What great footage of mainly 1950s teddy boys .What a great time it must have been,the drab grey styles before the excitement of the arrival of rock n roll.I wish l coukd go back to 1955 listening to an old wireless playing radio luxemburg and hearing the exciting sounds coming from America .The teenager was born. Long live rock n roll
In a time of overwhelming conformity and most young boys and girls wore same or similar clothes of their parents. The Teddy Boy gangs suddenly arrived with different clothes and rebellious attitude towards the normies.
Thanks for posting. As a teenager I lived in East London and was part of the Ted revival in the late 70s and early 80s. I had a brilliant times in pubs like the Old Maypole in Hainault, where at weekends you would get a couple of hundred people dressed in 50s fashions, dancing to live bands like The Flying Saucers and Crazy Cavan. I started as a Ted, then evolved into a Rockabilly and by the end was calling myself a Hep Kat with a Flat Top and wearing original American 50s clothing like box type jackets and baggy pegs (a la Eddie Cochran). i got them from a shop called Flip around Liverpool Street somewhere. Back then you had a great sense of being part of something, and the music was sensational. Great times.
I was a teddy boy in Derby from the late sixties when I was a young kid until the early eighties when I was in my early twenties. We looked good! Keep rockin'
None of this Rockabilly nonsense everybody calls it now, this is the real stuff, proper rock n roll and the coolest of them all, teddy boys. great stuff.
Rockabilly was released in the 50's, it started the whole thing. Before Allen Freed termed it as Rock n Roll, it was either called Rockabilly or Rhythm n Blues. Johnny Burnette wrote Rockabilly Boogie in 1953.
my friend use to tell me stories about when he was young teddy boy trips to blackpool in 1956, he was 20yr older than me he would of been 85 now, but still had those long side burns but less on top
I was a tad too young for this; the style got as far as here in NZ, but I recall Teddy Boys as older and scarier than my schoolboy short pants life knew about. Interesting, and thanks for the post.
Flamencoprof, I came in at the end of the Teddy Boy era here in NZ. I can remember the big riot in Christchurch 1959 I think it was, started by Teddy boys. Windows smashed, cars damaged, dozens arrested. And then they escaped out of the black marias when their mates let them out! The police were well outnumbered and called in the fire brigade to assist. The Teddy boy fashion styles faded out around 1960. I wore part Teddy boy clothes and part Bodgie boy clothes. Exciting and fun times.
@@errolhooker4686 Thanks, very interesting. I am an Aucklander, never heard of this. Tried some searches and came up with nothing, Do you have any links?
@@flamencoprof I did have the newspaper cuttings regarding the riot, but have long since chucked them out. I wonder if it could be in 'Papers past' website. The tricky bit would be finding the right date to search. The newspapers would be The Christchurch Star and The Christchurch Press. They both had write ups about it over several days. From memory the tensions had been building up for a week or two, maybe more. Between Burnham Camp soldiers and the Teddy boys. I can't promise but will see if I can find any 'Papers Past' links. I knew several names involved, but best not to mention them. One guy had his arms hand cuffed around a power pole. Are you able to send me a private message? Don't know if that is possible?
@@flamencoprof Sorry mate, I've just check NZ Papers Past website and they only go as late as 1951. But are you able to write to me and I can tell you more.
My dad was a ted in the 50s, in the mid 70s the style came around again and i came home on leave in a pair of creepers and a drape. I thought my old dad would think i was cool, he looked me up and down and said, son.......you look a right c##t, kind of burst my bubble, i thought i looked the bollocks.
My auntie married a teddy boy, apparently they were the hard men of their time! They don't look threatening at all. Once two of them had a knife fight, actual know fight over her in the back lane of the house 😁
Agree 100%. It all went down hill with the R'n'R revival (1969/70). In fact, a couple of shots from that era has creeped into this short film. Look out for the earrings and long sideburns and long hair.
Such poverty times ,they found some quality of life to get up get for invitee couch pots today ,obese free cash pad into bank still not greatfil ther so poor with on tap hot water heating enough bedroom s there was somethg back in the r0,s 50,s 60,s 70,s 80,s that will never return self respect common sense.greatful Ness for just being Alive
Yes there was a sort of a revival back in the late 70s and lasted till early 80s, but it was never like the real thing in 50s America, although we tried hard to copy it here in the miserable UK we never had the society or money to reproduce that authentic 1950s American dream life, there are still people now trying to look like this but they dont really have the look, a 40 year old woman covered in tattoos and men with dyed hair, how can a 60 year old man or woman look or even think like a teenager, after all it was music for teenagers back in the 50s, it is sad how all the oldies take everything hostage in their fear of growing old, the biker scene is the same, old men with white beards and pot bellies pretending to be outlaw bikers from the 60s/70s, Northern Soul scene too, the original Teds would have hated what's going on now. Anyone over the age of 20 was old and a square to them.
Remember, THEY were the teenagers of the 50’s. It was their time and they’re entitle to it whatever their age. The teenagers of today don’t understand it, so they don’t deserve it.
And square didn't mean lack of respect these guys go home get the belt or back hander if shown no respect first for mother or anyone else, have fun doing their thing but quite harmless compared to 2020 onwards
@@lindsayives4915 you are wrong the Teds were feared and fought each other with razors and knives and motorbike chains, over territories ,the government tried to ban them from public places and people thought that these teenagers would destroy society back in the 50s, just like they did with the 60s Hippies/Rockers and 70s punks,. That is why it is music and philosophies of teenagers and not old men and women.
We Shall Return Rock And Roll Forever Not Like Today's So Called Music 50sWIILL Always Be Best Long Live Ted's Rock And ROLL
Cringe much, exposed, it’s a trap and stfu
What great footage of mainly 1950s teddy boys .What a great time it must have been,the drab grey styles before the excitement of the arrival of rock n roll.I wish l coukd go back to 1955 listening to an old wireless playing radio luxemburg and hearing the exciting sounds coming from America .The teenager was born. Long live rock n roll
I’ll do the talking now geezer
My Mum always said they were very violent. She avoided them
In a time of overwhelming conformity and most young boys and girls wore same or similar clothes of their parents. The Teddy Boy gangs suddenly arrived with different clothes and rebellious attitude towards the normies.
Keep my name out your mouth
I wish people still dressed like this, such a great look.
Were still here
@@heathen-greaser Bless you sir. Keep rockin' :)
We do....
nice coats..
Thanks for posting. As a teenager I lived in East London and was part of the Ted revival in the late 70s and early 80s. I had a brilliant times in pubs like the Old Maypole in Hainault, where at weekends you would get a couple of hundred people dressed in 50s fashions, dancing to live bands like The Flying Saucers and Crazy Cavan. I started as a Ted, then evolved into a Rockabilly and by the end was calling myself a Hep Kat with a Flat Top and wearing original American 50s clothing like box type jackets and baggy pegs (a la Eddie Cochran). i got them from a shop called Flip around Liverpool Street somewhere. Back then you had a great sense of being part of something, and the music was sensational. Great times.
Great info! Did you ever get any aggro from others into other scenes i.e mods, skinheads, punks etc in London?
I was a teddy boy in Derby from the late sixties when I was a young kid until the early eighties when I was in my early twenties. We looked good! Keep rockin'
''Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.“ - Leonardo Da Vinci.
Who’s that
None of this Rockabilly nonsense everybody calls it now, this is the real stuff, proper rock n roll and the coolest of them all, teddy boys. great stuff.
Rockabilly was released in the 50's, it started the whole thing. Before Allen Freed termed it as Rock n Roll, it was either called Rockabilly or Rhythm n Blues. Johnny Burnette wrote Rockabilly Boogie in 1953.
@@motorvating you dont know your history
Rockabilly nonsense ?? What´s wrong with you ?
I ´m in it since 1983.....
Love to see a guy with a nice walk...especially if he's "spiffed up "!
Takes me back to when I was a young Teddy boy, in Portsmouth.
No, I’m a teddy your fake
I remember at junior school buddy holly ,rockn roll skin tight jeans ,peggy sue
my friend use to tell me stories about when he was young teddy boy trips to blackpool in 1956, he was 20yr older than me he would of been 85 now, but still had those long side burns but less on top
Well, they were well-dressed.
I was a tad too young for this; the style got as far as here in NZ, but I recall Teddy Boys as older and scarier than my schoolboy short pants life knew about. Interesting, and thanks for the post.
Flamencoprof, I came in at the end of the Teddy Boy era here in NZ. I can remember the big riot in Christchurch 1959 I think it was, started by Teddy boys. Windows smashed, cars damaged, dozens arrested. And then they escaped out of the black marias when their mates let them out! The police were well outnumbered and called in the fire brigade to assist. The Teddy boy fashion styles faded out around 1960. I wore part Teddy boy clothes and part Bodgie boy clothes. Exciting and fun times.
@@errolhooker4686 Thanks, very interesting. I am an Aucklander, never heard of this. Tried some searches and came up with nothing, Do you have any links?
@@flamencoprof I did have the newspaper cuttings regarding the riot, but have long since chucked them out. I wonder if it could be in 'Papers past' website. The tricky bit would be finding the right date to search. The newspapers would be The Christchurch Star and The Christchurch Press. They both had write ups about it over several days. From memory the tensions had been building up for a week or two, maybe more. Between Burnham Camp soldiers and the Teddy boys. I can't promise but will see if I can find any 'Papers Past' links. I knew several names involved, but best not to mention them. One guy had his arms hand cuffed around a power pole. Are you able to send me a private message? Don't know if that is possible?
@@flamencoprof Sorry mate, I've just check NZ Papers Past website and they only go as late as 1951. But are you able to write to me and I can tell you more.
@@errolhooker4686 TBH I appreciate your efforts, but I am not a historian, just an interested commenter, so I will pass on your offer.
In certain city's their are still a few teds about
real style.
How would you know?
My father was a Teddy boy.
Thank me later
My dad was a ted in the 50s, in the mid 70s the style came around again and i came home on leave in a pair of creepers and a drape. I thought my old dad would think i was cool, he looked me up and down and said, son.......you look a right c##t, kind of burst my bubble, i thought i looked the bollocks.
My auntie married a teddy boy, apparently they were the hard men of their time! They don't look threatening at all. Once two of them had a knife fight, actual know fight over her in the back lane of the house 😁
Teddy Wadson can we use this link in our new and upcoming website please
My Uncle was a Ted and traces are still visible in his current style
AWESOME
Pitty about Teddy boys today is their sideburns are way to long,tattoos and earrings,just look at proper photos
but STILL there and rocking !!! lol !!
Agree 100%. It all went down hill with the R'n'R revival (1969/70). In fact, a couple of shots from that era has creeped into this short film. Look out for the earrings and long sideburns and long hair.
Anyone know the songs and artists in this video?
Tommy Steele - Doomsday Rock and Mort Shuman - I'm a man
Ted's are cool, shepherd's Bush Rebel's all ways turn up
It’s hard to look menacing in a v neck 🎸
Does anyone know what that first song is called?
The very first piece is Doomsday Rock by Tommy Steele but it quickly runs into I'm A Man by Mort Shuman.
I had many niker friends bikes chicken etc harmless fun rock roll juke box's ton ups cafes come
No alcohol
Vive les teds
😂 A " man " can "Go for a week without eating a meal"! Since when?!?! 😂
Such poverty times ,they found some quality of life to get up get for invitee couch pots today ,obese free cash pad into bank still not greatfil ther so poor with on tap hot water heating enough bedroom s there was somethg back in the r0,s 50,s 60,s 70,s 80,s that will never return self respect common sense.greatful Ness for just being Alive
Bad reputation without need
Yes there was a sort of a revival back in the late 70s and lasted till early 80s, but it was never like the real thing in 50s America, although we tried hard to copy it here in the miserable UK we never had the society or money to reproduce that authentic 1950s American dream life, there are still people now trying to look like this but they dont really have the look, a 40 year old woman covered in tattoos and men with dyed hair, how can a 60 year old man or woman look or even think like a teenager, after all it was music for teenagers back in the 50s, it is sad how all the oldies take everything hostage in their fear of growing old, the biker scene is the same, old men with white beards and pot bellies pretending to be outlaw bikers from the 60s/70s, Northern Soul scene too, the original Teds would have hated what's going on now. Anyone over the age of 20 was old and a square to them.
Remember, THEY were the teenagers of the 50’s. It was their time and they’re entitle to it whatever their age. The teenagers of today don’t understand it, so they don’t deserve it.
And square didn't mean lack of respect these guys go home get the belt or back hander if shown no respect first for mother or anyone else, have fun doing their thing but quite harmless compared to 2020 onwards
One thing yiu could live with yiur doir or windows open wouldn't be teddyboys c9 I g in to beat you up staelor commit murder
@@lindsayives4915 Square meant a person who was not part of the scene, who did not share the same belief's, an older person, a geek, ect.
@@lindsayives4915 you are wrong the Teds were feared and fought each other with razors and knives and motorbike chains, over territories ,the government tried to ban them from public places and people thought that these teenagers would destroy society back in the 50s, just like they did with the 60s Hippies/Rockers and 70s punks,. That is why it is music and philosophies of teenagers and not old men and women.