A QUICK ONE WITH GARETH BROWN
Going back to the beginning, tell us how you first discovered the scooter scene and your input into how Scootering magazine began?
I'd been heavily into the growing mod revival scene in 78, pre-Quadrophenia, and my first experience of a rally was a Lambretta event in Southend. In the South between Southend 78 and Brighton 81 there was no basic structure, it was all quite mod inclined. Although I didn't realise it at the time, there was a different, stronger scooter scene up north, which had been evolving for years. 1982 for me was when the two blended, specifically the Easter rally in Scarborough 82. It was cold and it snowed over the weekend. I felt like an intrepid explorer. I went to Scarborough a mod and came back a Scooterboy.
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