Teddy boy

created by ravy
(person) by ravy (5.4 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Wed Jan 07 2004 at 9:43:39
A short-lived youth subculture in 1950s Great Britain. Teddy boys were working class teenagers who dressed in Edwardian-style clothes (Teddy being a nickname for Edward VII) and listened to rock and roll music.

It goes a little something like this: teddy boys -> mods -> glam rockers -> punks.

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