mods and rockers on brighton beach

audio removed on 29-12-08 ................................................................................­......made this earlier in the year for myself. some footage of mods and rockers at brighton beach, 1964, and added the who track 'substitute'. released just over a year later.


bbc report -

1964: Mods and Rockers jailed after seaside riots
Scores of youths have been given prison sentences following a Whitsun weekend of violent clashes between gangs of Mods and Rockers at a number of resorts on the south coast of England.
Yesterday two youths were taken to hospital with knife wounds and 51 were arrested in Margate after hundreds of teenagers converged on the town for the holiday weekend.

Dr George Simpson, chairman of Margate magistrates, jailed four young men and imposed fines totalling £1,900 on 36 people.

Three offenders were jailed for three months each and five more sent to detention centres for up to six months.

Obscenities

In Brighton, two youths were jailed for three months and others were fined.

More than 1,000 teenagers were involved in skirmishes on the beach and the promenade last night.

They threw deckchairs around, broke them up to make bonfires, shouted obscenities at each other and at passers-by, jostled holidaymakers and terrified elderly residents.

At about 1300 BST Mods and Rockers gathered at the Palace Pier chanting and jeering at each other and threw stones when police tried to disperse them.

The teenagers staged a mass sit-down on the promenade when police, using horses and dogs, tried to move them on.

In Margate, there were running battles between police and up to 400 youths on the beach early yesterday morning. Bottles were thrown and two officers were slightly hurt.

Later, on the high street, around 40 young men smashed council flat windows and vandalised a pub and a hardware shop.

Last night, hundreds of young men and girls were still wandering around the resort long after the last train had left.

Police stepped in to prevent further violence and dispersed about 30 youths in leather jackets who marched up the promenade shouting "Up the Rockers!"

There were further clashes at Bournemouth and Clacton.

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[flexterM]

We are the mods,

We are the mods,

We are we are we are the mods.

[roppi]

Seriously, this was almost 50 years ago, isn't it time to drop the rivalry already?

By the way, both of you lot are wankers, I'm a proud MOCKER!

[Herajoenherttua]

I`m a rocker , It´s my life babe.



[UKRaver1956]

It always made me laugh with the Mods pretending to be tough. They would only attack Rockers if they out numbered them at least 10 to 1. They daren't if there were equal numbers on both sides because they would always get their arses kicked by the Rockers.

[aliens563]

wow

[tommydhammer]

A long way before my time but I would defo've been a MOD ;)

[ringwormsnowy]

@gsutch he sure does, nicely spotted. lookes like it hurt too! i ride a lambretta myself and my brother rides an Enfield, oh what fun we still have watching Quadrophenia together!

[keiren69]

@roppi So in other words you couldn't afford a scooter or a harley.

[JamStudios1]

MODS ALL THE WAY !!!!!! WACK OUT THE HARRINGTON AND FRED PERRY, SCOOTER AND HERE WE FUCKING COME, KILL THE ROCKERS

[chanctonbury63]

@MaidenFan24568 Bang.

[NR23derek]

It wasn't like that in my day .... oh bugger that was "my day" :) Me? I was hippy.

[assa4848]

.... In them days we were dealing with real mods (A compliment to them) nowadays we have jumped up little boys who pretend to be mods..it is laughable. I would not mind betting when some little scrote gets hold of this there will be expletives and insults firing around as they are still unintelligent low life who do not have the command of the English language. At the end of the day we had fun as Rockers..just drinking beer.. a mans drink instead of pill poppin. Have a nice day all you rockers.