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Issue 1: December 2017

MY SKINHEAD WAYS: BOOTS

by Pete Lynch
to Camden and buy my first and also @ the
remember loving the skinheads look ,
Coleherne on
Alpha Ma1 in Olive green, in
from my pre-teen years, and at
I secondary school there were 2 class the Street Market £80 I paid. a saturday night,
mates that wore Doc Martin Boots. One in I loved it. I was getting my as well. Around
Cherry Docsand other in Black Docs. Skinhead look together, this time I met and
when I used to see the group got to know the
I was fascinated by those boots dunno why, of skins in comptons on a skinheads Roger
but they did something to me. I loved the Saturday afternoon and it and Dassos,
look and chunky sturdiness of them, and made me feel good just who were very
they lasted, but was way outta my price seeing them all together easy to talk to
bracket and being from a very large bleacher’d and booted up, and get on with,
family... not gonna happen. I used to see, and Encouraged
Skinheads around my area growing up and me get the
they were friendly amd cool and used to A more up-to-date pic... confidence to wear
hang out with some of my family, so I knew ;o)) my Skin gear and
these guys were okay. My first encounter boots more often.
with racism up front and in my face, I was
about 20yrs old, and walking up to the Fast forward to the closing night of the
Boleyn Pub in the Barking Road. This tall Anvil, in Tooley Street (London Bridge)
young skinhead just appeared in front of I was excited to get there with my friend
me and started F’ing and blinding at me, and enjoy the night and to see the end of
and calling me a “fuckin N***er”, and saying an iconic and cruisy gay place. We got
“what you gonna do about it?”... I said there and there was a queue to get in as
nothing and tried to get past, and the next we’d thought, and after about 20 mins we
thing were on the ground fighting and get to the front of the queue and couldn’t
scrapping, and then what seemed like get in surprised and a little perplexed. We
forever it was over, he ran off and I got up asked why we were both dressed for the
shaken and shocked… not experienced event, but a no go. Anyway a couple of our
anything like it since. friends were passing and said they were of
to “Oi or Oi M8”, a gay Skinhead club night,
‘This tall young which was just around the corner and run
skinhead just by Roger and Dassos. So we went, and
what a night... great music, good crowd,
appeared in great vibes and lots of sexy guys, in and
out of Gear. Happy days!
front of me and Then the interwebbie thingy came along,

started F’ing and my friends were going on about
Gaydar, which really wasn’t my cuppa tea.
and blinding I had joined Worldskins.com now what
is Recon.
at me, and
calling me a Ma1 @ the Hoist... I remember getting
ready and putting homemade bleachers
“fuckin N***er”, and 20-hole cherry red Rangers then
getting the Victoria line to Vauxhall then
and saying “what suddenly realised what I was doing and
going and having a mini panick attack.
you gonna do Anyway, I get there and see another
black skinhead there, in the coat check.
about it?”...’ Oh the relief! I knew him as well Andre
(blackskinhead) was he’s nice. I walked
I get my first pair of Doc martin Boots from into the club and headed for the bar it was
Camden British Boot Company... with the packed with Skinheads, wall to wall, and
help of a sexy skinhead I was sorta seeing all types Rubber, Army, Leather. It felt good
at the time in Bethnal Green Road, and and I was still very nervous. I bumped into
bought a pair of Black 14 holers. Shortly and met a few skinheads m8’s and chilled
after that I had my head shaved by the One of my first skinead pics for out a bit and had a great time and was a
same skinhead. A few years later I go back Worldskins 97/98 Maroon Ma1 regular of the Ma1 skins night.

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