Scootering

Memories of a Mod

I became a Mod after seeing an older lad with a strange haircut, wearing a parka. He said he was a Mod and started on about his hairstyle, saying he couldn’t go to a normal barber and went to a lady’s hair stylist to get it done; l privately laughed, but the idea of being a Mod interested me (except for the hairstyle)!

I asked where I could get a parka, then too ok the bus into Gloucester and found The Army &

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