They actually look rather camp. It was also a look that was quite popular with gays in the mid 80s.
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They actually look rather camp. It was also a look that was quite popular with gays in the mid 80s.
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HellBilly
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You say that, but with ten or more of em walking down the street you moved. Yes the gay community did borrow the look for a while, like they did the rocker look too briefly exaggerating the look and that is probably why you comment they look camp now.
Pretty pink fairy
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I also speak from personal experience. I met a german skinhead at a party back in the 80s. When I left he asked if he could share my taxi. It turned out he was gay and once he'd found out where I lived started turning up with bunches of flowers and boxes of chocolates. Lovely guy but I wasn't that way inclined. I tried to let him down gently but he was very persistent and I couldn't shake him off. Eventually he moved back to Germany and after a few initial letters I didn't hear from him again. That's why I look at that group in a totally different way. Maybe you would too if you'd had a skinhead in full regalia turning up at your door bearing a bunch of flowers for you.
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HellBilly
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Germans don't take a refusal lightly without giving up a bit fight do they....
A few high profile NF, BNP Figures were well known homosexual's so not surprised.
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Great thread bringing back a few memories. I had a few skinhead mates from Herne Bay and used to go up to the Last Resort shop in East London. Run by a guy called Micky French. The lads formed the band of the same name and Millwall Roi as he's affectionately known still fronts them. A spin off band called the Warriors are also still gigging and played the hare and hounds a few years back. Happy days.
I don't even know if he had racist sympathies. He certainly never voiced any. He was a real sweetheart. He really looked the part though and wasn't remotely camp himself and it was just before that look was taken up on a wider scale by the gay community which is why I didn't suspect anything. I remember the taxi ride home, I didn't want him to know where I lived so told the taxi driver to drop me off round the corner. But when I got out of the taxi, Walter (that was his name) got out too and insisted on walking me to my door to make sure I got home safely because I was pretty pissed. He found out that my door was not where the taxi driver had dropped me off and I had to make the excuse that I'd been so drunk I'd forgotten where I lived. I asked where he lived and he said Brighton which is where we'd just come from but he didn't have enough money for a taxi back. I felt a bit sorry for him and let him stay the night, seperate beds I should add. He never tried it on, he treated me very repectfully but started to try and woo me over the following months.
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pishhead
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He smashed your back doors in didn't he?
I was merely reminiscing. Don't tempt me though or I might start reading you his letters....
My back doors remained firmly intact
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redoubtable seagull
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Prey tell, Freudian slip but seems quite apt with this story!