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The People's Archive | Mods, Skins & Mod Revival

A selection from our archive that features images of the original 1960s Mods and Skins. It also includes pictures of the 2-Tone, Rudeboys, and the Mod Revival that took place in the late 1970s and 1980s. These were pivotal subcultures in the late 20th century UK.
Stockport Mods, 1960s.
Stockport Mods, 1960s.

Photo © Scarlett Meikle/The People’s Archive®

“My grandad and ‘The Boys’ (still a phrase he uses to this day) Most of them still meet up each weekend down the pubs in Stockport.”

Stockport Mods, 1960s.
Stockport Mods, 1960s.

Photo © Scarlett Meikle/The People’s Archive®

Stockport Mods, 1960s.
Stockport Mods, 1960s.

Photo © Scarlett Meikle/The People’s Archive®

Original Mods on Box Hill, Surrey, 1962.
Original Mods on Box Hill, Surrey, 1962.

Photo © Jack Oxford/The People’s Archive®

Jack “A photo of my Nan aged 16 with her mod mates in 1962.”

Bermondsey Mods. London, 1965.
Bermondsey Mods. London, 1965.

Photo © Andrew Copley/The People’s Archive®

Andrew “My Dad and his pals enjoying a night out in 1965.”

East End Mods, London, 1966.
East End Mods, London, 1966.

Photo © Craig Curahee/The People’s Archive ®

Pimlico, London, 1963.
Pimlico, London, 1963.

Photo © Colin Staplehurst/The People’s Archive®

Colin “My sister Bonnie blow drying my close-crop/skin cut at home in Pimlico.”

Caxton Mod Club London, 1960s.
Caxton Mod Club London, 1960s.

Photo © Colin Staplehurst/The People’s Archive®

Scooter Girl, Grangetown, Cardiff, 1970.
Grangetown, Cardiff, 1970.

Photo © Kate King/The People’s Archive ®

Tulse Hill, London, 1979.
Tulse Hill, London, 1979.

Photo © Lee Dema/The People’s Archive®

Skinhead Bootboys, Newport Job Centre, 1980s.
Newport Job Centre, 1981.

Photo © Tutti Oi/The People’s Archive®

Preston Mods, 1981.
Preston Mods, 1981.

Photo © The People’s Archive®

Skinheads in St Leonards-on-Sea, 1980.
Skinheads in St Leonards-on-Sea, 1980.

Photo © Russell Macnay/The People’s Archive®

Two Tone arrives in Dudley, 1980.
Two Tone arrives in Dudley, 1980.

Photo © Tom/The People’s Archive®

Skinheads in Consett, County Durham, 1980s.
Skinheads in Consett, County Durham, 1980s.

Photo © The People’s Archive®

Mods in Brighton, 1981.
Mods in Brighton, 1981.

Photo © David Kemp/The People’s Archive®

Aberdeen, 1981.
Aberdeen, 1981.

Photo © Keith Fowler/The People’s Archive ®

Kettering Mods, 1981.
Kettering Mods, 1981.

Photo © Sean McManus/The People’s Archive.

Sean “With my friends outside Captain Jim’s Arcade in Kettering”.

Ska Boys, Ellesmere Port, 1979.
Ska Boys, Ellesmere Port, 1979.

Photo © Brian Duffy/The People’s Archive ®

Barton Hill, Bristol, 1983.
Barton Hill, Bristol, 1983.

Photo © John Morgan/The People’s Archive®

Ride Out, Pendleton, Salford, 1985.
Ride Out, Pendleton, Salford, 1985.

Photo © Howard Patent/The People’s Archive®

Teesside Mods. Scarborough, 1980.
Teesside Mods. Scarborough, 1980.

Photo © Tony Rodgers/The People’s Archive®

Skinhead in Manchester, early 1980s.
Skinhead in Manchester, early 1980s.

Photo © The People’s Archive®

Kingston Skins. Brighton, 1980s.
Kingston Skins. Brighton, 1980s.

Photo © Paul Ransom/The People’s Archive.

Mods outside The Pheonix, London, 1980s.
Mods outside The Pheonix, London, 1980s.

Photo © Billy Drinkwater/The People’s Archive®

Mods in Margate, 1982.
Mods in Margate, 1982.

Photo © Billy Drinkwater/The People’s Archive®

Mods outside The Wimpy, Chiswick, 1982.
Mods outside The Wimpy, Chiswick, 1982.

Photo © Billy Drinkwater/The People’s Archive®

Chiswick, West London, 1981.
Chiswick, West London, 1981.

Photo © Billy Drinkwater/The People’s Archive®

Scooter Boy, Welwyn Garden City, 1981.
Scooter Boy, Welwyn Garden City, 1981.

Photo © Alfie Young/The People’s Archive.

Ilkeston Scooter Club - Skegness Rally, 1980.
Ilkeston Scooter Club - Skegness Rally, 1980.

Photo © Joshua Hindes/The People’s Archive®

Crewe and Stoke scooter clubs in Rhyl, 1986.
Crewe and Stoke scooter clubs in Rhyl, 1986.

Photo © Grant Kettle/The People’s Archive.

Scooter Run, Bournmouth, 1981.
Scooter Run, Bournmouth, 1981.

Photo © Ed Silvester/The People’s Archive.

Blackwood, South Wales, 1983.
Blackwood, South Wales, 1983.

Photo © Lynn Wells/The People’s Archive.

Newark-on-Trent, 1985.
Newark-on-Trent, 1985.

Photo © Ian Nicholson/The People’s Archive®

Ian “We were all 15, bending the school dress code for a mod look! We all went on to get scooters.”

All images © The People’s Archive, all rights reserved. 

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