeydale Road and London Road. We weren't bullies, had morals and a code of conduct. we didn't gang up or go six to one ever, usually it was the odds against us.Our rule was no one runs, no matter what, and as far as l remember that always was the case.
So to finish, may l again say, we are not or were not all morons,bullies or racists and they were good days and a learning curve that has shaped my life.
Well said Reesh its a good job there were some decent living people Ihate to think what things be like if we had all been YOBS

Thats one of the reasons why Iand many more like me emigrate

other countries have their fair share of "violent" skinheads too

australia (ever seen romper stomper :P class film) canada, america, germany, italy etc etc

other countries have their fair share of "violent" skinheads too

australia (ever seen romper stomper :P class film) canada, america, germany, italy etc etc

Not here in Aussie old love. Board shorts, T shirt and thongs (flip flops) thats our national dress. The only skinheads are not by choice. Soooooooo peacefull here in Queensland I even park my car with the keys in.

What amazes me, is the number of people who are so proud of their violent past, even with age they have come to know no better. Many of these people will be parents now, so are we suprised at how our youth are now turning out.

hi no 1 machinest
So do i,did'nt realise you lived in qld, where do you live.

we are so close, have to catch up and compare sheffield.

I had long hair & lived at Hunters Bar. I remember a gang of about 12 or 15 skins coming into Endcliffe Park one day. They were apparently from the Crosspool area and started taunting me & my three mates. I could have done without the bother (or bovva) to be honest, but one of my mates was a little loopy at times and decided to give them a scrap. We ran forward with him and the skins just ran (to my amazement). I caught up with one who had tried to hide in someone's outside bog (possibly on Riverdale Road). When I opened the door he was cowering at the side of the toilet on the floor. I didn't have the heart to do anything to him. Some of the gobby ones who could run fast & were way up the street shouted that they would be back the next Saturday in larger numbers. Well that seemed fine to us and we lurked about in the park but they never showed.

Just as a follow-up to my above post, I think we had a situation that was fairly unique. At Hunters Bar there was a real mix of us that used to congregate in Endcliffe Park. When I say a mix, I mean us with long hair as well as skins along with others who didn't really fit into any particular catagory. Amazingly we got on fine and didn't fight each other at all. In fact the park was 'our turf' and frequently we joined forces against gangs from other areas. The prime objective was to protect our turf. So, if a group of skins came from another area they were pretty gobsmacked to find that other skins would side with us rather than them.

One example of this was when I got beaten up in Millhouses Park by a group of skinheads. I was in hospital for a short while but when I was ok a load of us went over for a bit of retribution. I think we must have looked quite an amazing sight.

I was skinhead girl in the early 80's, best days of my life, I was never in any fights or saw any of my mates involved in any violence, we used to keep out of trouble best we could and just had a good laugh together, shaved head wiv a fringe we'd ask for at scotts barbers on the wicker, our dress code (girls)was monkey boots/ porkpie shoes, Smart Rs jeans, white Fred Perry n silk green/ blue pilot jacket, we all looked very smart!
most of our time was spent on the gallery at the markets, the showboat, the friery, pond street (does anyone remember THE FOUR SEASONS cafe? it was gr8 for a cuppa,) or the hole in the road, sometimes we'd go up to spring street where they started a youth club for us,i spent many nights playing pool there, then later onto the marples n the barrow boys pubs. We all seemed to take over the fair at Hillsborough too when it came to town!
I remember all the old crowd who i've not seen for many years, China, Briggsy, Gibby (RIP), Neville, Adolf, Mezzy, Drid, Tommy, Kenty, Casper, Andy G, Pete C, Ant, Steve, Turtle, Dicko, Razor, Gally, Gary A, Gary P, Scodger, Daz, Datz, Norman, Willy, Mozzle, Webbo, Froggy, Coley (RIP), Wayne n Tony Anderson, Zonny, Sammy, Trish, Jackie, Adele, Joanne, Traci, Trina, Mel, Murphy, Bev, Lynne, Dawn, Jane, Jill, Jet, Debs, Kate, Diane to name only a few, i often wonder what they're up to now, i'm just a regular 30 something working mum (with very long hair!) hoping my kids dont turn out like i did lol!!! ;)
oh, what fun we had, but at the time it seemed so bad, trying different ways to make a difference to the days!!!
Anyone ive forgot?, please let me know :)

8) Nah Den Ace.......

Yeah, I remember the skins hanging about on the balcony on Flat Street. One of the top skins was a half-caste kid who went by the name of "Adolf"! I don't know that he had the intelligence to realise the irony of his pseudonym!

Regards,

Spacehopper.
Yes, i remember him, he was a good mate, his real name if i remember right is Adel, hence the nickname Adolf!

Yes, i remember him, he was a good friend, his real name is Adel, hence the nickname Adolf!
HAHA everybody knows adolf

i remmeber him being rasist even though hes half caste and having a black girlfriend?

him and his mates chasing me and some mates through the markets everytime they saw us.........froggy put a stop to that tho :P

he once asked us in the wap to skinup for him cos he couldnt

I was skinhead girl in the early 80's, best days of my life, I was never in any fights or saw any of my mates involved in any violence, we used to keep out of trouble best we could and just had a good laugh together, shaved head wiv a fringe we'd ask for at scotts barbers on the wicker, our dress code (girls)was monkey boots/ porkpie shoes, Smart Rs jeans, white Fred Perry n silk green/ blue pilot jacket, we all looked very smart!
most of our time was spent on the gallery at the markets, the showboat, the friery, pond street (does anyone remember THE FOUR SEASONS cafe? it was gr8 for a cuppa,) or the hole in the road, sometimes we'd go up to spring street where they started a youth club for us,i spent many nights playing pool there, then later onto the marples n the barrow boys pubs. We all seemed to take over the fair at Hillsborough too when it came to town!
I remember all the old crowd who i've not seen for many years, China, Briggsy, Duncan, Adolf, Mezzy, Drid, Tommy, Kenty, Dicko, Razor, Scodger, Norman, Willy, Mozzle, Webbo, Froggy, Wayne n Tony Anderson, Zonny, Sammy, Tracey, Trina, Mel, Bev, Dawn, Jane, Jill, Jet, Debs, Kate, to name only a few, i often wonder what they're up to now, i'm just a regular 30 something working mum now hoping my kids dont turn out like i did lol!!! oh, what fun we had, but at the time it seemed so bad, trying different ways to make a difference to the days!!!

hmmm dont see my name.......lol
trina turned trendy,tracey turned punk scodger.......well he,s still himself n his sister mel. has nt changed

hmmm dont see my name.......lol
trina turned trendy,tracey turned punk scodger.......well he,s still himself n his sister mel. has nt changed

LOL!, so sorry if i forgot u, tell me who u r n i might add u to my list hehe :thumbsup:

Yeah the skins used to hang around the Barrow Boys and the pub at the bottom of the road where the Cossack is (sorry can't remember pub or road name). Another favourite haunt was the gallery down at the markets. They'd stand there drinking cheap cider and then throw the bottles off, usually at the SWP paper sellers!

I knew quite a few of them as I was a punk at the time. There was Adolf, Skinner, Briggsy, can't remeber any other names right now. I see Briggsy sometimes. He's a personal trainer now and does landscape gardening too. He's actually a really nice bloke who's 'grown up' ok!


he s grown up ok..................
any reason why he shouldnt have

he s grown up ok..................
any reason why he shouldnt have
stunted growth?
dodgy hormones?
not eating his crusts?

:P

sound like a bunch of f------ idiots to me, but thats me???.:heyhey: :heyhey:


yep thats you
u f------idiot:)

if i remember rightly the barrow boys was down the road past rebels and turn right and it was under the bridge, not that i ever dared venture in, i was a punk :)
I remember always getting chased by adolf and the cronies everytime we used to go to the record shop on the castle market gallery walkway...until i once had a word with my old mate froggy, then it suddenly stopped :)
I also remember going fascist bashing during the ireland march with the rest of the sheffield anarchists and seeing a skinhead get left sprawled out in a pile of record covers in bradleys records on fargate, and getting chased out of fagins pub later on by a group of about 30 NF supporters including i believe a couple of leaders, one tried it on as we left and got a key embedded in his face.

those are my main memories of the skinheads in the city centre, bit vague, but it has been a while :)

u mean u never went in the barrowboys mellllllllllllll
u dont know what u missed

u mean u never went in the barrowboys mellllllllllllll
u dont know what u missed


no, never :P
only went past the doors when it was shut

:P

lol

two good mates of mine, Wardy and Sparky, used to be showboat skins, in fact they still have the haircut.
though not sure if thats cos its just stopped growing ha ha ha...

:) we were original skin's [68] seems 2 me in them days u were either a skin or a hairy,it was just the in fashion of the period.we never got in 2 bovver, we just thought we looked smart in our boots & braces,can't imagine rollin about in a pair o trousers that cost a years pocket money.as 2 seude heads it seemed a natural progression to not bein a skin anymore as yer hair di'nt grow back over nite,or u cudda won the pools bought a john lennon wig & whole new wardrobe-lol.the only bad trouble i saw round that time was the mods & rockers kickin the sh*t outta each other in skegness,the general opinion being that the 1s that started it had been as close 2 a motor bike or scooter as i have 2 michelle phiefer.u used 2 see em all oer't place carry'in their crash helmet,wearin a parka or studded leather jackets [with a scrapmans dream xmas bonus on their backs-lol] catchin the last bus or train home.these were known as plastics or greebos,depending on what form of 2 wheeled transport u pretended 2 have.me & the m8s went on 2 buyining lambrettas [the sensible 1s bought vespas] so i spose we were then mods, i seemed 2 spend most o the time pushin my bl**dy scooter on long runs 2 the seaside etc. & many a time rockers on big triumphs bsa's etc. stopped & got the damn thing goin again 4 me[bless em].any road as we got al ittle older & discovered the forbidden fruits of pubs & clubs we all turned in2 rod stewart or bowie clones[with a few marc bolans thrown in2]so in my humble opinion its all about fashion,in no way did i think i was connected 2 racism or facism [our ole fella fought the nazis 4- 5years & they wer'nt very nice 2 me ma & granparents either-see my other posts-attercliffe.]on a footnote, has any1 got the same hairstyle & dress style they had 40 years ago?. eroll brown[hot chocolate] rod stewart & david essex need not reply.p.s. [think it was big ed who said e was a 60s skin]do u remember the darnall mob led by georgie moore & his brother?.

Way before my time Willow, i wasn't born until '68 ;) it seems like we still got up to the same kinda things as you though, we used to go down to Brighton every summer just so the lads could do some mod bashing, silly boys lol, most of them ended up getting beat up :(

We weren't all violent, none of my old crowd was, we all had a good laugh, enjoyed the same music n fashions, just like any other teenagers :)

i was skin heads in 1979-1983 best days of my life...."showboat skins"
Mine 2 supergary, I have lots of good memories from them days ;)

:hihi: yo miss skin,things do'nt change much-lol,i allus believed in the ole do'nt judge a book by its cover adage,any road the stuff i heard bout the teddy boys [origianal 1s] in the 50s wudda made my hair curl [iffen i'd ad any at the time]with the knife fights & all such like.at my age now i try all sorts 2 stop be'in a skinhead-lol,you wear what u want luv,its inside what counts.

The Skinheads were a ridiculous looking, low intellect, cowardly, obnoxious bunch of turds

The Skinheads were a ridiculous looking, low intellect, cowardly, obnoxious bunch of turds

know a lot about the scene then? :P

The Skinheads were a ridiculous looking, low intellect, cowardly, obnoxious bunch of turds

LMAO, so why is it that most men these days have shaved heads?, just take a look at footballers n male models, seems all the good looking ones have skinheads!!! ;)

LMAO, so why is it that most men these days have shaved heads?, just take a look at footballers n male models, seems all the good looking ones have skinheads!!! ;)

well speaking for myself.............cos im now getting on a bit and losing my hair :P


or id prolly still have a mohican :D

:hihi:
Quote:
Originally Posted by mr_blue_owl
The Skinheads were a ridiculous looking, low intellect, cowardly, obnoxious bunch of turds
. you met them all then?,sry can't remember you in 68. the most [regular ] trouble i saw then & now is caused by idiots running round in football scarves, what ever kind of head they'v got.

LMAO, so why is it that most men these days have shaved heads?, just take a look at footballers n male models, seems all the good looking ones have skinheads!!! ;)

Must admit I am an 'enforced' skinhead myself these days

:) does that mean u'r ridiculous looking, low intellect, cowardly, obnoxious & turd like them [&me] 2. from some of your other posts i see u'r in asia. now our ole fella ad a bit o bovver wi't japs in 't 40s, so on your logic i should ignore the geneva convention,behead any 1 that surrenders,starve them /work them-to death, cos they'r all the same.please explain your reason for such a presumptious post to some 1 elses thread, [who on reading my rambling remeniscing[not sure how 2 spell that must be the haircut]was really nice & did'nt tell me 2 f*** off for tellin't tale on what is clearly 80s skins & not for ole boys like me. were you badly hurt by a skinhead? did you marry 1? was-is your mum 1?.wots yer prob?.

Oh dear, please excuse me for finding neo-Nazi thuggish subcultures distasteful, how terribly old fashioned of me.
I find your analogy with the Japanese quite ludicrous, of course the atrocites commited in the second world war were horrific. But people tend to be Japanese by birth rather than choice, unlike the Bovver Boys
Yes I did get attacked once - for the horrific crime of having long hair.
They seemed to think 8 to one was fair game
I will take your word that they were not all violent, but the one's I met (usually waiting outside the City Hall after music concerts) were hardly full of bonhomie.
I will also admit to being involved in one or two football fracas, although in my day it was handbags at ten paces:)

The Skinheads were a ridiculous looking, low intellect, cowardly, obnoxious bunch of turds
Now now mr. blue owl, you can't tar us all with the same brush, we were not all the same ;)
I detect a lot of hatred in your words, would that be because somebody with a skinhead haircut once hurt you? Is it still eating you up inside? :( maybe you should see a counsellor, they work wonders!
PS. my intellect is well above average, i look damn fine, i'm very couragious, and in no way obnoxious, and as for being a racist-i wouldn't dream of it!

Oh dear, please excuse me for finding neo-Nazi thuggish subcultures distasteful, how terribly old fashioned of me.


i think you should stop now before you dig yourself deeper into that generalising hole you seem to have dug.

have you heard about SHARP skinheads?, "SkinHeads Against Racial Prejidice"?
youve heard the oppressed? one of the most antifascist of skinhead bands? or the angelic upstarts? didnt think so.
of course you knew that the original skins were into reggae and ska tho, right?

yeah some are nazis, but then some members of the community at large are into the bnp etc

i think you should stop now before you dig yourself deeper into that generalising hole you seem to have dug.

have you heard about SHARP skinheads?, "SkinHeads Against Racial Prejidice"?
youve heard the oppressed? one of the most antifascist of skinhead bands? or the angelic upstarts? didnt think so.
of course you knew that the original skins were into reggae and ska tho, right?

yeah some are nazis, but then some members of the community at large are into the bnp etc
Well said Mel :thumbsup: here here

Must admit I am an 'enforced' skinhead myself these days
Well now, would you believe it? :cool:

Well now, would you believe it? :cool:

maybe he should be "enforced" to listen to the oppressed too :)



or some classic trojan sounds :P

Quote:
Originally Posted by mr_blue_owl
Oh dear, please excuse me for finding neo-Nazi thuggish subcultures distasteful, how terribly old fashioned of me.
if you read my earlier post you'll see that i had no ties to neo-Nazi thuggish subcultures or nazi anythings. i seem to think this is a fairly modern thing & is currently happening in germany[again].as to the jap thing,it was meant to be tongue in cheek.you'r quite correct japanese people are born japanese & do'nt choose [whatever] but whatever you'r born i believe you have a choice in your actions.i'm sorry you were beaten up,it certainly was'nt by me or my m8s.may i ask why you had long hair at the time.could it be anything to do with fashion perhaps?.

:hihi: p.s.i'v never seen any pic's or footage of hitler & his cronies do'in the wully bully,dressed in boots n braces.if you have such material please share it.

can some one help me please iused to live in the penny black in the early 80s and went out with a girl breifly who hung around with the show boat skins does anybody remember her and what was her name.she said her step father was judge pickles

anyone rember walkin thru the subways etc when there was a concert on at the city hall ? got chased thru there a few times must av bn my long hair an denim jacketBeen there done that:hihi: my brother was a skin head, and im a rocker:P the 80 what fun.....

then came the year 2000 and the chavs....

Quote:
Originally Posted by mr_blue_owl
Oh dear, please excuse me for finding neo-Nazi thuggish subcultures distasteful, how terribly old fashioned of me.
if you read my earlier post you'll see that i had no ties to neo-Nazi thuggish subcultures or nazi anythings. i seem to think this is a fairly modern thing & is currently happening in germany[again].as to the jap thing,it was meant to be tongue in cheek.you'r quite correct japanese people are born japanese & do'nt choose [whatever] but whatever you'r born i believe you have a choice in your actions.i'm sorry you were beaten up,it certainly was'nt by me or my m8s.may i ask why you had long hair at the time.could it be anything to do with fashion perhaps?.

Hi Willo,
Interesting point about being responsible for one's actions particularly when in the military - obey orders or follow one's consience?,
Whatever, I agree with you completely that the perpetrators of the Japanese atrocities did so mainly through their own sadistic tendencies rather than follow orders.
Why did I have long hair? Possibly the same reason that Skin Heads had no hair, the difference being that us 'Hippies' preached Love and Peace and wore sandals not steel-capped boots.
I wasn't badly beaten up I can look after myself - but thanks for the sentiment.
And I accept that a lot of the S/H were non violent and it was wrong of me to lump them all together.

:hihi: p.s.i'v never seen any pic's or footage of hitler & his cronies do'in the wully bully,dressed in boots n braces.if you have such material please share it.

On their way :)

:hihi: p.s.i'v never seen any pic's or footage of hitler & his cronies do'in the wully bully,dressed in boots n braces.if you have such material please share it.
Good point there Willo! :cool:

:) hi mr blue owl, nice reply,thanx. goin back 2 my youth [nooooo ere e goes again-lol] i was always a suspect s/h- mod- scooter boy-wot ever,having an older brother i was introduced to the music of jimi hendrix- cream & such like,which i prefered 2 the blue beat & reggae,oops nearly 4got the who! [we do'nt get fooled again-8 mins 36 secs of musical magic].just 1 correction the boots, big t boots,followed by doc martens buffed with ox blood polish [right pain in the a**e to turn em red] no steel toe caps. hope you & yours are all well out in the east.willo.

Good point there Willo! :cool:

There is now!
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/2656/nznj9.jpg

:) hi mr blue owl, nice reply,thanx. goin back 2 my youth [nooooo ere e goes again-lol] i was always a suspect s/h- mod- scooter boy-wot ever,having an older brother i was introduced to the music of jimi hendrix- cream & such like,which i prefered 2 the blue beat & reggae,oops nearly 4got the who! [we do'nt get fooled again-8 mins 36 secs of musical magic].just 1 correction the boots, big t boots,followed by doc martens buffed with ox blood polish [right pain in the a**e to turn em red] no steel toe caps. hope you & yours are all well out in the east.willo.

Cheers mate.
Unfortunately my dear dad died yesterday in a Sheffield nursing home :( (85 - good innings)

Best
Keef

sry to hear about your dad m8,my condolences.thanx 4 the pic of adolph & crew its great, keep posting its nice to have a bitto banter,yours steve.

this isnt the wully bully is it?
http://matazone.co.uk/animpages/dancing-hitler.html


:P

:) lol not quite m8. ps looks like u & i are neighbours mel.

:) lol not quite m8. ps looks like u & i are neighbours mel.

really?

where you live like?

:) scarbro.

:) scarbro.ahhh

i live tother side of whitby, away from scarborough :P

:thumbsup: There is now!
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/2656/nznj9.jpg
:thumbsup: Great pic mr. blue! :thumbsup: LMAO

this isnt the wully bully is it?
http://matazone.co.uk/animpages/dancing-hitler.html


:P
:) You just made my day, Mel :thumbsup:

sry to hear about your dad m8,my condolences.thanx 4 the pic of adolph & crew its great, keep posting its nice to have a bitto banter,yours steve.

Cheers Steve,

Dad had severe Allzheimers at the end, he couldn't remember who he was.
Better he has joined mum than sat lonely and confused in the old folks home

Best
Keith

Well now, would you believe it? :cool:

I wrote and ode for you Miss S

In days of yore
Long hair I wore
Almost to my bum
But years pass by
And follicles die
A skin head I've become:mad:
:)

Cheers mate.
Unfortunately my dear dad died yesterday in a Sheffield nursing home :( (85 - good innings)

Best
Keef
Sorry to hear that Mr. blue, :( may your father now RIP

I wrote and ode for you Miss S

In days of yore
Long hair I wore
Almost to my bum
But years pass by
And follicles die
A skin head I've become:mad:
:)
Aw, thanks Mr. Blue, you did that just for me? I think you're really great ;)
P.S, my hair almost reaches my bum too these days :)

:) yo mr blue & mel,many thanx once again 4 the fascinating pics of adolph,last nite da'nt pub i was showing them my m8,who's a history buff & after about 7 pints he assured me that they'r the real deal,thus proving that adolph was infact Johnny reggea, he also went on 2 say that adolph appeared again in the band sparks [playing keyboard] circa 73 & again circa 76 standing in 4 Bryan Ferry, do'in lets stick together.I think we've uncovered a tantilising historical tidbit here & could be on the way 2 finding out what happened in the last days of the Reich.he also said that he went into politics & reemerged as mrs thatcher.not sure bout that 1 but stay tuned we're doin some digging.

I seem to recall The Cannon opposite the Crown Courts was oft frequented by skins.

I seem to recall The Cannon opposite the Crown Courts was oft frequented by skins.

yup ive seen adolf and kirky peering out of there before :P

Aw, thanks Mr. Blue, you did that just for me? I think you're really great ;)
P.S, my hair almost reaches my bum too these days :)

AWWW Miss S - I'm blushing now
I adore long hair on girls

AWWW Miss S - I'm blushing now
I adore long hair on girls
:love: ooooh i think i'm in love! ;)

I just read an item posted by Artisan saying that "all skinheads fought when the odds were in their favour". I can assure him that from my VAST experience that wasn't the case. I'm not suggesting that this didn't happen but l had often taken on more than 2 at a time if not more and very often through no fault of my own.
One of the last really big fight that l got involved in happened in the Hole in the Road one evening in summer 1982. I was walking through there with a mate when a group of between 25 - 30 lads started hurling abuse and threatening us. I was the only one that actually had skinhead anyway.
The conclusion to this story was that they set about us not knowing four other mates were about 2 minutes behind us.
We kicked the **** out of them and most of them legged it. I actually ended up in prison because of this as l refused to implicate anyone else in the fight.
There were around 20 or so witnesses in the group and their evidence stood for itself . I wouldn't have gone to prison had they not attacked me and my pal.
Hopefully, Artisan,this may change your attitude a little....don't believe the press!

I was skinhead girl in the early 80's, best days of my life, I was never in any fights or saw any of my mates involved in any violence, we used to keep out of trouble best we could and just had a good laugh together, shaved head wiv a fringe we'd ask for at scotts barbers on the wicker, our dress code (girls)was monkey boots/ porkpie shoes, Smart Rs jeans, white Fred Perry n silk green/ blue pilot jacket, we all looked very smart!
most of our time was spent on the gallery at the markets, the showboat, the friery, pond street (does anyone remember THE FOUR SEASONS cafe? it was gr8 for a cuppa,) or the hole in the road, sometimes we'd go up to spring street where they started a youth club for us,i spent many nights playing pool there, then later onto the marples n the barrow boys pubs. We all seemed to take over the fair at Hillsborough too when it came to town!
I remember all the old crowd who i've not seen for many years, China, Briggsy, Gibby (RIP), Neville, Adolf, Mezzy, Drid, Tommy, Kenty, Casper, Andy G, Pete C, Ant, Steve, Turtle, Dicko, Razor, Gally, Gary A, Gary P, Scodger, Daz, Datz, Norman, Willy, Mozzle, Webbo, Froggy, Coley (RIP), Wayne n Tony Anderson, Zonny, Sammy, Trish, Jackie, Adele, Joanne, Traci, Trina, Mel, Bev, Lynne, Dawn, Jane, Jill, Jet, Debs, Kate, Diane to name only a few, i often wonder what they're up to now, i'm just a regular 30 something working mum (with very long hair!) hoping my kids dont turn out like i did lol!!! ;)
oh, what fun we had, but at the time it seemed so bad, trying different ways to make a difference to the days!!!
Anyone ive forgot?, please let me know :)


Hahahaha!! I got a mention in your list....and yeah Coley (RIP) didn't he have an accident involving a train? Mozzle..."I like prison, they do good dinners" :D ...Trina, Traci and Mel and Helen Murphy were a gang in their own right. :D

I was abit older than you lot, a couple of years. I remember the Gallery kids as well as the Showboat kids. I think its very similar to the gangs that hang around in your local area nowadays. However the kids now don't give or have respect for anyone. Dope is accepted as normal and they are "untouchable" by the law.
I still see the likes of Gally, Sham and once in a while Sammy. You've all grown up and taken on a grown up role in society, hopefully the kidz on the cornerz will do the same.

ReeshHahahaha!! I got a mention in your list....and yeah Coley (RIP) didn't he have an accident involving a train? Mozzle..."I like prison, they do good dinners" :D ...Trina, Traci and Mel and Helen Murphy were a gang in their own right. :D

I was abit older than you lot, a couple of years. I remember the Gallery kids as well as the Showboat kids. I think its very similar to the gangs that hang around in your local area nowadays. However the kids now don't give or have respect for anyone. Dope is accepted as normal and they are "untouchable" by the law.
I still see the likes of Gally, Sham and once in a while Sammy. You've all grown up and taken on a grown up role in society, hopefully the kidz on the cornerz will do the same.

Reesh

Gallery? You mean the SHOWBOAT MOB? Yeah I know Galley and all them, used to stand up there as well and go to the Spring Street project. I always thought Skinner was a ****** and I hear he's now a drugs councillor for Sheffield probabtion services?

Gallery? You mean the SHOWBOAT MOB? Yeah I know Galley and all them, used to stand up there as well and go to the Spring Street project. I always thought Skinner was a ****** and I hear he's now a drugs councillor for Sheffield probabtion services?The ironies of some of the kidz was amazing, Asian skinheads?Not that that is too unusual, but NF badge wearer's. However they weren't actually signed up members of the afore mentioned organisation.
Some of the girls were ok, especially Diane and l remember another couple, one Nikki and another Jane who were all sound. The lads were rather naive to say the least but had respect for myself and my boys.
I was never a green bomber jacket or 16 holer dm wearer, quality clobber was the order of the day!

The ironies of some of the kidz was amazing, Asian skinheads?Not that that is too unusual, but NF badge wearer's. However they weren't actually signed up members of the afore mentioned organisation.
Some of the girls were ok, especially Diane and l remember another couple, one Nikki and another Jane who were all sound. The lads were rather naive to say the least but had respect for myself and my boys.
I was never a green bomber jacket or 16 holer dm wearer, quality clobber was the order of the day!

Who are you?

Who are you? Ryszard is the name

Gallery? You mean the SHOWBOAT MOB? Yeah I know Galley and all them, used to stand up there as well and go to the Spring Street project. I always thought Skinner was a ****** and I hear he's now a drugs councillor for Sheffield probabtion services?

The gallery was down at the markets, we all used to meet up there at one time, and i still see Galley :) , he delivers my chinese take away every friday lol :P

Hahahaha!! I got a mention in your list....and yeah Coley (RIP) didn't he have an accident involving a train? Mozzle..."I like prison, they do good dinners" :D ...Trina, Traci and Mel and Helen Murphy were a gang in their own right. :D

Hahahaha, great to know someone appreciates my memory! ;), yes, sadly Coley was hit by a train near london road in december 1985, he was only 19, he was a good friend and i still think of him a lot, poor kid.
As for mozzle, lol we always used to say he went inside just for his christmas dinner, his mom must have been a lousy cook ;) lol, n i was one of the girls in traci n trinas little gang (when i wasn't grounded!!) lmao, n how could i forget murphy?, she was a great laugh, i'll add her to my 'little list' now :)

Hahahaha, great to know someone appreciates my memory! ;), yes, sadly Coley was hit by a train near london road in december 1985, he was only 19, he was a good friend and i still think of him a lot, poor kid.
As for mozzle, lol we always used to say he went inside just for his christmas dinner, his mom must have been a lousy cook ;) lol, n i was one of the girls in traci n trinas little gang (when i wasn't grounded!!) lmao, n how could i forget murphy?, she was a great laugh, i'll add her to my 'little list' now :)

So which one of those lovely ladies were you? Cos you obviously know me?

Does anyone know a skin from the early eighties called Robbo? He had SKINS tattooed on his forehead. I bet he regrets that now! Does anyone know what hes up to nowadays?

I was a mod in the mid 80's ...got chased a fare few times down the moor by the skinheads ..lol.. we had an all girls scooter club and used to meet up at the cafe just up that little road opposite the band stand:)

I ended up going out with one of the skinheads ..towards the end of the 80's alot bought scooters and ended up on the rallys with us ..scooter skins ..lol.:D

Can any of you remember Kev Roache?? ..and a punk girl called Seb?

I was a mod in the mid 80's ...got chased a fare few times down the moor by the skinheads ..lol.. we had an all girls scooter club and used to meet up at the cafe just up that little road opposite the band stand:)

I ended up going out with one of the skinheads ..towards the end of the 80's alot bought scooters and ended up on the rallys with us ..scooter skins ..lol.:D

Can any of you remember Kev Roache?? ..and a punk girl called Seb?

Seb? Adolfs sister?

yeah babes .. she was a punk ..do you know her?? :)

anyone remember adolf?

and a dog called basta**

yeah babes .. she was a punk ..do you know her?? :)

Yep I know her

I would say .." say hi " for me ..but i doubt she'd remember me now ..its over 20yrs ago :shocked:

went in castle market today,1st time in years had scary memories of hangin round k n d.dunt seem same with the hoodies hangin there!smack rats everywhere n all.evo n butane long 4gotten.stick to the legal kind nowadays tho but the side effects of booze certainly show on the belly!should have a skins reunited day startin showboat and endin up pi**ed in a motorbike shop!(marples)that would be amusing

8) Nah Den Ace.......

Yeah, I remember the skins hanging about on the balcony on Flat Street. One of the top skins was a half-caste kid who went by the name of "Adolf"! I don't know that he had the intelligence to realise the irony of his pseudonym!

Regards,

Spacehopper.

yea i know adolf really well he hanged out with other punkz n 5kin headz n my uncle :loopy: people

I would say .." say hi " for me ..but i doubt she'd remember me now ..its over 20yrs ago :shocked:



I Know 5eb 5he iz now married to my uncle 5haggy another 5kinhead u remember him.
Let me know ur name n i will tell her hi

Anybody remember the original Skinheads from 1968 to 1971? And the Skinbirds with short hair on top and sides and strangle cut at the back…Levi Jeans…Fred Perry t-shirts….monkey boots….

YES WE WERE ALL THERE, We couldnt get a drink in the town centre so we all used to trot off down Attercliff to the BRITISH OAK and the BROUGHTON ARMS .We also frequented the Disco upstairs at the ICE RINK and the CRYSTAL ROOM in town.The best lads from all over Sheffield always made their way to town.I lived on the PARKHILL FLATS so the town centre was our playground from an early age we got up to all sorts most of it just high spirits and mischief but sometimes had its darker side one or two of us got locked away at the time I had friends from all over the city and Saturday Football was very important part of the skinhead culture,the battles at the wopentek after the game were good memories and we thought we had enemies but to be honest I can recall them all with fond memories,Eskimo,Bootlab, Elvo to name a few they were in the Pond Street Mob and used to be regular at the Wap,some of the lads I grew with were COLIN WALTERS FRIDAY ALIAS CARL STEVENS, EVERTON, BARRINGTON,FRANK MONTIGUE,DAZ,CHESTER,BILLY,ANDY ROY LOADS OF MY MATES OFF THE PARK because we also played football in the under 18 LEAGUE for the Manor Castle until some of us started getting nicked for doing what SKINS were supposed to do in those daysThen It was getting a bit to much for a lot of the lads and some even managed to grow up some of us took a lot longer and some of us never ever managed it.I will always look back with great reguard for the people who I met In those days and If I was honest there wasnt much I regret,SO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND REMEMBER ONCE A SKINHEAD ALWAYS A SKINHEAD

we had an all girls scooter club
What was thier name? and Kev Roache rings a bell.

Hi Miss Skin, - You brought back a few old memory's with the list of names

Webbo here (Showboat 1979 -1985), Great memory's great times, still going to see Bad Manners, The Beat and any other Ska band that is playing locally, still got shaved hair and Doc Martins but wear them with a suit now.
I went on to be an IT Analyst so for all those people who think we were all just racist no brain lunatics please accept the two fingered salute, i had lots of Indian, West Indian friends etc as i also went to the Bow Centre to Jam upstairs with Wesley etc.
Too many people try and put people into Box's, the people i knew hung around the various haunts in Sheffield until of pub age because they had no where else to go, we did get into fights but 99 times out of a 100 it was other people who caused the trouble with us.
The Marples was my drinking hole and sometimes the Wicker before all the pubs where closed, i also remember trying to sneak into the Limit in 1978 to see the Specials before they got famous.
Still see a few of the old crew in passing, i work with Adz, i see Adolf, Kenty, Swabs, Ange frequently sometimes i see some of the others at gigs, Bad Manners at the corporation 14th Dec 2007 if any of you old Showboat, Pondstreet, Gallery or Hole in the Road Guys are still up for it it's a great night.
Hope to see some of you there sweating and wheezing with me.

Hi, have seen Reesh on here, (Ryszard) if anyone knows him, was it the one whose surname begins with S? Also, you all speak about 'Coley'...this wouldn't be Graham Coley would it who lived at Wharncliffe side near oughtibridge?Had a sister called Anita?
These names have stirred my memory, so please let me know!

which webbo?andy?

Yep Thats me, I now there was a Webbo in the younger generation of skinheads who started coming down pond street about 83 but i dont think his first name was Andy, i may be wrong due to the amount of lager drunk since those days.
I am off Southeygreen and went to Colley school, left in 82 'officially', who would have though that i would end up where i am now, i wouldn't have.
As has been mentioned before by others some of us grew up some didn't, i keep my alter ego locked up these days only let out on special events that include meeting old friends, lots of lager, stomping about the dance floor and being defend by load ska ( still loads of bands on the music scene )
O well back to Cider and don't forget lots of old faces will be at the Bad Manners Gig at the Corporation on the 14th Dec....

alright andy,its me nidge.aint seen ya for a while since lane top club!

I don't remember them the first time around but later. I was one of those hippys, fortunatly for me the kickboxing kind, who had a soft spot you could say a weakness for skinhead birds. There used to be one who hung around on the balconies by the markets I still think about her. Tall blond....stop me someone

barrow boys.under bridge on pond street

the skinheads at the barrow boys.where the second generation.the true skins where the showboat and marples boys.all the oi gigs.sham 69 at roxys.cockney rejects limit.massive hello to chez.tommy little nigel,manners.digger.kenti.big rodger,drid.both brothers.mezzy.bunny johnson.mark mason.sid from kivo.sammy brothers.roy cockin.plattsey,dougie green,mackie,hoddy,and everyone else.great times.great era.soski www.lab13studios.co.uk www.puredelightxxx.co.uk

the skinheads at the barrow boys.where the second generation.the true skins where the showboat and marples boys.all the oi gigs.sham 69 at roxys.cockney rejects limit.massive hello to chez.tommy little nigel,manners.digger.kenti.big rodger,drid.both brothers.mezzy.bunny johnson.mark mason.sid from kivo.sammy brothers.roy cockin.plattsey,dougie green,mackie,hoddy,and everyone else.great times.great era.soski www.lab13studios.co.uk www.puredelightxxx.co.uk

not sure if i fit in with 1st or 2nd probably inbetween?i remember you tho soski.seem to remember white bib n braces or white sta press for some reason?used to come down with dave tillyson(spider)although he was a couple of years older than me.know tommy,kenti,adolf and a few of the others.used to hang downstairs in marples on a saturday afternoon.loved the gigs on a monday night for peanuts entry fee!also went in limit when they let me!(was slightly underage at first)and barrow boys.was into punk as well as skinhead so often sported a mohawk.still havent outgrown the music,got a massive collection now am older and can afford it lol!still miss those days tho,had some fun times!

Yeah the skins used to hang around the Barrow Boys and the pub at the bottom of the road where the Cossack is (sorry can't remember pub or road name). Another favourite haunt was the gallery down at the markets. They'd stand there drinking cheap cider and then throw the bottles off, usually at the SWP paper sellers!

I knew quite a few of them as I was a punk at the time. There was Adolf, Skinner, Briggsy, can't remeber any other names right now. I see Briggsy sometimes. He's a personal trainer now and does landscape gardening too. He's actually a really nice bloke who's 'grown up' ok!

adolf is a steward at the lane now.
skinner is still a skin and comes on the scooter runs with us

I was a mod in the mid 80's ...got chased a fare few times down the moor by the skinheads ..lol.. we had an all girls scooter club and used to meet up at the cafe just up that little road opposite the band stand:)

I ended up going out with one of the skinheads ..towards the end of the 80's alot bought scooters and ended up on the rallys with us ..scooter skins ..lol.:D

Can any of you remember Kev Roache?? ..and a punk girl called Seb?

queen of fools

queen of fools

lol.. yeah thats the one :D

Anybody remember the original Skinheads from 1968 to 1971? And the Skinbirds with short hair on top and sides and strangle cut at the back…Levi Jeans…Fred Perry t-shirts….monkey boots….

Yeh, Happy Memories, never caused a bit o bother. I had the straggle cut, Ben Shermans, sta press trousers, monkey boots, loafers, short tartan skirts :) Baratheas, & my crombie coat with the silk 'hankie' in the top pocket ............... sigh, where'd those years go eh