Mods

Taken on Paignton Seafront.

Do you think he has enough mirrors, horns and lights !!!!!!!!!!!!!

From the early to mid-1960s young, mainly working class, Britons with cash to spend joined one of two youth movements.

The Mods wore designer suits protected by Parka jackets and were often armed with coshes and flick-knives. They rode Vespa or Lambretta scooters bedecked with mirrors and mascots and listened to Ska music and The Who.

Rockers rode motorbikes - often at 100mph with no crash helmets - wore leathers and listened to the likes of Elvis and Gene Vincent.

Inevitably the two gangs clashed. The 1964 Whitsun weekend violence in Brighton was famously dramatised in the film Quadrophenia (1979).

Camera:	Canon
Lens:	18-55mm
Recording media:	JPEG (digital)

Title:	Mods
Username:	Chiddy
Uploaded:	24 Oct 2010 - 11:25 AM
Tags:	General, Mods, Photo journalism, Scooter, Transport, Vespa
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