Imaginary Gangs
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crackerjack
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Oh dear.
The Lewes Rebel Army - we made the front page of the local paper for turning the cross upside down at easter. (Satanic cult in our midst)
And for superglueing the lock on the Tory Party offices.
I seek forgiveness and request a bit of shoplifting to be taken into consideration.
The Lewes Rebel Army - we made the front page of the local paper for turning the cross upside down at easter. (Satanic cult in our midst)
And for superglueing the lock on the Tory Party offices.
I seek forgiveness and request a bit of shoplifting to be taken into consideration.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Two gangs which sound imaginary, but - incredibly - weren't/aren't:
The Bummers Gang, which used to go on raids - don't suppose that was too comfortable for the raidees, and
The Chicago Gaylords, a.k.a. the Almghty Gaylords; dunno about you but there's no way in a million years I'd mess with a guy describing himself as an almighty gaylord.
Also, massive props for da realest OG, crackerjack.
The Bummers Gang, which used to go on raids - don't suppose that was too comfortable for the raidees, and
The Chicago Gaylords, a.k.a. the Almghty Gaylords; dunno about you but there's no way in a million years I'd mess with a guy describing himself as an almighty gaylord.
Also, massive props for da realest OG, crackerjack.
crackerjack
Well-known member
Also, massive props for da realest OG, crackerjack.
And here's the evidence.
http://www.evilwaves.com/issues/00032/content/print/viva_00032_25.html
http://www.evilwaves.com/issues/00032/content/print/viva_00032_26.html
More reminiscence than research on the part of the journalist, if those are initials belong to who I think they do.
swears
preppy-kei
I remember seeing the initials "MTBH" scrawled around the Wirral lot as a kid. I found out this stood for "Meols Tennis Ball Heads" a super-hard scally crew so called because of their "number two all over" haircuts.
I used to be part of a little group of lads whos sole aim seemed to be to trespass on as much land as possible until someone or other would inevitably chase us away with a dog. Didn't have a name though.
I used to be part of a little group of lads whos sole aim seemed to be to trespass on as much land as possible until someone or other would inevitably chase us away with a dog. Didn't have a name though.
STN
sou'wester
which brings us rather nicely to the topic of garden hopping.
mistersloane
heavy heavy monster sound
When I was 6, I was top dog of the Paddingtons. We ended up in a war with the Babies, which my best mate and number-2-in-the-Ps had formed in competition with us! The snake.
SE21! Whut!
SE21! Whut!
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Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
I like to think of this as a sort of proto-straight edge thing.
john eden
male pale and stale
I'm not sure if they had a name but a variety of tactics were employed by my so-called friends to exclude me from social gatherings, including the fact that they were now a gang for people who had walking boots (or proto DMs or something), I think (which I didn't).
I suppose we were probably about nine. I burst out laughing and walked off, so fair play to the nine year old me.
These exclusion/inclusion tactics carried on into secondary school (with a little light violence for the excluded) at which point I decided they were a bunch of wankers and went off and made friends with some people who had been to a different primary.
crackerjack
Well-known member
Bet you blubbed later, though.
john eden
male pale and stale
I'm sure I did during some of the other incidents but I think with this one I went home a bit confused and explained it all to my parents, whereupon we all fell about laughing.
A couple of years later said crew tried to beat me up for getting 10 out of 10 in a chemistry test, though, which was a salutary lesson for me.
crackerjack
Well-known member
If they'd been a smart gang they'd have brought you back as bomb maker
john eden
male pale and stale
That's pretty cool - I like the idea of writing to the local paper claiming responsibility for lock glueing. There was loads of that low level political vandalism in the 80s, but I don't remember many manifestoes or communiques to go with it...
bassbeyondreason
Chtonic Fatigue Syndrome
As a prepubescent tearaway I was part of the imaginatively named "Nicking Gang", whose activities consisted entirely of stealing pencil sharpeners and craft supplies.
empty mirror
remember the jackalope
Kind of off topic since these were "real" gangs, but when I lived in the suburbs as a youth, there were two prominent local gangs, both with a certain gynecological ring to their monikers: the Pussy Posse and Team Knucklefuck. They spray painted their gang names at all the skateboarding spots, like the courthouse, the drainage ditch, etc...
crackerjack
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Ace name.