Still a Mod to-day, you'll find most fights in the 60's were between rival groups of Mods, some of the later 'fights' between Mods and Rockers were staged by the press to sell newspapers, to-day, even the Hells Angels invite us to their shows!
Going over the Isle of Wight in 87 or 88 me and a mate missed the last ferry from Southampton so we rode on down to Portsmouth for a later one. On the ferry we found ourselves, two mods, in the company of half a dozen Hells Angels. We thought they were going to throw us over the side, but they were as friendly as you like, asking about the scooters and what music we liked. I'm sure the onlookers were a bit confused!
The day before Brighton, in Slough, the message went round everybody. Nobody knew why they were going just that that was the place to be. What made Margate notorious that weekend was that some kid on speed fell over the edge of a cliff where they were camping and died. Saturday night fun for Mods in Windsor was putting motorbikes over a wall into the Thames then being chased. The "Rockers" were so angry they came as a mob with knives. We gave as good as we got. No cops, no newspaper reports.
Different times indeed. I was a Mod from '79-'89 and never once had any trouble with rockers. The argy bargy was all with Skins and Casuals, who we arguably and more in common with!
My bf & I got ambushed in '68 by a load of greasers when we were walking back to our friends car just outside skeggy where we'd broken down. My bf got beat up & ended up being treated in hospital. I was grabbed by a long blonde haired grease & passed to another one who was told 'hang on to her' but I begged him to please let me go & he did! I flagged down a car & they took me to police station. So if you are the guy that let me go in 1968 I have always wanted to say thank you so very very much.
very true my mum was a rocker at that time (late 70's), im more into the mod thing myself.anyway i remember my mum and her rocker mates going to brighton with some mods we knew that lived up the rd, they used to go together, very different times.
When he let me go I ran in the middle of the road & the first car I tried to stop drove straight past me, I'll never forget that. Then the blonde guy started shouting & chasing me. I bet that guy got into trouble for letting me go. I'd also like to thank those in the car that did pick me up, they had children in their car. Thank you, without your help I would have been in deep trouble. I went back to where they were all camping with the police later but that long blonde haired git had gone.
I was a mod first time round. Never went to the seaside and caused trouble - you could have a great time without doing that. Absolutely phenomenal time to be a teenager - in at the birth of the Beatles, Mods etc. etc. I've got 7 grandchildren now!! Lucky me!
went to a do in whitstable in the 70s.. had to much to drink.. A mod we was speaking to and never met before put us up for the night.. and I agree thats the only kind of contact I ever had with mods..
Funny how a "mod" in 2020 is someone who moderates a Facebook group from behind a screen. I'm one myself haha, but it's not quite as courageous pursuit as what these fellers was up to in the Sixties to say the least! How times have changed so much :)
The clashes with mods and greasers was in the late 60s thats why you wouldnt have any trouble in 1979 -89. There wasnt really a mods and rockers movement by that time anyway, it was finished. The weekend my bf and I was ambushed there had been fights all over Skeggy, it was all on the news and our friends that we had got split up from had been attacked too.
Do you have any details about this video, such as the date it has been released? I'm working on a dissertation and I would like to use this source. Thank you.
Funny, it didn't feel like I was 'totally on my own' when I was going to countless do's and scooter rallies throughout that glorious ten year period. I'm pretty sure I wasn't imagining the hundreds of others wearing crazy clobber like mine! Maybe it was all a dream, I'll let you know after I get back from the Brighton Rally this August!
Sometimes you just get nice people no matter what they wear or what music they listen to. Truth to tell I've known some pretty 'orrible Mods, I even married one once!!!!!!
She probably also got the idea from what she's seen from the American Mods, aswell. Although somehow I doubt if the so called American Mods would really take themselves seriously. Especially along the west coast, where it's always been a strong hold for the Hells Angels. :-)
Mods always out numbered Rockers by about 10 to 1. That's why they would always set upon on the Rockers, because they were cowards and it was safety in numbers.. If the rival gangs were of equals numbers, the Mods would of had their arses kick all over the seaside resort and back to London. Rockers did hard manual work, whereas most of the Mods worked in offices and maybe shops and we know what bunch of soft fairies they can be LOL
didnt say that did I..I agreed with someone else that in 79 onwards I never had a problem with any..thats not saying there was not elsewhere, And we all know 60s maybe up to early 70s there was lots.. As for southend late 70s there was lots of punch ups in south end but they were this new wave shit whatever that was.. Got arrested myself there..so dont know what year yours was?
Yes, maybe however in England in the 60es (look around the world) , few years later 73 the chapter London was founded and the fact is however these guys have been young kids in black leather dress and also seen in Video 6 mods beat one guy lying on the floor wow real hard guys LOL, years later I just can tell you one of the 81 ers (perhaps you don´t know whom I mean, a tip HA) is worth than 20 of those Mod kiddies.......AFFA
Well it's hardly surprising that you got complaints about that other video, considering that we now live in a namby pamby, big girl's blouse, politically correct, nanny state. ;-)
Criminology anyone😔
yep lmao
Journalism master's actually :)
Me and I wanna die
@@sewerrat7645 You ok? Studying is very tough at the moment isn't it
yep
"Boredom."
Best response ever.
criminology
"Feh, young people!"
-Every generation in history, once a new one comes along.
Sociology exam?
Criminology :)
yep nine years later this is being used still, thankyou
@@samgeorgo 9 years fuck off. what a useless a level
@@sergsergesrgergseg still being used
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Still a Mod to-day, you'll find most fights in the 60's were between rival groups of Mods, some of the later 'fights' between Mods and Rockers were staged by the press to sell newspapers, to-day, even the Hells Angels invite us to their shows!
is 'mod' abbreviated for anything?
'Modernist'
Going over the Isle of Wight in 87 or 88 me and a mate missed the last ferry from Southampton so we rode on down to Portsmouth for a later one. On the ferry we found ourselves, two mods, in the company of half a dozen Hells Angels. We thought they were going to throw us over the side, but they were as friendly as you like, asking about the scooters and what music we liked. I'm sure the onlookers were a bit confused!
This is very helpful for my sociology A level thank you very much - Lucy mills
The day before Brighton, in Slough, the message went round everybody. Nobody knew why they were going just that that was the place to be. What made Margate notorious that weekend was that some kid on speed fell over the edge of a cliff where they were camping and died. Saturday night fun for Mods in Windsor was putting motorbikes over a wall into the Thames then being chased. The "Rockers" were so angry they came as a mob with knives. We gave as good as we got. No cops, no newspaper reports.
i wish the mods and rockers was still around and the same as it was back then
Different times indeed. I was a Mod from '79-'89 and never once had any trouble with rockers. The argy bargy was all with Skins and Casuals, who we arguably and more in common with!
I agree mate I was a mod in the 80s got loads of trouble from skinheads not so much casuals because alot of the smart mods became casual
My bf & I got ambushed in '68 by a load of greasers when we were walking back to our friends car just outside skeggy where we'd broken down. My bf got beat up & ended up being treated in hospital. I was grabbed by a long blonde haired grease & passed to another one who was told 'hang on to her' but I begged him to please let me go & he did! I flagged down a car & they took me to police station. So if you are the guy that let me go in 1968 I have always wanted to say thank you so very very much.
very true my mum was a rocker at that time (late 70's), im more into the mod thing myself.anyway i remember my mum and her rocker mates going to brighton with some mods we knew that lived up the rd, they used to go together, very different times.
When he let me go I ran in the middle of the road & the first car I tried to stop drove straight past me, I'll never forget that. Then the blonde guy started shouting & chasing me. I bet that guy got into trouble for letting me go. I'd also like to thank those in the car that did pick me up, they had children in their car. Thank you, without your help I would have been in deep trouble. I went back to where they were all camping with the police later but that long blonde haired git had gone.
I was a mod first time round. Never went to the seaside and caused trouble - you could have a great time without doing that. Absolutely phenomenal time to be a teenager - in at the birth of the Beatles, Mods etc. etc. I've got 7 grandchildren now!! Lucky me!
Professor linked this for my deviance exam, if you see this Professor DiChiara, Hi!
Welcome criminology students
Criminology gang
Mods still in my soul.
Bent
You are so right brother. I was a rocker in 1966, then a greaser in 1970. It was the skins and suede heads who were the problem.
really great, so amazing to see these images today. thanks for sharing!!
criminology check
Absolutly fantastic, well done.
Fascinating. Thanks.
I am to do an exam on this today. Thank you for putting it up.
how did the exam go bro
Mate, this was 11 years ago. I honestly don't remember. I did graduate highly though so I'm sure I aced all my exams. @@callumsmith5806
@@BooksInTheVoid i was watching this video in class so i thought i’d reply to this one
@@callumsmith5806 there was a book about it too. I still have it.
@@BooksInTheVoid this is so wholesome i can’t
If you were not there you will never understand. England was changing in the 60's.
We'll it was so exciting what fun times. Loved it all the clubs the music the clothes and getting blocked .
went to a do in whitstable in the 70s.. had to much to drink.. A mod we was speaking to and never met before put us up for the night.. and I agree thats the only kind of contact I ever had with mods..
media hype at its best, I was there and yes there was a bit of trouble but nowhere near as bad as it was made out to be
Mods were snobs & Rockers were slobs.
life saver lol sociology exam tmr!
Song at the start?
The House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
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Funny how a "mod" in 2020 is someone who moderates a Facebook group from behind a screen. I'm one myself haha, but it's not quite as courageous pursuit as what these fellers was up to in the Sixties to say the least! How times have changed so much :)
The clashes with mods and greasers was in the late 60s thats why you wouldnt have any trouble in 1979 -89. There wasnt really a mods and rockers movement by that time anyway, it was finished. The weekend my bf and I was ambushed there had been fights all over Skeggy, it was all on the news and our friends that we had got split up from had been attacked too.
It is not what it seems I was there .
Hi Thanks for posting! I may cite this for my assignment - is it from the bbc?
www.open.ac.uk/library/digital-archive/program/video:JOUA265R
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A good film about this is "quadrophenia" well worth a look
yep 1st the skins then the casuals ... we had it hard but wouldnt change those early days for anything
rockers are the beast what the top speed of your vespa ???
depends what vespa your talking about :) speed aint always the best thing
W milky pfp
Do you have any details about this video, such as the date it has been released? I'm working on a dissertation and I would like to use this source. Thank you.
How did you dissertation go? I'm doing mine now.
ah the good old days lol
mods = gods
Great days great times
Fantastic video, thanks for uploading... Carl
Anyone here from Criminology 1516?
!we are the mods¡
lol, it's posh radio 4 lady.
What's the beginning song?
Funny, it didn't feel like I was 'totally on my own' when I was going to countless do's and scooter rallies throughout that glorious ten year period. I'm pretty sure I wasn't imagining the hundreds of others wearing crazy clobber like mine! Maybe it was all a dream, I'll let you know after I get back from the Brighton Rally this August!
Criminology MMU team?
Sometimes you just get nice people no matter what they wear or what music they listen to. Truth to tell I've known some pretty 'orrible Mods, I even married one once!!!!!!
She probably also got the idea from what she's seen from the American Mods, aswell. Although somehow I doubt if the so called American Mods would really take themselves seriously. Especially along the west coast, where it's always been a strong hold for the Hells Angels. :-)
why did I choose criminology, I hate it here
How long did these sub-cultures last? A few years?
Cheers for the video, I saw another one ealier that you had uploaded featuring Mannish Boy by The Rolling Stones :-)
@leegrayuk no psychology :D
bloke at 1:45 though
The next cult was Skinheads, they were far more aggressive and worse than mods, lol
leave the 1975 alone man 😩
Mods always out numbered Rockers by about 10 to 1. That's why they would always set upon on the Rockers, because they were cowards and it was safety in numbers.. If the rival gangs were of equals numbers, the Mods would of had their arses kick all over the seaside resort and back to London. Rockers did hard manual work, whereas most of the Mods worked in offices and maybe shops and we know what bunch of soft fairies they can be LOL
Alors, Mods ou Rockers ? Pour moi ce sera Mods…
the animals
if they could see themselves now, thinking what prats we were and what prats the youth of today are
didnt say that did I..I agreed with someone else that in 79 onwards I never had a problem with any..thats not saying there was not elsewhere, And we all know 60s maybe up to early 70s there was lots.. As for southend late 70s there was lots of punch ups in south end but they were this new wave shit whatever that was.. Got arrested myself there..so dont know what year yours was?
Yes, maybe however in England in the 60es (look around the world) , few years later 73 the chapter London was founded and the fact is however these guys have been young kids in black leather dress and also seen in Video 6 mods beat one guy lying on the floor wow real hard guys LOL, years later I just can tell you one of the 81 ers (perhaps you don´t know whom I mean, a tip HA) is worth than 20 of those Mod kiddies.......AFFA
Only when Mods can outnumber Rockers by at least 10 to 1 LOL
Did you ever come across some of the East London mods ?obviously not
@KhmerD0g Watch it and you will find out..! Why are you even on this page if you don't know what moral panic is?
dont be daft the mods where the majority by far in those days
Rockers Rule!!! Crush 'em!
mods lol i was rocker,,
Rockers rules!
Well it's hardly surprising that you got complaints about that other video, considering that we now live in a namby pamby, big girl's blouse, politically correct, nanny state. ;-)
Maybe, maybe not. Although who really cares now, about what happened nearly 50 years ago