In 2017 I unexpectedly fell on hard times and had to take on a second job fast. It was a shit job, frankly, but one that had me walking all over London for long hours. By the end, I knew London’s streets, alleys, and corners, its whole geography, better than ever.
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In the late ’70s and early 80’s, Barney St George was a young skinhead from the outer West London suburb of North Hillingdon. Travelling regularly into central London with friends, he became part of the scene around Carnaby Street. Here are some of his private photos and recollections of the skinhead scene, most of them taken in 1981. These pictures were never published before.
“I was more of a bootboy in 1977–78. I was also lucky as my mum worked in Brunel University in Uxbridge, West London and they had a thriving gig scene there. I had a ticket for the Sex Pistols but never went.
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