Been thinking about APB's post from yesterday about how the 'yoots' dress now...

...and I thought back to what I remember from growing up in Nodge and it is very different. The following is just some of the tribes that I remember roaming the streets (with not a lot of places to go)..

As a result some nights much of Norwich was almost a riot zone and I don't mean just Prince of Wales Rd as we never went there. Anyway, those that remember and can be arsed, please fill in the blanks as there is bound to be many:

70s - 80s
1. teddy boys - obsessed with rock n roll and dressing in badly fitting edwardian derivative clothing. a very retrospective movement and took itself way too seriously. by 70s way past its shelf life but good shoes

2. punks - a lot of good music and clothes but plenty of s**t too particularly once movement became stagnant. however one of the most influential subcultures ever

3. post punks - stylised version of punk with less safety pins, sometimes much bigger hair. music that was more challenging. some cracking gigs at the gala

4. rockers - crap hair, s**t music and dirty cut of denim jackets. in fact way too much dirty denim

5. metallers - never got heavy metal; s**t music, too blokey, rubbish clothes and dreadful hair

6. crusties/dog on a string types - good for free parties bad for any notion of style. questionable musical practices (didgeridoo anyone? no, thought not - f**k off)

7. rockabillys - better taste in music and clothes than teddy boys and a lot more fun as people. often there tastes crossed over into?

8. psychobillys - car crash between rockabilly and punk. occasionally violent if the meteors were in town but generally great fun

9. goths - on the surface a miserable looking lot but most were anything but. a lot of black and velvet. lots of gigs at the gala. not my cup of tea musically but a lot of my friends were kinda goths so saw a lot of goth bands

10. indie kids - all a bit fey but the thing i identified with the most. a lot of black and military wear. music very jangly how i lessened to electronic, hiphop, soul and pop at home so wasn?t authentic enough really

11. mods - sharp dress and good music. wanted to be one but it was kinda over before i had the chance

12. skinheads - after the ska lovers they become racist w**kers fuelled by oi music and other s**t. very violent.one tended to try and keep out of their way

13. rude boys and girls - one of the great youth movements; sharp clothes, fantastic music and top message. oddly a lot of racist skinheads use to like it too. the irony

14. casuals/beerboys and girls - sharp tracksuit tops but too much burgundy and waffle for my liking. they also hated anything that wasn?t the norm and use to try and beat up me and my friends. did my best to avoid them

15. hippies - never trust em

16. missed anything that happened in nodge from 87(ish) as moved back to londons (the advent of cheesy quavers etc must have had an impression)

modern day
1. emo kids - aways outside the forum. not my cup of tea but at least why're nailing their colours to the mast

2. hipsters - everyone else; not so much a youth movement as a plague. divided up as per APB?s description or beardy versions there of. depressing

Have I missed anything? Am I being unkind on today?s youth? What other real youth movements are there that are locked into a style of music, or collection of bands, fashion, record label/s?..

There is currently a scene based in South London which is threatening to become more mainstream. If it happens 2016 will be when but either way, this is the exception that proves the rule?

Posted By: Dandy Highburyman, Dec 21, 14:25:33