The People's Archive is our independent crowdsourced archive documenting everyday life, society and culture in 20th century Britain.
Photographer Derek Ridgers spent five years documenting the youth subculture.
I’m fascinated by sub-cultures: the ways that a group of people bond, and how they present themselves to the world. The first sub-culture I became aware of was in 1976. Chocolate brown skivvi…
Photographer Gavin Watson's evocative 1980s photos are to form the basis of a new play.
Ska girls, 1980 Punks at Sid Vicious memorial march, 1979 Mod Girl, 1976 Tenpole Tudor John Cooper Clarke Sex Pistols Mods on scooter, 1976 Skinheads with flag at Loch Lomond festival, 1980 Mods, The Islington Twins, 1979 (left); Boy, Kings Road, London, 1979 Joe Strummer Dexys Midnight Runners…
YOUTH CLUB is looking to create the ultimate youth culture bible filled with beautiful archive photography that positions subcultures as vital to our self-expression
WITH their shaven heads, braces and calf-high Dr Marten boots they were the lads and lasses whose terrifying looks menaced the streets of Britain during two decades. The very first skinheads were w…
A skinhead and his girlfriend were walking down main street when she spotted a beautiful […]
Photographer Gavin Watson's evocative 1980s photos are to form the basis of a new play.
