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I remember seeing Bolt at R.O.T in 1961, was it him or some other biker who had barbed wire wrapped around his jacket? His outfit was known as Bolt's Coffin. Another guy called Johnny Dench had a com

No,no,no,no,no, oh ok then. Many years ago on a Nottingham Forest trip to Lyon . Lots of beer, then lots of Cotes Du Rhone, then a "bumpy" taxi ride to the ground shook me up so I fell into the arms

Paulus,

was I the only guy in Nottingham that bought my Levis, desert boots and Ben Sherman shirts, from Flittermans store on Hockley?.

It was run by an elderly Jewish lady,who always gave you a better deal than the stores you mention. They made me a copy of a Levi jacket in tan leather, for 12 quid. 3 weeks wages for an apprentice back in 65.

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I also agree with Stu and mudgie49 regarding the kids emulating their elders. When I go to the Rock & Roll do's it's great to see the young teenagers jiving on the dancefloor. The girls in their R&R and Rockerbilly clothes and the lads in theirs. When my children were at home you'd always have the music of Elvis, Little Richard and the rest blasting out of their bedrooms. Like the Mods, it means that the music and style lives on.

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Growing up with 2 older brothers, rock n roll was a constant from 1956, my eldest brother was my hero.His music was ,Elvis, Little Richard, et all.

He would go into town,and hang out at the Lacarno, dressed in a sky blue,with gold flecks,black velvet collar and cuffs Drape jacket,black 'drain pipe' trousers,and black suede 'brothel creepers',the height of fashion,back in 57'58.

He taught me to jive,but as I got old enough to dance with the gals,everyone was dancing the 'twist'(bummer).

My taste in music is varied,but I think the music we listened to growing up is what we tend to enjoy the most,as I've said before, music is a flashback to a time, a place,and a person.

Good to know the kids today have something to emulate,it sure beats using crack and violence to pass their time.

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Paulus,

was I the only guy in Nottingham that bought my Levis, desert boots and Ben Sherman shirts, from Flittermans store on Hockley?.

It was run by an elderly Jewish lady,who always gave you a better deal than the stores you mention. They made me a copy of a Levi jacket in tan leather, for 12 quid. 3 weeks wages for an apprentice back in 65.

Probably not, if the truth be known, just that everyone said their clobber was from Jeff's, I recall buying a very decent Reefer Jacket from Wakefields(?) army/navy stores opposite St Peters in Lister gate, half the price of Jeffs, also bought jeans from Machin's (mentioned elsewhere)

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I watched this a second time,the guy leaves out many things as to the 60's Nottingham mod days.

The use of drugs within the culture, seems not to have been a mentioned,when by 1967 it was widespread.

When standing in line outside a club, for the 'all-nighter' there would be the 'salesmen', 10 ( black bombers) for a quid, or a variety of amphetamine pills, in a rainbow of colours, at the same price.

If you were in the 'square' on a Saturday afternoon, there were whispers of chemists being broken into, and the 'DD' cabinets emptied.The chemists shops were in the small towns around Nottingham,with little or no security systems.

I don't mean to offend anyone,or maybe censured for this post, but it was a fact.

If you are writing about the 'mod culture', everything has to be included, you don't skip over things that were part of the history.

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Hi Mudgie

Hi went to an event last weekend where Alan Fletcher, they guy interviewed in the film, was speaking. Believe me he talked plenty about the drug culture that was part of the Mod scene. I'm not sure where the above video was first aired or who it was intended for but my guess, with local BBC Radio Nottingham presenter, John Holmes narrating the story, it was for mainstream viewing, hence the lack of a 'warts and all' coverage.

Interesting accounts you give, very similar to his.

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Hi Stu,

I think your'e right about it being for mainstream viewing,not politically correct to get down to the 'nitty gritty' or even tell the truth these days.

Glad you had the chance to hear more'in depth' history of 'the old days'.

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RIGHT NOW I AM FEELING A BIT BETTER I WILL GET ROUND TO REPLYING TO STU AND MUDGIE FIRSTLY I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ANY YOUNGSTER WHO ENJOYS AND WANTS TO EMULATE PAST YOUTH CULTURE WHATEVER IT MIGHT BEWERE MY PROBLEMS BEGIN IS WHEN THEY DONT REALY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE COULTURE THEY WANT TO EMULATE THEN TELL US OLDER ONES WE DONT UNDERSTAND THERE CULTURE .

BRIAN SORRY I WAS FEELLING OLD LAST WEEK AND OF COURSE YOUR RIGHT I WOULD BE UP ON THEM BIKES IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE IF I COULD BUT I KNOW THATS NOT POSSIBLE KNOW I HAVE TRIED ON MORE THAN ONE OCATION AND JUST CARNT GET MY LEG OVER THE SEAT OF A BIKE ANT MORE DID HAVE A RIDE ON A TRIKE LAST SUMMER BUT NEEDED A LOT OF HELP GETTING ON AND OF SO THAT NOT A OPPSION EITHER.

MICHEAL ASI HAVE SAID IN SOME OF MY PREVIOUS POSTS I TOO LOVE TO GO TO GO TO THE ROCK AND ROLL GIGS AND WATCH THE YOUNGSTERS DACE THE JIVE STROLL AND THE BOB BUT THEY CAN ALSO TELL YOU A LOT OF THE HISTORY OF THE DANCES AND THE PLACS THERE PARENTS GRANDPARENTS USED TO GO IN NOTTINGHAM AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.

ALTHOUGH I WAS ALWAYS A ROCKER AT HART I ENJOYED A WIDE VARITY OF MUSIC AND WOULD ALSO GO TO THE DUNGEON BOAT CLUB AND NORTHEN SOUL NIGHTS IN NOTTINGHAM AND OTHER PLACES BUT MAINLY A CLUB IN SHEFIEILD BUT I CARNT REMEMBER ITS NAMEBUT IT WAS NEAR THE OLD ICE RINK INSHEFFIELD SO GOT A GOOD INSIGHT INTO THE MOD SCEENE AS FAR AS THE DRUGS GO I WAS NEVER OFFERED DRUGS BY THE BIKERS EVEN THE HELLS ANGELS BUT MANY TIMES WHEN I WENT TO THE MOD NIGHTS BUT I CAN HONISTLY SAY I NEVER KNOWINGLY TOOK ANY THING THAT WAS NOT ON PESCRIPSION.

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On one of the bank holiday runs to Great Yarmouth 1965 my buddy and l Knobby from Hucknall were parked along the busy sea front he was taking a nap on his scooter after the long run from Nottingham.l was sitting on my scooter when these 2 mods wearing mohair suits dressed to the hilts and asked me if l had any change for a ten shilling note as they wanted to play the slot machines.l pulled out some change handed it over and l said where's the note one of the guys had come to the side of me and had one of those bamboo paper knives that he pulled out of a red sleeve with Chinese writing on it and a red tassle on it as l remember.in a Southern accent he put the knife to my throat and said there ain't any money for you then they disappeared into the crowd.l quickly woke Knobby we went looking but they had gone into the Arcades,just up from us on the sea front there were a couple of guys on flash Vespa GS scooters who were from Romford Essex after talking to them they said 'these two guys had been pulling this trick all i weekend and they thought they were from Peterborough anyhow l won't ever forget that long Bamboo red Paper Knife.

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Hiya Babs, me ode duck,

glad to know you are feeling better,I was wondering when you would be posting.

Most mods I knew came from a rockers roots,cos' that's all we had, back in the day.

If you watched that interview of the old Nottingham mod,he made a statement saying" the mods hated the rockers".As a mod I never stopped hanging out with my old mates.Often I would be in Slim Grahams shop,and a biker came in, Slim would introduce me as his 'poofta' mate,we still had some good times and many a laugh.

I tried riding my scooter down the cycle track past middle gates, but the guys would always see me,and I would get an escort along the rest of the blv'd,along Queens road, right turn up station rd, the guys would turn right onto Beeston high rd, and I turned left into Beeston square.

All the way, they would boo and jeer at me,but never any sign of 'aggro',one big laugh.

Never any problems,even took some of them down the Dungeon.They never did pass as mods,but we had some good nights out.

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RIGHT NOW I AM FEELING A BIT BETTER I WILL GET ROUND TO REPLYING TO STU AND MUDGIE FIRSTLY

Glad you're feeling better, Babs. Take care of yourself love. Nice post.

:) Jam Packed, vroom vroom, ready to go @ #290. :)

:) Cool, understated style @ #288 :)

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RGR GREAT PICK LOOKS LIKE ACE CAFE 59 CLUB BUT DONT KNOW WHAT ALL THE SACKS WERE UNLESS IT WAS TENTS OR MAYBE THEY USEDTHEM FOR KNOCKING SCOOTERS OFF THE RD WITH.

YOUR RIGHT BRIAN MOST ROCKERS I KNOW DID NOT HATE THE MODS ALTHOUGH LOTS OF RIVALRY BETWEEN THEM BUT IN MY OWN EXPERIENCE IT WAS ALWAYS THE MODS WHO STARTED IT AND USUALLY WHEN THEY OUT NUMBERED US 3 OR 4 TO 1 BUT WE KNEW HOW TO FIGHT BACK AND THEY OFTEN BUT NOT ALWAYS CAME OFF LOOKING HE WORSE FOR WEAR. BUT I KNOW THERE WAS AND STILL IS SOME ROCKERS AND HELLS ANGELS WHO SIMPLY HATE THE MODS BECAUSE THEY WERE MODS AND RODE SCOOTERS , AS FOR THE MUSIC MOSR MODS THOUGH ALL ROCKERS LIKED WAS HEAVE ROCK OR ROCK AND ROLL BUT MOST OF US DANCED TO THE SAME TUNES AND RECORDS AS MOST MOD CLUBS PLAYED. JUST A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT STYLE OF DANCING. BUT ITS FUNNY WHEN WE WENT DOWN THE BOAT EXT IT WAS ALWAYS US ROCKER GIRLS WHO WHOULD BE UP DANCING FIRST AND THE MOD LADS WERE SOON UP THERE DANCING WITH US MUCH TO THE ANNOYANCE OF THE MOD GIRLS.

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Hiya Babs, good to know you're feeling better, I think the Mod club you refer to in Sheffield was probably the Mojo, lot's of Nott'm Mods did the circuit of:

Dungeon, Mojo (King Mojo, Pete Stringfellows club) & Twisted Wheel (Manchester)................back in the day...................

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THATS THE ONE I THINK PAULUS I NEVER MADE MANCHESTER TWISTED WHEEL FOR SOME REASON

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Hi Babs,

I remember parking my scooter outside the Fishermans rest, (was that the name of the pub with the steps we use to sit on)?,with the rest of the scooters.

I would often walk down to the 'Ship' on my own,and have a pint with some of my old mates from 'Jacks cafe' days. The guys that didn't know me just gave me a few wolf whistles,and " ello darlin, who's takin you ome".

It's all I could expect standing there in a full length leather coat, and the rest of me mod gear on.Needless to say in no time it was motorcycle talk,no hassles, no problems.

After seeing a mates newly built 'Triton',I went back and sat on my little Vespa sportique thinking, 'if only'.

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