Who remembers Monkey Boots

[raymondbriggs]

Royals ?

Rings no bells but as a 70's smoothie Loakes brogues were more important than beer!!!!! I must have spent more on shoe polish and blakeys than I did on haircuts.(Every frigging fortnight)

 

[Dandyman]

Rings no bells but as a 70's smoothie Loakes brogues were more important than beer!!!!! I must have spent more on shoe polish and blakeys than I did on haircuts.Every frigging fortnight.

Royals are/were American style "wingtip" Brogues made by Loake. Possibly more 1969 than 1971 in the timeline of these things.

 

[raymondbriggs]

Royals are/were American style "wingtip" Brogues made by Loake. Possibly more 1969 than 1971 in the timeline of these things.

Cheers, My guess would be bog standard Oxfords.

 

[Questions]

I saw a couple of pairs of bowling shoes in a shop last Saturday. That takes me back.

 

[Laughing Gravy]

These are the Kickers we use to wear. They had crepe soles.
I had a green pair. They were blinding.

 

[seagurn]

I remember having jam shoes wouldnt want to be wearing them at the mo ... may get mistaken for a badger!!!

 

[thisistips]

never had DMs but did have monkey boots. I got them because jean Jacques burnell wore them - i think on the cover of black and white. What i remember was that they were really really cold to wear in the winter, because the soles were thin - as opposed to the DM crepe sole. but i thought they were cool when put with my camoflaged truse and flecky top man jumper covered in beer

 

[BN9 BHA]

I remember having jam shoes wouldnt want to be wearing them at the mo ... may get mistaken for a badger!!!

 

[Buzzer]

I saw a couple of pairs of bowling shoes in a shop last Saturday. That takes me back.

Tony Meola's 's Loan Spell and I both have those. Used to wear them to Da Doo Ron Ron.

 

[BN9 BHA]

never had DMs but did have monkey boots. I got them because jean Jacques burnell wore them - i think on the cover of black and white. What i remember was that they were really really cold to wear in the winter, because the soles were thin - as opposed to the DM crepe sole. but i thought they were cool when put with my camoflaged truse and flecky top man jumper covered in beer

Forgot about JJ wearing them, I am sure it was black and white.

 

[Questions]

Tony Meola's 's Loan Spell and I both have those. Used to wear them to Da Doo Ron Ron.

I used to bowl quite a lot and my mate was assistant manager at Worthing Bowl. We used to experiment with dyes on the shoes. Got some natty finishes.

 

[Phat Baz 68]

In the Mod / Skinnyead revival of he 80's Monkey Boots were only worn by Skinnyead birds !

 

[Return of the Rev]

In the Mod / Skinnyead revival of he 80's Monkey Boots were only worn by Skinnyead birds !

did you go to lewes v bognor?

 

[Crackpot]

Ha....Memory Lane!

Up north,in the early-to-mid 70s,the "bovver boot" of choice was either DMs or Greasy Bounders. Greasy Bounders would be ferociously polished with cherry coloured polish to modify the look.

Fighters used to wear their DMs or Bounders with white Skinners...wide parallel trousers worn at half mast to display both your boots and your willingness to get stuck in.A bloke going to football in Skinners would always be involved in fighting...it was an advert that you were game.