Back in Time

The Teddy Boys were the first mass expression of British youth culture: a tribal clique determined to strut, threaten, amaze, entertain and finally define the aspirations and imagination of working class youth in post war Britain. Many others would follow: Mods, Punks, Skins, Hippies, Goths, and, like the Teds they would blend music, dress, hair, slang and attitude in a unique, creative subculture, but none could rival the place in history of the Teds who, with their outrageous style, rebellious attitude and violent behaviour became the first teenage embodiment of dread to...