joe hawkins
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The first Skinheads i can remember were around the 68 69 era. wearing coming generaly from the docks areas and north Pompey. wearing army 6hole boots.1/4 inch turn up jeans. fred perry and1/2 inch braces. the 1/4 inch ones came later. Going out dress was tonic suit/generaly petrol green)button down Ben Sherman. Braces to hold the trousers up, polished brogues or loafers. and the Crombie. The had different hankie colours for different areas/gang. and tie pin to hold it in the breast pocket. Dancing to Symarip skinhead moonstomp down the club. and all other types of ska. reggae came later as it wasnt developed yet in its true reggae form. although a lot of the old SKA tunes from jamacia were covered in the late 70s early 80s. the label of the time was trojan. and later island records got on the wagon too.i have an enormous collection of white label SKA from jamacia that just didnt get played over in Europe. bands like Mighty sparrow. robert marleys one cup of coffee.and so on.... i can only say as has already been said, skins and sueds were not racist as the music they heard was from the rudeboy cult of the mid 60s, but simply a tool used because of the 70 depression and the background of the movement being mainly working class.