Skinhead Farewell, by Richard Allen. BBC TV, 1996.

James Moffat (1922 in Canada, 1993 in England), was an author who wrote under several pen names.

He produced many pulp novels for the United Kingdom publishing house New English Library during the 1970s. Moffat's pen names included Richard Allen, Etienne Aubin (The Terror of the Seven Crypts) and Trudi Maxwell (Diary of A Female Wrestler). Moffat's pulp novels mostly focused on youth subcultures of the late 1960s and 1970s, such as skinheads, hippies and bikers. Moffat often expressed admiration for his subject matter and commented on social issues, mostly from a right wing perspective

The collected works of Richard Allen were reissued in a six volume set by ST Publishing in the 1990s. A BBC TV documentary about his life, Skinhead Farewell, aired in 1996. Allen's formulaic and sensationalist writing style has been imitated by Neoist writer Stewart Home. Mark Sargeant wrote a feature in Scootering Magazine titled The Richard Allen Legacy. An interview titled The Return of Joe Hawkins with publisher George Marshall was in issue seven of Skinhead Times (1992).

Books written as Richard Allen:

Boot Boys
Demo
Dragon Skins
Knuckle Girls
Mod Rule
Punk Rock
Skinhead
Skinhead Escapes
Skinhead Farewell
Skinhead Girls
Smoothies
Sorts
Suedehead
Teeny Bopper Idol
Terrace Terrors
Top-Gear For Skinhead
Trouble For Skinhead (originally to be titled Skinhead In Trouble)

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[dortyhoor]

I used to get my boots from Holts, the old bloke who run the place was a nice bloke. The prices were a bit steep if I remember rightly though.

That comment by 'smeggers' is a bit stupid.

[jeddieb85]

is that the cafe from "this is England"?

[19Chantry96]

Dam, wish I could read these books. Did they all have Joe Hawkins in and how expensive are they? How many also?

[bottler23]

the books are really great. good entertainment

[TheNaomiengland]

I have allways wanted to read his books

[fahckincant]

@dortyhoor prices indeed have risen dramatically then again the same can be said about the cost of living in general. You're talking £70 odd quid for a pair of brand new docs these days. Peopl tend to buy the dodgy fake once from the market round the corner. i still try to support the small business.

[sludgefingers]

@dortyhoor Not true mate. There were very few skins in 67. They hit the news in '69 and by '71 towns up and down the country were full of skinhead/suedhead fashions. By 73 that first wave had disappeared.

[dortyhoor]

@brikel Thanks for the brutally honest answer, it put a smile on my face, cheers.

[brikel]

@dortyhoor they may have been known as skinheads before 69 but they were also known by other names such as peanut boys as well, the daily mirror article sort of made the name official. that being said ive been a skinhead since 1976 and i still have no fucking idea what the spirit of 69 is supposed to be

[77CITYPUNK]

citypunk77 free radio ..nimbin

[dortyhoor]

@brikel They were called that before 69, I had a West Ham programme from 1968 that mentioned Skinhead Hooligans, I gave it to a friend that treasures it. Cant remember now who they were playing now though.

Maybe the year that the scene broke into the public mind via the papers?