Were you a Mod..?

[Bogbrush]

Levi Staprests, Mohair suits, Ben Sherman’s, Crombie coats; Lambretta LI 150 or SX 200 (no Vespas, they were called ‘mobile hairdriers’ although to be fair the 200 was deadly fast) and yes, parkas; also the rabbit tail on the ariel...and if you hadn’t seen The Who live at the Marquee Club in Wardour St you hadn’t lived.  Mind you, I was a bit old for it all - had a job as a deck chair attendant on Brighton beach at the time..

[ChipButty]

3 minutes ago, Bogbrush said:

Levi Staprests, Mohair suits, Ben Sherman’s, Crombie coats; Lambretta LI 150 or SX 200 (no Vespas, they were called ‘mobile hairdriers’ although to be fair the 200 was deadly fast) and yes, parkas; also the rabbit tail on the ariel...and if you hadn’t seen The Who live at the Marquee Club in Wardour St you hadn’t lived.  Mind you, I was a bit old for it all - had a job as a deck chair attendant on Brighton beach at the time..

I had a couple of mates who were in the merchant navy they at that time doing Manchester to North America I got my first pair of Levi's of them 1965 They got me a leather Levi jacket that was the dogs bollicks them days.

I started getting loads of records off them as they were going to Detroit and Philadelphia 

[Neeranam]

Nope, I was a punk.

[NoshowJones]

22 hours ago, transam said:

 

Was thinking today about those really fun days over half a century back. Were you one of the crowd that adored their Lambretta or Vespa...?  ????

No Trans, I was the exact opposite, more of what you would call a rocker, wore the black leather jacket, but never into rock music, mostly a country music fan.

[ChipButty]

13 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Nope, I was a punk.

You still are 555

[NoshowJones]

21 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Looking at the picture. Was it required to be gay? Or do they just don't like girls?

 

Personally I always liked something like this.

 

I take it that's a girls leg. ????

[ChipButty]

1 minute ago, possum1931 said:

I take it that's a girls leg. ????

Hope so

[Neeranam]

9 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

I take it that's a girls leg. ????

Thant's what I was thinking.

[Neeranam]

11 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

You still are 555

Yeaha young punk in a mid-life crisis. Maybe I'm going to buy a Harley D.

[ChipButty]

16 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Yeaha young punk in a mid-life crisis. Maybe I'm going to buy a Harley D.

Go for it

[jomtienisgood]

22 hours ago, petermik said:

Was I a mod no..just a thoroughly decent..and modest..young man...now in my "Peter Pan" years but still fighting the ladies orf of me........

So your'e a Jag and Bentley guy. 55555555

[jomtienisgood]

35 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

I take it that's a girls leg. ????

NO, it's Mick Jagger. 555555

[ChipButty]

2 minutes ago, jomtienisgood said:

So your'e a Jag and Bentley guy. 55555555

Rover 75

[jomtienisgood]

5 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Rover 75

Interesting.... Girls still jump on you???? 

[teacherclaire]

Trans, from Mod to Flop in only 40 years. 

[Rimmer]

Was never a mod (until a few years back  ????  )

Used to ride a BSA Gold Star DBD500 like the one in the picture.

 

Never even went near a Vespa except the one time they tried to attack us mob handed outside the Bowling alley in Harlow, Essex.

 

Hung around the Ace Caf on the N Circular Road and the 59 club in Hackney Wick run by a vicar, weekends we would ride to Snetterton, Brands, and Crystel Palace or wherever there was a race meeting.

 

 

[jomtienisgood]

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

I had a couple of mates who were in the merchant navy they at that time doing Manchester to North America I got my first pair of Levi's of them 1965 They got me a leather Levi jacket that was the dogs bollicks them days.

I started getting loads of records off them as they were going to Detroit and Philadelphia 

Not easy to get there on a Merchant 'Navy' Marine boat.....

[Rimmer]

35 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

Was never a mod (until a few years back  ????  )

Used to ride a BSA Gold Star DBD500 like the one in the picture.

 

Never even went near a Vespa except the one time they tried to attack us mob handed outside the Bowling alley in Harlow, Essex.

 

Hung around the Ace Caf on the N Circular Road and the 59 club in Hackney Wick run by a vicar, weekends we would ride to Snetterton, Brands, and Crystel Palace or wherever there was a race meeting.

 

 

 

Now all I ride is this, does that make me a mod mower?

 

 

[VocalNeal]

 

If you were a mod you know what this is.

[brianthainess]

21 hours ago, thainet said:

Had both...a 1960 Vespa and BSA bike...

Guess you'd call going both ways..haha.

So a bi- ker

[jomtienisgood]

16 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

 

If you were a mod you know what this is.

Yes, it's an anti-covid respiratory aid.....

[brianthainess]

Always had motorbikes, i didn't like the gearchange on a scooter, my mate was a mod but we drove together. sometimes i rode my M/C wearing a parker.

[jomtienisgood]

5 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Always had motorbikes, i didn't like the gearchange on a scooter, my mate was a mod but we drove together. sometimes i rode my M/C wearing a parker.

Was that to change the gears????

[potless]

1 hour ago, Rimmer said:

Hung around the Ace Caf on the N Circular Road

23 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

I was a young deliquet biker got mixed with rockers at the Ace cafe

When I was young, my father told me that bikers used to play "chicken" at the brick railway arches spanning the North Circular at Stonebridge Park station. They would come down the road at high speed and brake at the last minute to see who could get closest to the arch. Sometimes with a fatal result. Sad. Wondering if either of you know anything about that ? Would have been around the mid 60s at a guess.  

[Andy from Kent]

On 11/17/2020 at 12:56 PM, nikmar said:

 

i still have the original Who album. the soundtrack to my teenage angst.

 

I tossed my original Who album along with a few hundred other long play records.

 

I now listen to whatever I like on www.YouTube.com

[VocalNeal]

2 minutes ago, Andy from Kent said:

 

I tossed my original Who album along with a few hundred other long play records.

 

I now listen to whatever I like on www.YouTube.com

 

What? No Caroline?

[nikmar]

12 minutes ago, Andy from Kent said:

 

I tossed my original Who album along with a few hundred other long play records.

 

I now listen to whatever I like on www.YouTube.com

Sure, but  I liked the booklet that came with it, and the story in it.

[1FinickyOne]

2 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Now all I ride is this, does that make me a mod mower?

It would make you a welcome guest if you bring the mower... 

[1FinickyOne]

5 hours ago, bert bloggs said:

went to my old home town to visit my parents ,walking down the street people just stopped and stared at us London hippies.

1968 - driving cross country in USA - places like Wyoming we had to make sure our long hair was well tucked in to a baseball cap to avoid getting beat up by truckers... 

[canopus1969]

2 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

 

If you were a mod you know what this is.

Exhaust - next question please