breakingtherulessouthend — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:50:49 +0000

Martin Dodd

breakingtherulessouthend — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:22:11 +0000

Martin a Punk in 1977

“32 years ago, that was me when I was 20… This was taken for a fashion shoot for the Evening Echo because my girlfriend was at fashion college… who’s my wife now – Kim.”

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breakingtherulessouthend — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:25:00 +0000

jordan on punks

breakingtherulessouthend — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:11:50 +0000

jordan on the mods and the rockers

breakingtherulessouthend — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:08:39 +0000

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Lee Samuels

breakingtherulessouthend — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:26:30 +0000

Lee a Teddy Boy in 1976

“We were in gangs. Gang culture at the time was a rebirth of the Teddy Boys of the fifties and sixties…”

“If you were part of a gang you had a tattoo. I was living right next door to a tattooist, so before I knew where I was every Saturday I was in the tattooist having a new tattoo.”

Tracey May

breakingtherulessouthend — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:58:06 +0000

Tracey almost became a Metal Head in the early 1980s

“I was very boring as a teenager, particularly when it came to music… Instead of hanging around I would either stay at home and study or watch telly”.

“I did have strict parents but I also had a father who was very interested in nature and science so he would take us out on camping holidays. We did a lot of going to the beach, midnight fishing, me and my sister.”

“A lot of crimpolene. That seemed to be the in thing at the time. It was very bright colours. There’s a lot of it coming back now, which is really quite depressing for me, it reminds me too much of it. We had a lot of flares going on. We used to have hot pants at the time… they were really short dungarees that you wore… very cute clothes we used to wear”.

“I liked Pink Floyd, Meatloaf, and hard stuff. And if I was going to do that as I got older I probably would’ve gone into metal music. I do actually play the drums… It was a secret thing. I had to be really cute on the outside but I did like my drums.”

Jane Gledhill

breakingtherulessouthend — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:00:13 +0000

Jane was a New Romantic for a month

“I went through a stage when a lot of us liked David Bowie. We all had our hair cut really spiky with long bits at the back. Only lasted about a month and then we had to grow our hair back because our school wouldn’t allow us to go to school like it.”

“[my sister] when she was at university she became very punky and had all her ears pierced and nose pierced and everything pierced. But again that only lasted about a year”.

“I never got into that dress code. I wasn’t allowed. My parents were quite strict. Which was a very secure childhood because we all knew where we stood… our parents paid for it so if they thought it was unsuitable they wouldn’t buy it for us”.

“I used to sail. So we used to hang around either at the yacht club or hang around down at what is now LA Fitness”.