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Skinheads, named for their close-cropped or shaven heads, are a working-class subculture that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s, and then spread to other parts of the world. The first skinheads were greatly influenced by West Indian (specifically Jamaican rude boys and British mods, as well as American greasers and British Teddy boys, rockers, and Ton-up boys, in terms of fashion, music and lifestyle.[1][2] Originally, the skinhead subculture was primarily based on those elements, not politics or race.[3] Since then, however, attitudes toward race and politics have become factors in where skinheads align themselves. The political spectrum within the skinhead scene ranges from the far right to the far left, although many skinheads remain apolitical. Fashion-wise, skinheads range from a clean-cut 1960s mod-influenced style to less-strict punk- and hardcore-influenced styles. In the late 1950s, the United Kingdom's entrenched class system limited most working class people's educational, housing, and economic opportunities. However, Britain's post-war economic boom led to an increase in disposable income among many young people. Some of those youths spent that income on new fashions popularised by American soul groups, British R&B bands, certain movie actors, and Carnaby Street clothing merchants.[4][5] These youths became known as the mods, a youth subculture noted for its consumerism—and devotion to fashion, music, and scooters.[6] Mods of lesser means made do with practical styles that suited their lifestyle and employment circumstances: steel-toe boots, straight-leg jeans or Sta-Prest trousers, button-up shirts, and braces (called suspenders in the USA). When possible, these working-class mods spent their money on suits and other sharp outfits to wear at dancehalls, where they enjoyed soul, ska, bluebeat and rocksteady music.[7][8] Around 1965, a schism developed between the peacock mods (also known as smooth mods), who were less violent and always wore the latest expensive clothes, and the hard mods (also known as gang mods), who were identified by their shorter hair and more working-class image.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinhead

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Uploaded: January 6, 2008 at 6:19 am
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filthyangelss (Wednesday 15th of October 2008 08:35:23 PM)
love it ! love it! love it!
gingskin69 (Tuesday 14th of October 2008 10:13:35 AM)
great photos n music they were the days class
bcafc (Saturday 11th of October 2008 02:53:47 PM)
why?
englandsfukked (Monday 6th of October 2008 12:29:22 PM)
wtg chylogurti i 52 nex week an i goin in my gear to mod skin nite at club in bristol lol i still there boys
SpeedTriple59 (Sunday 5th of October 2008 02:22:13 PM)
typical always loads of skins picking on one or two guys,bald twats,
AnkanDIF (Thursday 2nd of October 2008 12:04:19 PM)
SHARP 4 ever:) good song!
chylogurti (Tuesday 30th of September 2008 11:51:50 AM)
I am 52 and remember the times well. Check Jaytex, Sta-press and my beloved Martens......and about 100 skins chasing two grebos over the Skeggy beach. Ha! Ha! Great memories. In 69 I was thirteen. Still got the cut but it is down to going bald and not choice. Great pics.
cockneyreject81 (Sunday 28th of September 2008 11:55:07 AM)
whoooouU!
jonthegoon (Friday 26th of September 2008 05:20:55 AM)
Well it's not really because the original skinhead style and music were born out of - and mirrored - society at that time. A person can dress to the nines and get the look down pat but it will only ever be an affectation or a pastiche.
chrisgonewild88 (Wednesday 24th of September 2008 04:10:51 PM)
thx man