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    KING RAT

    May 26, 2020 5 minutes
    Words and photographs: Sarge

    OWNER DETAILS

    Name: Lou Hartley - aka Psycho Lou.

    Job: Owner of Kulture Shack clothing and accessories.

    Scooter club & town: I was a member of the Jolly Rogers SC Walsall, a complete mishmash of oddballs ha-ha, but over time everybody got on with their lives and the club kinda dispersed but boy did we have some wild times! Weren't called Jolly Rogers for nowt ha-ha!

    I was a late starter as I was a psychobilly and used to go to a lot of gigs, including the legendary Klub Foot in London. By around 1991/92 it kinda all went quiet on the psychobilly front and I had a few mates who liked psychobilly music but went on scooter rallies - 'scooterbillies' - same as psychos really except their q u iffs/flat tops weren't as sharp due to riding and wearing

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