Skinheads.......

Oakster

i watched a great documentary about the skinhead phenomenon the other day - you don't see them about much these days do you? I remember as a young kid back in the late 70's, early 80's just how terrifying they were! Of course there were two main streams the music, fashion lot & the far-right lot....interesting stuff & one of the last great youth cults.........

any good skinhead stories? Were skinhead gangs ever really football hooligans as well?? My memories/experiences of hooligans start with the Fila, Tachini, L&S days...............

ct_addick

I remember the Welling skins who use to go to the Charlton games in the 70's and 80's...they had a big fat one who always used to get arrested...actually felt sorry for him in the end because the old bill used to pick on him. I couldn't stand the racist nature of skinheads but used to like the look of the rolled up jeans DM's and braces sometimes with a crombie coat.........

bingaddick

I was never a "skin" but I did wear some of the gear. Crombie, button down Ben Sherman, rolled up Levi's, braces, flourescent socks, DM's and of course a steel comb. I just though the gear looked great. (I don't think my parents were too keen though).

Bexleyheath_Red

Yeah, i've too seen a program about skinheads, strange that it came from Jamaicans and Rastas somehow.

A typical hard-man hairstyle and a bunch of Rastas started it. ironic.

Badger

Take the skinheads bowling take them bowling...

Chirpy Red

I liked Dick Emery's and Roy Kinnear's Skinhead father and son combo.

Dad, dad. I fink I got it wrong again.....

Badger

Suedeheads.

Oakster

Roy Kinnear!! Didn't he peg it falling off a horse or something?

InspectorSands

Yup, on a film set.

_MrDick

[cite]Posted By: Oakster[/cite]Were skinhead gangs ever really football hooligans as well?? My memories/experiences of hooligans start with the Fila, Tachini, L&S days...............

Charlton used to have a large Skinhead following in the late 60's. I believe that they were called the Woolwich Chaps. I remember my Dad taking me to Arsenal in 1968 for a FA Cup match and there were what seemed like 100's of Skinheads there that day.

stonemuse

Woolwich Chaps were around from about 68 to 71. I remember the Arsenal game well - it was my first away game with my mates and both the Arse and Charlton had a big skinhead following. I think the crowd was over 50k and there was a lot of CAFC there - good team as well, Charlie Wright, Alan Campbell, Matt Treacy, Harry Gregory etc.

bingaddick

I remember we beat Palarse in the previous game after a replay. From memory the gate at the Valley was over 30,000 and they printed a special souvenir programme which I have got somewhere. I also have the Arsenal programme. It was also the first away game I went to. I don't remember much about it except we lost. As regard skinheads, I would have thought that 1968 was pretty much at the start of the skinhead era.

Al the Addick

Arsenal away in 68 is where the words "we took the north bank highbury" comes from in the song we are the charlton boot boys!

SE10Addick

Anyone got the words to that song? My Mrs and her whole family are all gooners.

I'd love to sing that to them!

D_F_T

Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly
Have you heard of the Northbank Highbury
Shank said "no, I don't think so..
but I've heard of the Charlton aggro"

la la la la etc....

We hate Andy Pandy and Bill and Ben
We hate Ken Dodd and his diddy men
We don't give a wiggle
And we don't give a wank
We took the Arsenal Northbank

la la la etc...

halesbeard

Remember watching as a 12 year old back in 1978 ,on the old east terrace .Charlton 2 millwall 4, Seeing the covered end taken over by millwall skinheads. 2 goals for phil walker if i remember right...Scary atmosphere..

falconwood_1

Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly
Have you heard of the Northbank Highbury
Shank said "no, I don't think so..
but I've heard of the Charlton bootboys"

la la la la etc....

We hate Andy Pandy and Bill and Ben
We hate Ken Dodd and his diddy men
We don't give a wiggle
And we don't give a wank
We took the Arsenal Northbank

la la la etc...

My favourite song after you and Wizo have had a few cold drinks!

Greenie

Slade were originally a Skinhead band.
Went through the skinhead phase back in the day, I am now an involuntary skinhead ;o)
As a yoot used to hang around Danson youth Club, the Welling Skins were there as well.

ken from bexley

Slade were originally a Skinhead band.
Went through the skinhead phase back in the day, I am now an involuntary skinhead ;o)
As a yoot used to hang around Danson youth Club, the Welling Skins were there as well.

Quite right Greenie..... Chas Chandler.
When I was 'dragged' up on Springfields virtually all my 'friends' were skinheads, although they were all Dr Marten's and short Levis to me.....
When I was 14, I got a 'crew cut' to conform and be one of the gang......I decided to get into 'underground movement' and got into progressive music, counter culture, and get my arse off to art college. I grew apart from the other lad's which was rather sad, as they were part of the culture that I grew up in. I even stopped going to Charlton, and playing football when I was 16ish.
Nowaday's I am a 'bald ' git, so it just goes to show that in the end your culture comes out ( a bit like my hair) and yes I do have a Ben Sherman in the wardrobe somewhere.

tangoflash

I was a skinhead in the early 80's. Love a bit of ska and still wear a nice pair of cherry red DM's to this day. My best mate at the time (Dessie) was a black skinhead (a rarity). Lost count of the times we got chased around the likes of Bethnal green by the nazi thugs.....................

Baldybonce

I was a Charlton skin ,early 70's, cherry red cappers, white levi sta-press, red braces the lot. We used to hang around the top of Vicky way.

ColinTat

Slade were originally a Skinhead band.
Went through the skinhead phase back in the day, I am now an involuntary skinhead ;o)
As a yoot used to hang around Danson youth Club, the Welling Skins were there as well.

I thought Slad were suedheads because their manager thought it was a great nagle? And all of them hated that phase they were pushed into.

BIG_ROB

I'm too young to have been an original skin, or even to have been part of the skinhead revival of the 80's, but I got into it during the early 90's. I don't really wear the clobber now, but I don't think you can beat the clothing of the skinhead era, I think it's still a smart look imo. I still keep me hair cut short, but that's just down to being lazy and not wanting to pissball about with it every morning, it's not a fashion statement.

Goonerhater

Selwyn was one ofthe Welling Skins and some of em still go to games.

Crombies ---Harington---Brouges(sic)---Ben Sherman---- non of that is cheap clobber.

Pelham123

I remember Brutus shirts were the poor man's Ben Sherman. We called the brogue style shoe squires and the smooth version without the patttern royals. I had a knock em bandy pair of tonic trousers, green and blue. Every town had skins. I remember the Crayford and Slade Green mobs being a bit lively.

Redrobo

Woolwich Chaps were around from about 68 to 71. I remember the Arsenal game well - it was my first away game with my mates and both the Arse and Charlton had a big skinhead following. I think the crowd was over 50k and there was a lot of CAFC there - good team as well, Charlie Wright, Alan Campbell, Matt Treacy, Harry Gregory etc.

RAY Treacy. One oF THE all time greats.

nth_london_addick

Merc clothing store in carnaby street still go there now to pick up a bit of skin head clothing superb shop getting more pricey by the month though






When I went ti the specials last year at Ali paly was like going back to the early 80s

EastStand

For Preston I'll be in my Charlton shirt, oxblood DMs, burgundy braces, harington and a tiger jacket.

Skinhead animals.

ken from bexley

I was a Charlton skin ,early 70's, cherry red cappers, white levi sta-press, red braces the lot. We used to hang around the top of Vicky way.

I remember that mob....... 'kelly' was in that mob, I used to hang around with the guys outside Marr house. I remember having a couple of 'issues' with that lot, until they saw me with the lads from Marr and people like Mick McCarthy, Kerry Heels,Tony Swann, and about 20 others.........usual local nonsense.
I remember Jim Davidson walking along the top, from the catholic school to Charlton village, with a few of his mates most nights......
Whatever happened to those 'female skins', see if any own up on here..... and if youre really brave put up a 'photograph'.....

BIG_ROB

A good friend of mine was/is a skinhead girl. Supports Chelsea and is a painter decorator. Some would say she's a stereotypical skinhead...

Baldybonce

The postcode wars of todays yoof had nothing on the old days when rivalries were from estate to estate, i think within Charlton there were 4 or 5 different mobs.
I was particularly proud of my razor parting and two tone tonic suit.