Brighton 25th August 2013
Running Riot Brighton Beach
On a recent visit from the in-laws, we chatted about the infamous ‘battle of Brighton’ clash between the Mods and Rockers on Brighton beach during the May bank…
Mods - Quadrophenia Brighton 1979
theticketthatexploded: “ An Italian magazine illustration of the Brighton Mods vs. Rockers riot, 1964. ”
Bank holidays in Brighton tended to be busy, jolly affairs in which thousands of Londoners flocked to the sea and sunshine.
Though it all seems rather mild from the distance of half a century, the riots that took place in English seaside towns during 1964 revealed a shift in values from those of the austere war generation to the newly affluent baby boomers, argues Clive Bloom.
Dressed in typical Swinging Sixties and mod-fashions, fans could be seen cruising on Lambretta and Vespa scooters down the Brighton seafront on Sunday.
I would love to follow up with some Mod portrait work, please get in touch if you are interested: [email protected].
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Members of Brighton Borough Police make an arrest on Brighton Beach during the Mods and Rockers disturbances in the summer of 1964. The Borough force amalgamted with Sussex Constabulary in the same year and wore the white summer day duty helmet until 1968, it had been introduced as part of the summer uniform in 1933. The officer on the right is holding an official looking stick, maybe a 'swagger stick'?, or perhaps an offensive weapon he has just confiscated.
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I remember seeing mods the first time round, in the sixties. Their annual scooter trips to Brighton were covered by a sensationalist press ...
Scuba Diver and Mermaid, Brighton Pier, Brighton, UK
Brighton — Brighton Photography
A few weeks ago I was in Brighton, on the south coast of England. It’s a spiritual home for the English cafe racer scene, and I was pleased to see the odd custom zipping about—with many riders sporting open-face helmets and goggles. Most of these bikes had a low-key, monochrome look, just like this Yamaha SR500. It’s owned by Brighton man Marc Woodward, and took him nine months to put together. Marc bought the bike part-finished from the builder Retrograde Mechanica. (It already had light frame mods, the pipes, and the new seat and tank.) Marc wanted to ramp up
Exploring Brighton palace Pier. #beach #brighton
